tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69864266120194577512024-03-17T20:04:35.558-07:00Unchained Disciples Equipping and training believers to walk in the power of Christ.Unchained Discipleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11710595205237468334noreply@blogger.comBlogger224125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6986426612019457751.post-86625629898517942212024-03-14T00:03:00.000-07:002024-03-15T10:39:07.191-07:00Seeking Wholeness Summary 3<p><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmvTrwud_Uh3MdsR_toAtDCRaLNuUs8a6FKR5_7hkiI2QJcQWnPN6EqhEP550AwhTXxMX45lnS1SVwfe8Uuy3XoV5YA5DeR4nJz-cvLNzwFwzjXDyf53ZuOWkC4w4MlMhAgQ3xCaEVNmobalm4PRvT5SgLB1GH3e0fAK5HxU9i8VK3B4FRXZ9VB12b3DKo/s1198/Wholeness%20Summary%203.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="674" data-original-width="1198" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmvTrwud_Uh3MdsR_toAtDCRaLNuUs8a6FKR5_7hkiI2QJcQWnPN6EqhEP550AwhTXxMX45lnS1SVwfe8Uuy3XoV5YA5DeR4nJz-cvLNzwFwzjXDyf53ZuOWkC4w4MlMhAgQ3xCaEVNmobalm4PRvT5SgLB1GH3e0fAK5HxU9i8VK3B4FRXZ9VB12b3DKo/s320/Wholeness%20Summary%203.png" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: times;">What does it mean to renew our mind and how do we do it?</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">~~ <a href="https://youtu.be/G2yyIb_tqbo" target="_blank">Watch the Video</a> ~~</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">This lesson contains highlights from the following lessons:</span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><ul class="c7 lst-kix_x82o4o9hox0g-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><a href="https://unchaineddisciples.blogspot.com/2020/09/mindsets-that-will-change-your-life.html"><span style="font-family: times;">Unchained Disciples : Mindsets That Will Change Your Life</span></a></li><li class="c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><a href="https://unchaineddisciples.blogspot.com/2020/09/change-your-focus-change-your-future.html"><span style="font-family: times;">Unchained Disciples : Change Your Focus, Change Your Future</span></a></li><li class="c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><a href="https://unchaineddisciples.blogspot.com/2020/10/how-to-renew-your-mind.html"><span style="font-family: times;">Unchained Disciples : How to Renew Your Mind</span></a></li><li class="c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><a href="https://unchaineddisciples.blogspot.com/2021/01/the-christian-mindset.html"><span style="font-family: times;">Unchained Disciples : The Christian Mindset</span></a></li><li class="c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><a href="https://unchaineddisciples.blogspot.com/2021/02/12-habits-to-renew-your-mind.html"><span style="font-family: times;">Unchained Disciples : 12 Habits to Renew Your Mind</span></a></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Outline:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Introduction</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Defining Wholeness</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Growth Mindset</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Thankful Mindset</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">What Are You Focusing On?</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Strongholds</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t Focus on Fleshly Goals</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Read Scripture</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">You Can Change</span></span></li></ul><div><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></div><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Scripture:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Romans 12:2</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Mark 9:23</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 Thessalonians 5:16-18</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Philipians 4:12 - 13</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Philippians 4: 8</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">2 Corinthians 10:4-5</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Romans 8:5-8</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Acts 15:10-11</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Psalms 118:8</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Deuteronomy 31:6</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 John 4:4</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Romans 8:1</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Romans 8:28</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Romans 8:31</span></span></li><li><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Romans 8:38-39</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c20" id="h.5ubgw1e9ojl8" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Introduction</span></span></h1><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Romans 12:2</span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Renewing your mind is changing the way you think</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It means to view things the way that God views them</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Today you will get some practical ways to renew your mind</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What’s going on in your head can be more real than what’s going on in reality.</span></span></p><p class="c15 c28" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c15 c28" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c34" id="h.oq4m9lvk2v6m" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.38; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Chat GPT Definition of Renewing Your Mind</span></span></h2><ul class="c7 lst-kix_rjsevkkszkp1-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c35 c19 li-bullet-0" style="background-color: white; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 3pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c8" style="color: #1f1f1f; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700;">Cognitive renewal:</span><span class="c26" style="color: #1f1f1f; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> This focuses on keeping your mind sharp and adaptable through activities that challenge and stimulate your brain. This could involve:</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c7 lst-kix_rjsevkkszkp1-1 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c12 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 6pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c26" style="color: #1f1f1f; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Learning new skills or hobbies</span></span></li><li class="c12 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 6pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c26" style="color: #1f1f1f; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Playing brain games</span></span></li><li class="c12 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 6pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c26" style="color: #1f1f1f; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Reading books and articles on diverse topics</span></span></li><li class="c12 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 6pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c26" style="color: #1f1f1f; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Engaging in debates or discussions on complex issues</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c7 lst-kix_rjsevkkszkp1-0" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c19 c35 li-bullet-0" style="background-color: white; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 3pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c8" style="color: #1f1f1f; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700;">Mental reframing:</span><span class="c26" style="color: #1f1f1f; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> This approach emphasizes challenging negative thought patterns and cultivating a more positive outlook.</span></span></li></ul><p class="c35 c42" style="background-color: white; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px 0px 0px 36pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-top: 3pt;"><span class="c26" style="color: #1f1f1f; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"> Here are some techniques:</span></span></p><ul class="c7 lst-kix_rjsevkkszkp1-1" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c12 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 6pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c8" style="color: #1f1f1f; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700;">Mindfulness:</span><span class="c26" style="color: #1f1f1f; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> Paying close attention to your thoughts and feelings without judgment can help you identify negative biases.</span></span></li><li class="c12 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 6pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c8" style="color: #1f1f1f; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700;">Cognitive reframing:</span><span class="c26" style="color: #1f1f1f; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> When you catch yourself in a negative thought spiral, try to reframe the situation in a more positive or realistic light.</span></span></li><li class="c12 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 6pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c8" style="color: #1f1f1f; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700;">Gratitude practice:</span><span class="c26" style="color: #1f1f1f; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> Focusing on the things you're grateful for can shift your mindset towards positivity.</span></span></li></ul><p class="c37 c28" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 6pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c26" style="color: #1f1f1f; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Renewing your mind means doing away with unhealthy thought patterns and replacing them with true, godly ones.</span></span></p><p class="c37" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 6pt;"><span class="c45" style="color: #1f1f1f; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"> – Mercy Multiplied</span></span></p><p class="c15 c28" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c41" id="h.cpsl5110tmur" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.38; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Defining Wholeness</span></span></h1><p class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Wholeness is about being _______ healthy</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">spiritually</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">emotionally</span></li><li><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">mentally</span></span></li></ul><p class="c15 c28" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c21 c4" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Free from oppression of</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Our past</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Bad thinking</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Strongholds</span></li><li><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The enemy</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’re talking about</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">dealing with life’s current stresses</span></li><li><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">being healed from experiences/wounds of the past</span></span></li></ul><p class="c15 c28" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’re promised eternal life</span></span></p><ul class="c7 lst-kix_3t31mqelgg5l-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c15 c19 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’re also supposed to have: joy, peace, patience, and self control here on earth</span></span></li></ul><p class="c15 c28" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Through this 3.5 year series we have identified traits that we defined as the goal for wholeness</span></span></p><h3 class="c10" id="h.foj7l4dozv34" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c30" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Traits of Wholeness</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li class="c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_5819n32sm71p-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Authenticity</span></span></li><li class="c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_5819n32sm71p-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Honesty</span></span></li><li class="c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_5819n32sm71p-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Kindness</span></span></li><li class="c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_5819n32sm71p-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Behavior not influenced by external approval / validation</span></span></li><li class="c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_5819n32sm71p-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Living by values and principles</span></span></li><li class="c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_5819n32sm71p-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Setting Boundaries</span></span></li><li class="c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_5819n32sm71p-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Taking ownership of your responsibilities</span></span></li><li class="c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_5819n32sm71p-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Living with purpose and passion</span></span></li><li class="c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_5819n32sm71p-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Optimism</span></span></li><li class="c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_5819n32sm71p-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Confidence</span></span></li><li class="c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_5819n32sm71p-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not losing control of your emotions</span></span></li><li class="c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_5819n32sm71p-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Free from addictions</span></span></li><li class="c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_5819n32sm71p-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Addressing Conflict with truth and love</span></span></li><li class="c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_5819n32sm71p-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Vulnerability</span></span></li><li class="c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_5819n32sm71p-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not critical or Judgemental</span></span></li><li class="c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_5819n32sm71p-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not jealous of others</span></span></li><li class="c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_5819n32sm71p-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgive those who have wronged you in the past</span></span></li><li class="c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_5819n32sm71p-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Know that you’re worthy of receiving love</span></span></li><li class="c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_5819n32sm71p-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not afraid to fail</span></span></li><li class="c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_5819n32sm71p-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Able to manage irrational fear, worry, and anxiety</span></span></li><li class="c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_5819n32sm71p-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Selfless encounters with others</span></span></li><li class="c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_5819n32sm71p-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not manipulating others trying to control their actions</span></span></li><li class="c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_5819n32sm71p-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You care about how others feel</span></span></li><li class="c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_5819n32sm71p-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Patient</span></span></li><li class="c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_5819n32sm71p-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t give into peer/social pressure</span></span></li><li class="c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_5819n32sm71p-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Can communicate without antagonizing others</span></span></li><li class="c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_5819n32sm71p-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Recognize, manage, and take responsibility for your own thoughts and feelings</span></span></li><li class="c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_5819n32sm71p-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Slow to anger</span></span></li><li class="c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_5819n32sm71p-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ability to maturely express your wants, needs and desires</span></span></li><li class="c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_5819n32sm71p-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Can listen without reacting</span></span></li><li class="c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_5819n32sm71p-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Can respect others without having to change them</span></span></li><li class="c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_5819n32sm71p-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Can function well… Alone or with others</span></span></li><li class="c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_5819n32sm71p-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Able to take responsibility for our own destiny in life</span></span></li><li class="c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_5819n32sm71p-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Able to maintain a non-anxious presence in the midst of anxiety and stress</span></span></li><li class="c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_5819n32sm71p-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Able to ask for what they need want or prefer clearly, directly and honestly</span></span></li><li class="c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_5819n32sm71p-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Has the capacity to resolve conflict maturely</span></span></li><li class="c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_5819n32sm71p-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Being led by the Spirit</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c33" id="h.uo4upojvxbx8" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Reality Filters</span></span></h1><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Perception is Reality</span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c24" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.tiktok.com/@charismotivational/video/6904683736118349057?lang%3Den%26sender_device%3Dpc%26sender_web_id%3D6815096996178675205%26is_from_webapp%3Dv2&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1710402370341347&usg=AOvVaw0M75VjCdw52Gxia49xtZAm" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.tiktok.com/@charismotivational/video/6904683736118349057?lang=en&sender_device=pc</span></a></span></p><ul class="c7 lst-kix_1jibxn9lrwz6-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Perception is your ultimate reality even if it’s not an ultimate truth</span></span></li><li class="c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your reality dictates your actions</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your perception of reality is filtered by</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Your experiences</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Your self narrative</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Your mindset</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Your focus</span></li><li><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your strongholds</span></span></li></ul><h1 class="c33" id="h.xftt3nn9mw8v" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Growth Mindset</span></span></h1><p class="c32 c11" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4 c22 c46" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Mark 9:23</span></span></p><p class="c32 c11" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c25" style="color: #4d469c; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://biblehub.com/mark/9-23.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1710402370342415&usg=AOvVaw2BBdKr8wgtL_wWeU_KlfIF" style="text-decoration: inherit;">23</a></span><span class="c4" style="color: #222222;"> </span><span class="c21 c4" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">And Jesus said to him, “ ‘If You can?’ All things are possible to him who believes.”</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Growth mindset believes that qualities like intelligence, talent and abilities can be developed through practice and effort.</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c31" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The opposite, a fixed mindset believes that these qualities are fixed traits. </span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Some people have it and some don’t</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">They believe they are in their position in life because of their circumstances</span></li><li><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Victim mentality</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">A growth mindset says: even though It will be difficult for me because of my circumstances, it’s still in my control</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’re not saying “you can do anything you put your mind to”</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c22" style="font-weight: 700;">Example: </span>someone in jail in for life can’t be an astronaut</span></p><h3 class="c10" id="h.p19po33fscbc" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c30" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Case Study: Children with Puzzles</span></span></h3><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dr. Carol Dweck (currently at Stanford) did a test where she praised children in two different ways.</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">They told the first group “you did really good you must be really smart”. - fixed</span></li><li><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They told the second “you did really good you must’ve tried really hard“. - growth</span></span></li></ol><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They then asked the kids if they wanted to do an easy puzzle or a hard one next.</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">“Smart” kids chose easy puzzle</span><span class="c3" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">.</span></li><li><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“Hard working” kids chose the hard puzzle to challenge themselves</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They gave all the children extremely hard puzzles to solve.</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">After that they gave all the children puzzles of the original difficulty.</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The fixed mindset children did worse than they originally did and the growth mindset children did better.</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They then asked the children to report their scores at the end</span></span></p><ul class="c7 lst-kix_q2179oeb18i5-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The fixed mindset children lied three times as much.</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Fixed Mindset Experiment Explanation</span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c24" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkx8NYMj_EN8JM2PQ2oiL_qAoa0zIEA1u5g?si%3DIuX9h1z29qO0vuzj&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1710402370344720&usg=AOvVaw0aFhC8CXBFVGC-DBr1JXg3" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkx8NYMj_EN8JM2PQ2oiL_qAoa0zIEA1u5g?si=IuX9h1z29qO0vuzj</span></a></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Growth Mindset</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Embrace challenges as opportunities to learn</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Self image is not tied to your external success</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Not afraid to fail</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Effort is the path to intelligence, growth and mastery</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Celebrates their friends' success</span></li><li><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Criticism is a source of information</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Fixed Mindset</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Says, “I am the way I am…”</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">See themselves as victims</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Always concerned about image</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Take the easy route</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">In order to avoid failing, they avoid challenges or quit</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Negative feedback is seen as an insult</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Feel threatened when their friends succeed</span></li><li><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Always have excuses</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This is an approach to life</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Across many areas:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Fitness</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Finances</span></li><li><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Education</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c47" id="h.7nyljtjultl8" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.656; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Impact of Mastery</span></span></h2><p class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.656; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Once you master something it becomes easier to master other things.</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.656; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.656; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c22" style="font-weight: 700;">Example: </span><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Engineering Major</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">I know how to study</span></li><li><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Bible</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.656; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.656; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c22" style="font-weight: 700;">Example: </span><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">athletes succeed</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Practice and discipline</span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c17" id="h.ar1ksz4nbwd2" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Exercise: Make a Positive Change to Your World</span></span></h2><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Focus on your surroundings: both physical and psychological. Pay attention to things that bother you and that you wish you could fix. </span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ask yourself these three questions</span></span></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Is it bothering me?</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Is it something I can fix?</span></li><li><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Would I be willing to fix it?</span></span></li></ol><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If the answer to any of those questions is no then look elsewhere and search for something else that bothers you. </span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Search for something that you can fix right now and you would fix</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">And fix it</span></li><li><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Do this every day </span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c10" id="h.ygrohong9r7q" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c30" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Improve Your Life</span></span></h3><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ask yourself what you could do to make life better. But don’t dictate yourself what better has to be.</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Examples:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Clock/watch is wrong</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Smoke detector beeping</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Folding your laundry</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Maybe it’s reading a bible verse</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">a stack of papers on your desk</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">a sock that’s been on the floor for three days</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">a squeaky cabinet door</span></li><li><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Telling your neighbor about Jesus</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Global warming</span></li><li><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Politician</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Let the task of the day announce themselves for your contemplation. </span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c10" id="h.2c5i887ef01r" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c30" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Reward Yourself</span></span></h3><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Offer yourself a reward to make the change. </span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Do that small thing and make sure you get that reward even if you feel silly about it. </span></span></p><h3 class="c10" id="h.3ysnjg3hemxa" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c30" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Outcome</span></span></h3><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">The goal was to get you in the mindset that your actions can change things</span></p><h1 class="c20" id="h.t10174erlnqt" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Thankful Mindset</span></span></h1><p class="c11 c32" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c46 c4 c22" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 Thessalonians 5:16-18</span></span></p><p class="c32 c11" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c25" style="color: #4d469c; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://biblehub.com/1_thessalonians/5-16.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1710402370349396&usg=AOvVaw05tfRTr8WfB6rre4lbdDAO" style="text-decoration: inherit;">16</a></span><span class="c4" style="color: #222222;"> </span><span class="c4" style="color: #222222;">Rejoice always; </span><span class="c25" style="color: #4d469c; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://biblehub.com/1_thessalonians/5-17.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1710402370349523&usg=AOvVaw28hhSbcsBR_VanxLGKBgtJ" style="text-decoration: inherit;">17</a></span><span class="c4" style="color: #222222;"> </span><span class="c4" style="color: #222222;">pray without ceasing; </span><span class="c25" style="color: #4d469c; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://biblehub.com/1_thessalonians/5-18.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1710402370349642&usg=AOvVaw3GkrYBgKWUmdvFl8MG8x4B" style="text-decoration: inherit;">18</a></span><span class="c4" style="color: #222222;"> </span><span class="c21 c4" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">in everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">We are not told to give thanks <span class="c22" style="font-weight: 700;">for </span>everything, but we’re told to give thanks <span class="c22" style="font-weight: 700;">in </span><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">everything. </span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">when things go wrong give thanks.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Not for the thing that went wrong.</span></li><li><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">But in the midst of it find something to be thankful for.</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Gratitude is about being grateful for what you already have.</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Don’t take everything for granted. </span></li><li><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t focus on what you don’t have.</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c22" style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: times;">What does it look like to give thanks when things go wrong?</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c10" id="h.frexiqln0hip" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c30" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Worldly Criteria</span></span></h3><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Some people are unhappy because they are trying to live up to what society says they should have or should be.</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">They are seeking the goals of the world.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">With social media we are always seeing what other people have and we want it.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">We want to be doing what they are doing.</span></li><li><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We want a happy family life that they portray.</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c10" id="h.8vsj7nid7204" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c30" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Contentment</span></span></h3><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Philipians 4:12 - 13</span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"> <span class="c24" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://biblehub.com/philippians/4-12.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1710402370351140&usg=AOvVaw3Yx8IhP0EMA_l5iLxliIId" style="text-decoration: inherit;">12</a></span> I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering. <span class="c24" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/philippians/4-13.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1710402370351249&usg=AOvVaw2UZ_umJwyYVZo7MWCgs6av" style="text-decoration: inherit;">13</a></span><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The best place in life is to be grateful for what you have and feel blessed but to also be striving for a goal</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c34" id="h.tfysilmedrw6" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.38; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Solution: The Practice of Gratitude</span></span></h2><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Count your blessings before you go to sleep</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Pay attention to the good things that are happening to you throughout the day</span></li><li><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Start a list of the things you’re grateful for and add 5 every day</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Attitude of gratitude</span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c24" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3kh9kwoETS/?igsh%3DNTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1710402370351945&usg=AOvVaw0n8R7wEu-LAa_9xJUncIbi" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3kh9kwoETS/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==</span></a></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c20" id="h.bybel1ck5rjp" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What Are You Focusing On?</span></span></h1><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">There are a lot of things happening in the world that we don’t notice</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c22" style="font-weight: 700;">Example: </span><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">buying a car</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c10" id="h.2wey39sbok6q" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c30" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dealing With Complexity</span></span></h3><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">11M bits of information per second</span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Our conscience attention can process 60 bits per second</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How do you deal with the overwhelming complexity of the world?</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You focus on</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">your concerns</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">your goals/desires</span></li><li><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your obstacles</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The price you pay for focus is blindness to everything else.</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c29" id="h.tlj7b6kst7pr" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.38; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c30" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Examples</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Feel where your feet Are touching the ground</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Child doing something dangerous on other side of room</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Someone says your name in the conversation next to you at a crowded party</span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If you start aiming for something different your mind will start presenting you new information.</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c22" style="font-weight: 700;">Example:</span><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> look for brown</span></span></p><ul class="c7 lst-kix_kl4vgn96ebyx-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">white</span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Examples:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Racism</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Sexism</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Negative things a politician did</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Demons</span></li><li><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c10" id="h.uwt8dnd9rzgu" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c30" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t Focus on the What You Don’t Want</span></span></h3><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We tell ourselves we’re focused on having something or being something when in reality we might be focused on not having the thing or not being the thing. </span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c10" id="h.ne180ij15fin" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c30" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Self Fulfilling</span></span></h3><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Will show what you believe is true</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The more proof you see.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">The stronger your belief that it is true.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">The stronger your belief is the more likely that you’ll tell yourself it’s true.</span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Self Talk</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Self talk > belief > truth</span></span></p><p class="c15 c28" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">“I’m not confident”</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">“I can’t lose weight”</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">“I’m always late”</span></li><li><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“I always find good parking”</span></span></li></ul><p class="c15 c28" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c17" id="h.jcq0yxagnnkg" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You Get What You Expect</span></span></h2><p class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If you focus on positive things your brain (Reticular Activating System) will start to show you things that prove it to be true.</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Have you ever met people that were “just lucky”?</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">There is a book called “the luck factor“</span></span></p><ul class="c7 lst-kix_5sy5q7ar3g1-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"> people who believe they are lucky have lucky experiences</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">People who think they are unlucky</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Will get a dent in the car</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Lose their keys</span></li><li><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Lose their phone</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c22" style="font-weight: 700;">Example:</span><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> studying spiritual warfare</span></span></p><ul class="c7 lst-kix_6cy7d2b2v724-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Demonic activity increased</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c17" id="h.vy7p51isi1vj" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Solution: Fix Your Focus</span></span></h2><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c22" style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: times;">Philippians 4: 8</span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c24" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://biblehub.com/philippians/4-8.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1710402370356643&usg=AOvVaw2b6jK9FflQYcfSscG8mAzF" style="text-decoration: inherit;">8</a></span> <span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things.</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Defining your focus in a sense changes your reality</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You will find in life whatever you focus on</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The human mind will look for what’s negative by default</span></span></p><h3 class="c10" id="h.fv0cvsv9oe83" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c30" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">True and Positive</span></span></h3><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It says think about what is “true” and what is “right”</span></span></p><ul class="c7 lst-kix_v17q56odk30d-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It is not just about what makes you feel good</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You can be positive and wrong</span></span></p><ul class="c7 lst-kix_o2u377worsso-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“heaven gained another angel“</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c17" id="h.ro357y22txw0" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Change Your Questions</span></span></h2><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">How is God going to bless me today?</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Who can I serve?</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">What am I going to notice to improve my confidence today?</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Who’s going to show me gratitude today? </span></li><li><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What can I learn at this social event?</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c22" style="font-weight: 700;">Example:</span><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> what can I get out of this sermon?</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c17" id="h.kwy6kop0whq3" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Is it Working? - New Coincidences</span></span></h2><p class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.656; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"> When coincidences happen it’s because your brain starts to focus on these other things. When you start to notice good coincidences happening pay attention because it means your brain is working in the right direction. </span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c39" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.9872; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You’ll start to notice the people you need to apologize to will start to pop up in your path.</span></span></p><p class="c39" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.9872; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Abishai</span></span></p><h1 class="c20" id="h.3eghphgpvmoh" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Strongholds</span></span></h1><p class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">2 Corinthians 10:4-5</span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c24" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/10-4.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1710402370358494&usg=AOvVaw0vyKypraBN4BxvMk54sGsC" style="text-decoration: inherit;">4</a></span> for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses.<span class="c24" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/10-5.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1710402370358623&usg=AOvVaw1IzskG5wCGjE9UHGwgioTs" style="text-decoration: inherit;"> 5</a></span> <span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ,</span></span></p><p class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.656; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></span></p><p class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We fight against arguments.</span></span></p><p class="c15 c28" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">A fortress/stronghold is a fortified argument that has been in our heads so long that it is strong.</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.656; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.656; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It’s not the sin, but it’s the argument you use to justify the sin</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.656; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When Satan won the argument with Adam and Eve, he was able to manipulate their behavior. </span></span></p><ul class="c7 lst-kix_rtmst7ttjwig-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c15 c19 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“God is keeping some good things from you”</span></span></li></ul><p class="c15 c28" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Examples:</span></span></p><p class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“The bible is old and outdated”</span></span></p><p class="c15 c28" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“Men wrote the Bible, so it can’t be trusted”</span></span></p><p class="c15 c28" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“Everybody does it, so it’s not that bad”</span></span></p><p class="c15 c28" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c15 c28" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What are the arguments you hear people say?</span></span></p><p class="c15 c28" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c34" id="h.2ckxbeev4470" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.38; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Patterns</span></span></h2><p class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The solution is to change our thought patterns.</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.656; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">A pattern has to do with</span></span></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">What I see</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">How I process what I see</span></li><li><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How I act upon what I see</span></span></li></ol><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.656; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not just what you do...but why</span></span></p><p class="c15 c28" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Repent = see it how God sees it</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Not just changed behavior</span></li></ul><h2 class="c44" id="h.a7p8b1tfvdn7" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.38; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Solutions</span></span></h2><p class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Change what you allow to influence you</span></span></p><p class="c15 c28" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c10" id="h.o5qbmaag48rv" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c30" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Purge negative influences</span></span></h3><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c48" style="font-size: 11pt; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Social Media</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Research shows… The more time you spend on social media the more likely you are to be depressed</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Comparison</span></li><li><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dopamine</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c48" style="font-size: 11pt; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">News</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The more you watch the news the more like you are to be</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Angry</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Sad</span></li><li><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Anxious</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c10" id="h.tzl3551tbfa4" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c30" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Negative people</span></span></h3><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You might need to start turning down some invitations to hang out</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t just go with the flow</span></span></p><ul class="c7 lst-kix_ye640tqiw1mn-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Challenge their negative thoughts</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“ I know you think our boss is a jerk, but you don’t know what he’s dealing with“</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.656; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c20" id="h.l00k2f50yfxo" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t Focus on Fleshly Goals</span></span></h1><ul class="c7 lst-kix_w8ro033d31zu-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Focus on things of God</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Romans 8:5-8</span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">5 For those who are according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.</span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">6 For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace, 7 because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so, 8 and those who are in the flesh cannot please God. </span></span></p><p class="c15 c28" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t Focus on Fleshly/Carnal Desires</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Sex</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Success</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Money / Riches</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Power</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Appearance</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Weight</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Grades</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Promotions / Title</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Status</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Spouse</span></li><li><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sin</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Focus on spiritual things</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c17" id="h.lh9zeegrn7ky" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t Focus on Earning Salvation</span></span></h2><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Walking in the flesh is when I think that I can please God through my own carnal endeavors</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Doesn't just mean sinning</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Trying to earn your salvation</span></li><li><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">My discipline to try hard and do good</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If you are focused on sin you will be obsessed with it</span></span></p><ul class="c7 lst-kix_rarp32qokmr3-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It will either make you self righteous or make you depressed</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Pride or shame</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You shouldn’t judge your Christian walk by your efforts in the flesh</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You’re not</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">dependent on yourself</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Impressed with yourself</span></li><li><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Disappointment with yourself</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c22" style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: times;">It is impossible to be single-mindedly focused on the flesh and please the Lord</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Acts 15:10-11</span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">10 “Now therefore why do you put God to the test by placing upon the neck of the disciples a yoke which neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?</span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">11 “But we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same way as they also are.”</span></span></p><h1 class="c20" id="h.cm0mx4s242i1" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Read Scripture</span></span></h1><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Practical ways to read the Bible</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li class="c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_u6h5hbwngy20-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Schedule it</span></span></li><li class="c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_u6h5hbwngy20-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Have a plan</span></span></li><li class="c11 c27 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_u6h5hbwngy20-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">30 day</span></span></li><li class="c11 c27 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_u6h5hbwngy20-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">90 day</span></span></li><li class="c11 c27 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_u6h5hbwngy20-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">read the bible in 1 Year</span></span></li><li class="c11 c27 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_u6h5hbwngy20-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">specific book of the Bible</span></span></li><li class="c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_u6h5hbwngy20-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Pray that the Holy Spirit reveal the truth to you</span></span></li><li class="c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_u6h5hbwngy20-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Study</span></span></li><li class="c11 c27 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_u6h5hbwngy20-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Book</span></span></li><li class="c11 c27 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_u6h5hbwngy20-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Topic</span></span></li><li class="c11 c27 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_u6h5hbwngy20-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Commentaries</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c41" id="h.dhvp9ckz3k9y" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.38; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Memorize Scripture</span></span></h1><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">5 smooth stones</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c10" id="h.px0wej7o2rvb" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c30" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Have Memory Verses</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Replace your thought with scripture</span></li><li><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Encourage yourself with scripture</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Psalms 118:8</span></span></p><p class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">8 It is better to take refuge in the LORD</span></span></p><p class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Than to trust in man.</span></span></p><p class="c15 c28" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Deuteronomy 31:6</span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">6 “Be strong and courageous, do not be afraid or tremble at them, for the LORD your God is the one who goes with you. He will not fail you or forsake you.”</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 John 4:4</span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"> <span class="c24" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/1_john/4-4.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1710402370366452&usg=AOvVaw0O5ZxDbFexjC4EY-kttW8S" style="text-decoration: inherit;">4</a></span><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">You are from God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Romans 8:1</span></span></p><p class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.</span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Romans 8:28</span></span></p><p class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">28 And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.</span></span></p><p class="c15 c28" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Romans 8:31</span></span></p><p class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us?</span></span></p><p class="c15 c28" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Romans 8:38-39</span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">38 For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.656; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c20" id="h.bswyz37l3jej" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You Can Change</span></span></h1><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We can change</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">We no longer say “that’s just how I am”</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">We have the ability to become better</span></li><li><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We have the choice to change or not</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We might have to give up things that</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">we </span><span class="c3" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">value</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">are currently proud of</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Know are hurting us</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">didn’t know about</span></li><li><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">we are holding against other people</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We have to let them go</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We can change ourselves</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">After we change, we can impact someone else’s life</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We can have an impact on the world to make it better</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We can start by paying attention to what’s in front of us</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Trust that as we grow God will reveal what we need to work on next. </span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">God will reveal what we can change. </span></li><li><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God will guide us.</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><b>Instructor:</b> Michael Leadon<span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/G2yyIb_tqbo" width="320" youtube-src-id="G2yyIb_tqbo"></iframe></div><br /><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c20" id="h.t9xbjr8ep937" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">References</span></span></h1><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://unchaineddisciples.blogspot.com/2020/09/mindsets-that-will-change-your-life.html" style="font-size: 11pt; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: pre;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">Unchained Disciples : Mindsets That Will Change Your Life</span></a><br /><a href="https://unchaineddisciples.blogspot.com/2020/09/change-your-focus-change-your-future.html" style="font-size: 11pt; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: pre;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">Unchained Disciples : Change Your Focus, Change Your Future</span></a><br /><a href="https://unchaineddisciples.blogspot.com/2020/10/how-to-renew-your-mind.html" style="font-size: 11pt; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: pre;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">Unchained Disciples : How to Renew Your Mind</span></a><br /><a href="https://unchaineddisciples.blogspot.com/2021/01/the-christian-mindset.html" style="font-size: 11pt; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: pre;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">Unchained Disciples : The Christian Mindset</span></a><br /></span><p role="presentation" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; white-space: pre;"><a href="https://unchaineddisciples.blogspot.com/2021/02/12-habits-to-renew-your-mind.html" style="font-size: 11pt; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Unchained Disciples : 12 Habits to Renew Your Mind</span></span></a></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Overcoming negative thoughts</span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ryan Visconti</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></p><h1 class="c20" id="h.usblkrghn8gs" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Extra</span></span></h1><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b>Titus 1:15</b></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">To the pure, all things are pure; but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure, but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b>Proverbs 4:23-23</b></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Watch over your heart with all diligence, For from it flow the springs of life.</span></span></p><div><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></div><p><br /></p>Unchained Discipleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11710595205237468334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6986426612019457751.post-45059785188246521632024-03-03T22:07:00.000-08:002024-03-03T23:01:15.891-08:00Seeking Wholeness Summary 2<p><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRBNv_oC5UG8aa6_oyIQmQbxx_Psnf3bsllv404tziS0cR1Pl9UIATxd3Dp6ipXfc93UQr6kb_RByd6XGfXYmv2okC5CUqRrex1K0oP_o0zpfjNWosu_5JyJT-mBHprfoCakBUMhbpfZzFUeJvOdCYurbiY5NOEdp70CldgvTYDt3gEf9Bs0C8EC7_eQ9K/s1198/Wholeness%20Summary%202.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="674" data-original-width="1198" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRBNv_oC5UG8aa6_oyIQmQbxx_Psnf3bsllv404tziS0cR1Pl9UIATxd3Dp6ipXfc93UQr6kb_RByd6XGfXYmv2okC5CUqRrex1K0oP_o0zpfjNWosu_5JyJT-mBHprfoCakBUMhbpfZzFUeJvOdCYurbiY5NOEdp70CldgvTYDt3gEf9Bs0C8EC7_eQ9K/s320/Wholeness%20Summary%202.png" width="320" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: times;">Steps to heal the hurt from the past.</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">~~ <a href="https://youtu.be/QXPm_tzKEG4" target="_blank">Watch the Video</a> ~~</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c38" style="font-weight: 700;">Worship: </span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Break Every Chain</span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c16" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/mWOYwDJ4bqs?si%3DC5c_fdgXwAWcLUv1&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1709533986868065&usg=AOvVaw1IrnGLC8A0af1i7THerC_j" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtu.be/mWOYwDJ4bqs?si=C5c_fdgXwAWcLUv1</span></a></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c5 c31" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c21" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Reviewing the lessons:</span></span></p><ul class="c4 lst-kix_k1k6ge77d696-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c27 c9 li-bullet-0" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c19" style="color: #3778cd; font-size: 10pt;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://unchaineddisciples.blogspot.com/2020/10/its-okay-to-not-be-okay.html&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1709533986871196&usg=AOvVaw1KnAZ4ak47eqKTvNRj-14I" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">It's Okay Not to be Okay</span></a></span></li><li class="c27 c9 li-bullet-0" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c19" style="color: #3778cd; font-size: 10pt;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://unchaineddisciples.blogspot.com/2020/11/dealing-with-hurt.html&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1709533986871648&usg=AOvVaw3HYajMaXta0p-5kPi5hN3g" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dealing With the Hurt</span></a></span></li><li class="c27 c9 li-bullet-0" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c19" style="color: #3778cd; font-size: 10pt;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://unchaineddisciples.blogspot.com/2020/11/healing-from-hurt.html&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1709533986871975&usg=AOvVaw2ikOvKe-9R3dg7yf4I_EtT" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">Healing From the Hurt</span></a></span></li><li class="c27 c9 li-bullet-0" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c19" style="color: #3778cd; font-size: 10pt;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://unchaineddisciples.blogspot.com/2020/12/fear-and-shame.html&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1709533986872265&usg=AOvVaw3B8sZzhWLrA_ObOznMt8rR" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">Fear and Shame</span></a></span></li><li class="c27 c9 li-bullet-0" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c19" style="color: #3778cd; font-size: 10pt;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://unchaineddisciples.blogspot.com/2020/12/the-story-you-tell-yourself.html&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1709533986872566&usg=AOvVaw1ya9nH8cni1ctiKFLnl4eu" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Story You Tell Yourself</span></a></span></li><li class="c27 c9 li-bullet-0" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c19" style="color: #3778cd; font-size: 10pt;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://unchaineddisciples.blogspot.com/2021/01/changing-story-you-tell-yourself.html&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1709533986872870&usg=AOvVaw0-dpndB7bVWIhb0mrwmVsX" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">Changing the Story You Tell Yourself</span></a></span></li><li class="c27 c9 li-bullet-0" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Outline:</span></span></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Introduction</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Defining Wholeness</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Hurt Pride</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Impact of Not Healing From Hurt</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgiving</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Fear and Shame</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Story You Tell Yourself</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Practical Steps to Healing</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Changing the Stories You Tell Yourself</span></span></li></ol><ul class="c4 lst-kix_cenjp2p9l2f7-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><li class="c3 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Scriptures:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Romans 12:2</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Proverbs 12:18</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ephesians 4:26-27</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Colossians 3:12-13</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Psalms 118:8</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Luke 12:6-7</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Proverbs 18:24</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 Corinthians 13:7</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Philippians 4:13</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Deuteronomy 31:6</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">2 Corinthians 10:5</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c29" id="h.feocodf4nosr" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c23" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Introduction</span></span></h1><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c38" style="font-weight: 700;">Romans 12:2</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Who here has renewed your mind?</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Who here has renewed your Netflix or Amazon Prime subscription?</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c27" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Bible tells us to renew our mind. It doesn’t tell us how.</span></span></p><p class="c27" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We need to:</span></span></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Identify what needs to be renewed</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Learn spiritual and practical steps to renew it</span></span></li></ol><p class="c27" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sanctification has two parts</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">The active work of the Holy Spirit</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Our work</span></span></li></ul><p class="c27 c32" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The first step then is to determine what areas we need to work on</span></span></p><p class="c27 c32" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This lesson and the previous were designed to help us to identify some of the areas that we need to work out in our path towards “wholeness”.</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><ul class="c4 lst-kix_k1k6ge77d696-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c27 c9 li-bullet-0" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /><span class="c19" style="color: #3778cd; font-size: 10pt;"></span></span></li></ul><p class="c27" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not exhaustive list, but major points</span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><h1 class="c35" id="h.cpsl5110tmur" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.38; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c23" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Defining Wholeness</span></span></h1><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Wholeness is about being _______ healthy</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">spiritually</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">emotionally</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">mentally</span></span></li></ul><p class="c11 c32" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c21" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Free from oppression of</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Our past</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Bad thinking</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Strongholds</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The enemy</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’re talking about</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">dealing with life’s current stresses</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">being healed from experiences/wounds of the past</span></span></li></ul><p class="c11 c32" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’re promised eternal life</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">We’re also supposed to have: j</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">oy, peace, patience, and self control here on earth</span></span></li></ul><p class="c11 c32" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Through this 3.5 year series we have identified traits that we defined as the goal for wholeness</span></span></p><h3 class="c12" id="h.foj7l4dozv34" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c17" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Traits of Wholeness</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li class="c8 c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_o0zxpyt7h0h9-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">Authenticity</span></li><li class="c8 c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_o0zxpyt7h0h9-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">Honesty</span></li><li class="c8 c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_o0zxpyt7h0h9-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Kindness</span></span></li><li class="c8 c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_o0zxpyt7h0h9-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Behavior not influenced by external approval / validation</span></span></li><li class="c8 c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_o0zxpyt7h0h9-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Living by values and principles</span></span></li><li class="c8 c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_o0zxpyt7h0h9-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Setting Boundaries</span></span></li><li class="c8 c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_o0zxpyt7h0h9-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Taking ownership of your responsibilities</span></span></li><li class="c8 c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_o0zxpyt7h0h9-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Living with purpose and passion</span></span></li><li class="c8 c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_o0zxpyt7h0h9-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Optimism</span></span></li><li class="c8 c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_o0zxpyt7h0h9-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Confidence</span></span></li><li class="c8 c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_o0zxpyt7h0h9-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not losing control of your emotions</span></span></li><li class="c8 c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_o0zxpyt7h0h9-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Free from addictions</span></span></li><li class="c8 c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_o0zxpyt7h0h9-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Addressing Conflict with truth and love</span></span></li><li class="c8 c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_o0zxpyt7h0h9-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Vulnerability</span></span></li><li class="c8 c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_o0zxpyt7h0h9-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not critical or Judgemental</span></span></li><li class="c8 c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_o0zxpyt7h0h9-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not jealous of others</span></span></li><li class="c8 c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_o0zxpyt7h0h9-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgive those who have wronged you in the past</span></span></li><li class="c8 c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_o0zxpyt7h0h9-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Know that you’re worthy of receiving love</span></span></li><li class="c8 c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_o0zxpyt7h0h9-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not afraid to fail</span></span></li><li class="c8 c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_o0zxpyt7h0h9-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Able to manage irrational fear, worry, and anxiety</span></span></li><li class="c8 c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_o0zxpyt7h0h9-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Selfless encounters with others</span></span></li><li class="c8 c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_o0zxpyt7h0h9-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not manipulating others trying to control their actions/reactions</span></span></li><li class="c8 c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_o0zxpyt7h0h9-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You care about how others feel</span></span></li><li class="c8 c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_o0zxpyt7h0h9-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Patient</span></span></li><li class="c8 c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_o0zxpyt7h0h9-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t give into peer/social pressure</span></span></li><li class="c8 c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_o0zxpyt7h0h9-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Can communicate without antagonizing others</span></span></li><li class="c8 c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_o0zxpyt7h0h9-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Recognize, manage, and take responsibility for your own thoughts and feelings</span></span></li><li class="c8 c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_o0zxpyt7h0h9-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Slow to anger</span></span></li><li class="c8 c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_o0zxpyt7h0h9-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ability to maturely express your wants, needs and desires</span></span></li><li class="c8 c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_o0zxpyt7h0h9-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Can listen without reacting</span></span></li><li class="c8 c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_o0zxpyt7h0h9-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Can respect others without having to change them</span></span></li><li class="c8 c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_o0zxpyt7h0h9-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Can function well… Alone or with others</span></span></li><li class="c8 c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_o0zxpyt7h0h9-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Able to take responsibility for our own destiny in life</span></span></li><li class="c8 c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_o0zxpyt7h0h9-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Able to maintain a non-anxious presence in the midst of anxiety and stress</span></span></li><li class="c8 c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_o0zxpyt7h0h9-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Able to ask for what they need want or prefer clearly, directly and honestly</span></span></li><li class="c8 c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_o0zxpyt7h0h9-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Has the capacity to resolve conflict maturely</span></span></li><li class="c8 c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_o0zxpyt7h0h9-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Being led by the Spirit</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c29" id="h.g7xq9qj2i7p8" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c23" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Hurt Pride</span></span></h1><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Hurt feelings</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Proverbs 12:18</span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">There is one who speaks rashly like the thrusts of a sword, But the tongue of the wise brings healing.</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c38" style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: times;">There’s a saying “sticks and stones will break my bones but words will never hurt you ”</span></span></p><ul class="c4 lst-kix_tucwhta4457p-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c8 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Is that true?</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c41 c53" style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Three of the most common hurts include</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li class="c8 c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_crvi5prxtefd-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Being treated in a way that is debasing</span></span></li><li class="c8 c10 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_crvi5prxtefd-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Lowering of someone in status, esteem, quality, or character.</span></span></li><li class="c8 c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_crvi5prxtefd-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Being ridiculed with piercing and diminishing words</span></span></li><li class="c8 c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_crvi5prxtefd-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Being unseen or unrecognized</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">–Toure Roberts</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Examples:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Someone you are attracted to rejects you</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Someone doesn’t return your call/text</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your boss yells at you</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">You get publicly embarrassed</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They ignore your comments in a group</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c26" id="h.nuns9497d5wh" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">3 Responses to Hurt</span></span></h2><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Did anyone get offended during the pandemic?</span></span></p><p class="c43" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 12pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">3 responses to hurt/injustice/offense</span></span></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Be emotionally hurt</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Get angry</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Say you’re okay</span></span></li></ol><h3 class="c44" id="h.kuovzcciy89" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c17" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Experience the Hurt</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">You cry</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Get sad</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Benefits</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You let it out</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">You can investigate the emotion deeper to understand yourself</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c12" id="h.cadxv5c9174p" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c17" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Get Angry</span></span></h3><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c40" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Anger is where we live when we are running from the reality of the hurt. The transition from hurt to anger is how you regain control after experiencing the shock of hurt. Anger takes the power away from the one who wounded us and places the narrative about the hurt within our own sphere of control. Anger pushes every possibility of wrongdoing or inadequacy about the hurt away from ourselves and onto the one from whom the hurt came. The one who devalued is entirely at fault.</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"> --Tourre Roberts</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c12" id="h.xwp7m1yakp6i" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c17" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Say You’re Ok</span></span></h3><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c33" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If you don’t address and acknowledge the hurt you become broken</span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Hiding the Hurt</span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c16" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxInLNWco8XpahwEHuXTVwvtr67sRJAq03?si%3DiLLQHIzo-CKefB3f&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1709533986879970&usg=AOvVaw2eMHY8IC35ccvFscFHsECn" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxInLNWco8XpahwEHuXTVwvtr67sRJAq03?si=iLLQHIzo-CKefB3f</span></a></span></p><ul class="c4 lst-kix_uks7q3ixeo60-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c8 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This is also talking about hurts deeper than verbal hurt</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c29" id="h.oi3msj9bev0g" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c23" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Impact of Not Healing From Hurt</span></span></h1><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c38" style="font-weight: 700;">Testimony:</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> flat tire</span></span></p><ul class="c4 lst-kix_dx504dueuijh-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c8 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The visible issue revealed a deeper problem</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c26" id="h.lz1uut6ktfd8" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Martyrdom</span></span></h2><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Play the victim to everyone</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c38" style="font-weight: 700;">rule</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">: don’t turn lesson over to first timers</span></span></p><h2 class="c26" id="h.ooqi3svcmt9" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Emotional<span class="c0" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"> Reactions</span></span></h2><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Have You Healed?</span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c16" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/shorts/FsbmasD-gmg&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1709533986881288&usg=AOvVaw3kU8vo8Iz2WRYDBWaIl9tx" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/shorts/FsbmasD-gmg</span></a></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How do you know you’ve triggered someone’s hurt?</span></span></p><ul class="c4 lst-kix_ubss06s7aj3b-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c8 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Their response is not appropriate to the situation</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It’s because they are reacting to a hurtful event from the past</span></span></p><h3 class="c12" id="h.ojz5f88asbps" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c17" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Length of Reaction</span></span></h3><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c38 c52" style="font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><span style="font-family: times;">Refractory Period</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Immediate response - Emotional Reaction</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Mood - days</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Temperament - weeks or months</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Personality - years</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The goal is to have the emotional response, but to shorten the refractory period</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ephesians 4:26-27</span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c16" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/ephesians/4-26.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1709533986882376&usg=AOvVaw04TkzFLmMgHWmR-9OUEX4m" style="text-decoration: inherit;">26</a></span> “Be angry, yet do not sin.”Do not let the sun set upon your anger, <span class="c16" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/ephesians/4-27.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1709533986882568&usg=AOvVaw2zDUAgy5hx65Aj3FYI9QXP" style="text-decoration: inherit;">27</a></span> <span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">and do not give the devil a foothold.</span></span></p><h2 class="c26" id="h.gfxwsvu6iq5l" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Refusing to Acknowledge Issues</span></span></h2><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You avoid engaging in certain activities or feelings to avoid being hurt again</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">The part of you that holds yourself back</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not expressing yourself in public</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Denying that you feel anything at all</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not trying so that you don’t fail</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t allow yourself to become emotionally invested in people</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c12" id="h.q2byc7ssrd5e" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c17" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ignoring Red Flags</span></span></h3><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c38" style="font-weight: 700;">Example: </span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">service engine light</span></span></p><ul class="c4 lst-kix_6feuifh3sllu-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c8 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You ignore red flags</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What types of things do people ignore in relationships?</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Flirting</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">They act secretively</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">They stopped trying to be attractive</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Stopped being romantic</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">They don’t keep their word</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Being irratible</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">They no longer include you in the decision making</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Became demanding</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The spark is gone</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Why don't people address issues?</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">They have to acknowledge it exists</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">The other person might not change</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">They may lose the relationship</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Assume the other party knows what they want</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You need to discuss small issues as they arise in relationships and negotiate them.</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Address the red flags</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Discussing an issue requires admission on both sides that the issue exists. </span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Otherwise what you least want to encounter might pop up when you are at your weakest. </span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c26" id="h.8wlfx4z4xdxt" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Inability to Trust</span></span></h2><ul style="text-align: left;"><li class="c8 c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_eu2ngzvgp0rk-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You don’t know who to trust</span></span></li><li class="c8 c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_eu2ngzvgp0rk-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You don’t trust your own ability to choose who to trust</span></span></li><li class="c8 c10 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_eu2ngzvgp0rk-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">because you’ve been wrong before</span></span></li><li class="c8 c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_eu2ngzvgp0rk-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You are afraid that you can’t handle it if someone breaks your trust again</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your inability to trust others may stem from your inability to trust yourself. </span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c24" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Lack of Confidence</span></span></p><ul class="c4 lst-kix_kxv8flxy5ws2-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c8 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Result of not trusting yourself</span></span></li></ul><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Trust Issues</span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c16" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/shorts/T6QkPeNCkKY&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1709533986886193&usg=AOvVaw2FlTU3LJnubsjjLEw3vRuN" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/shorts/T6QkPeNCkKY</span></a></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Things you tell yourself you will do but don’t do it</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Wake up early</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Go to bed on time</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Eat better</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">I’m going to go on a diet</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Exercise more</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">I’m going to start saving money</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">I’m not going to see him/her again</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Get chores done</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">I’m not going to _____ again</span></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Drink</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Smoke</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Have sex</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Watch pornography</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Gamble</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Shop</span></span></li></ul></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c12" id="h.pmzi8sp0tt2g" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Solution: <span class="c17" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">Earn your own trust</span></span></h3><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When you don’t trust yourself that means you can’t trust your own internal cues</span></span></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Keep the promises you make to yourself</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Stop doing things in secret</span></span></li></ol><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ask God to help you keep your own promises</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Keep the promises you make to yourself and you will become more confident</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c29" id="h.kq5grs8io058" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c23" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgiving</span></span></h1><h2 class="c26" id="h.9avqntzj0d4" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgiving Others</span></span></h2><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Colossians 3:12-13</span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">12 So, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience;</span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">13 bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord forgave you, so also should you.</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c6" style="color: #202124; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c47 c38" style="color: #202124; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgiveness</span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="color: #202124; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">To stop feeling angry or resentful toward (someone) for an offense, flaw, or mistake.</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c6" style="color: #202124; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c38 c47" style="color: #202124; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What is Forgiveness?</span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c16 c41" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/bZGHUyzBxZk?si%3Du_Xt9xJLE9NCEnzH&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1709533986889353&usg=AOvVaw19grfG016dRJ0J_aKEdxdE" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtu.be/bZGHUyzBxZk?si=u_Xt9xJLE9NCEnzH</span></a></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgiveness:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Is Giving up your right to hold it against them</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Is not earned</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Is an ongoing process</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Does not require an apology</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Is releasing control of the outcome</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgiveness is not</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Fair</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">The result of justice being done to the offender</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Enabling crime/sin/irresponsibility/foolishness</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Granting Access</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Trust</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Reconciliation</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Saying what they did was OK</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgiveness does not necessarily require you to tell them that you are forgiving them, but for some people it is a freeing activity.</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">When doing this, you should</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> not require/expect a certain response for them in order for you to forgive.</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c12" id="h.l2yd8xkj2t54" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c17" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgiveness is For Your Benefit</span></span></h3><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Who does forgiving benefit?</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“ holding a grudge is like being stung to death by one bee“</span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">— William Walton</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgiving is Something That Has to Happen</span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c16" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxYHbmayOQnXqEOpms7Z9QUKGVwm8raWD9?si%3DYEguKvEqyllg9DQC&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1709533986891722&usg=AOvVaw2vHhIlQpEayFgZ2gH6SG4N" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxYHbmayOQnXqEOpms7Z9QUKGVwm8raWD9?si=YEguKvEqyllg9DQC</span></a></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">The other person has moved on</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It causes you pain every time you think of it</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c12" id="h.eh2tuw6p2c7t" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c17" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgiveness is Between You and God</span></span></h3><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgiveness is not necessarily between you and the person. It’s between you and the Lord. </span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgiveness is responding to Jesus rather than the person who hurt you</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgiveness is transferring the burden to God so that you don’t have to carry it</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c26" id="h.jfp1y790doxi" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgive Yourself</span></span></h2><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">One of the most difficult things to do is to forgive yourself</span></span></p><h2 class="c26" id="h.rfvsy2gb07ux" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How to Forgive</span></span></h2><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What did you do to allow you to forgive someone in the past?</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The first step is to be willing to forgive</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You don’t have to know how</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Be open and willing, and leave the how up to God</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c29" id="h.4bjdi1dozjs9" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c23" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Fear and Shame</span></span></h1><h2 class="c26" id="h.js8pwqvtz0ch" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The opposite of pride is not humility</span></span></h2><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What is the opposite of pride? </span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">It’s shame</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Opposite of Pride</span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c16" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/shorts/ybFMYliXnEs?feature%3Dshare&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1709533986894145&usg=AOvVaw1N2Qh0qSX0m6kPLoAOKciN" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/shorts/ybFMYliXnEs?feature=share</span></a></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Pride says</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">I have a certain standard</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I deserve a certain standard</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c12" id="h.c3d1vb7626ip" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c17" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Shame</span></span></h3><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Pride and shame have the same standard.</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Pride says I see myself as achieving that standard.</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Shame says I didn't achieve that standard.</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c12" id="h.h3oam5n72f9h" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c17" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Hypocrisy</span></span></h3><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You can hold someone else to a standard that you didn’t achieve</span></span></p><ul class="c4 lst-kix_yoqw5kvobxq4-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c8 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c38" style="font-weight: 700;">Example </span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">dating criteria</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c26" id="h.ch9w372l4ms5" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Guilt vs Shame</span></span></h2><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Guilt is the objective reality of being liable to punishment because of something we’ve done.</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Shame is the subjective feeling of being worthless because of who we are.</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“I did something wrong” vs “I am something wrong”</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Conviction - moves you to changed behavior</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Condemnation - moves you to shame</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c12" id="h.5pse46fl4ym9" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c17" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Self Conscious</span></span></h3><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Overly concerned about the opinions of others</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">My job</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">My car</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Turn my camera off</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c26" id="h.8h4ivsehb65w" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Solution: Accept Your Identity As a Child of God</span></span></h2><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We lose these concerns:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Self consciousness</span></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Putting our identity in Jesus</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Fear God</span></span></li></ul><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Guilt and shame</span></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Accept God’s forgiveness of our sins</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Stop trying to impress man</span></span></li></ul><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Fear of death</span></span></li><ul><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Put you hope in Eternal life</span></span></li></ul></ul><h1 class="c29" id="h.cmkylwrtw11b" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c23" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Story You Tell Yourself</span></span></h1><p class="c14" style="background-color: white; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 10pt;"><span class="c25 c37" style="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Self story is a story we tell ourselves about</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Who we are</span></span></li><li><span class="c25 c37" style="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Why we are or aren’t good enough</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c20" style="background-color: #fcfcfc; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 8pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c42 c38 c55" style="color: #333333; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The current state of your life is a direct result of</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c7" style="color: #333333; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">the stories you tell yourself</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #333333; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">what you really believe is possible</span></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c42" style="color: #333333; font-size: 11pt;">not what you </span><span class="c39" style="color: #333333; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">say</span><span class="c42" style="color: #333333; font-size: 11pt;"> is possible, but what you </span><span class="c39" style="color: #333333; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">believe</span><span class="c42" style="color: #333333; font-size: 11pt;"> deep down in your core</span></span></li></ul></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The thoughts we think and the stories we tell ourselves are influenced by</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Our past experiences</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Past relationships</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">These stories impact:</span></span></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">How we view ourselves</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">How we view Others</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">How we view God</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">The company you keep</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">The opportunities that you make yourself available for</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The decisions that you make</span></span></li></ol><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c18" id="h.xoz7eltvrhma" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c17" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Scar Experiment</span></span></h3><p class="c28 c30" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c16 c46" style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/shorts/wbfOrS1b5RU?si%3DB1Tgnqjl7lUIaswB&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1709533986899924&usg=AOvVaw3jsQCv9JFToD2FwUaKFcx9" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/shorts/wbfOrS1b5RU?si=B1Tgnqjl7lUIaswB</span></a></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c26" id="h.wh0f5ytmdqrj" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Common Stories</span></span></h2><h3 class="c12" id="h.5f1ezcols0y5" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c17" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Dependence story</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">I can’t cope with being alone</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">I can’t trust my own judgment</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">I need someone to take care of me and make me happy</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Life is too overwhelming to cope with on my own</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Psalms 118:8</span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">8 It is better to take refuge in the LORD</span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Than to trust in man.</span></span></p><p class="c11 c32" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c12" id="h.wh0f5ytmdqrj-1" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c17" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Unworthy/Defective Story</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">I’m flawed</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">I’m unlovable</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">I am damaged</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">I am less than</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If people knew me they would reject me</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Luke 12:6-7</span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">6 “Are not five sparrows sold for two cents? Yet not one of them is forgotten before God.</span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">7 “Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear; you are more valuable than many sparrows.</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c12" id="h.y2nfxpv2jwj7" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c17" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Disconnection Story</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">No one understands me</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">I rarely feel close to people</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">I feel like there’s an invisible barrier between me and other people</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">I don’t get the love I need</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Nobody cares about me or even tries to meet my needs</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Proverbs 18:24</span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">A person of too<span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> many friends comes to ruin, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c12" id="h.wh0f5ytmdqrj-2" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c17" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Mistrust story</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Most people will use, hurt or take advantage me</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">I need to stay on guard to protect myself</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">People only do or think nice things when they want to get something out of me</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">People will reject me</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">People will not be there when I need them</span></span></li></ul><p class="c11 c32" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 Corinthians 13:7</span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">7 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c12" id="h.5om99yr477wh" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c17" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Failure Story</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">I don’t measure up</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">I am not able to succeed</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">There’s no point in trying because I’m just going to fail</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">I never seem to get things right</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">What if people realize I’m not as good as they think I am</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Philippians 4:13</span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">13 I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c12" id="h.4wdgstgukzr3" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c17" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Abandonment story</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">People don’t really care about me</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">No matter how good things seem it will never last</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">I am destined to end up alone</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">I worry about people I care about leaving or dying</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Everybody leaves</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">I knew they weren’t going to stay anyway. </span></span></li><ul><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It was just a matter of time</span></span></li></ul></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Deuteronomy 31:6</span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">6 “Be strong and courageous, do not be afraid or tremble at them, for the LORD your God is the one who goes with you. He will not fail you or forsake you.”</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c26" id="h.42ahdpingmna" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Limiting Beliefs</span></span></h2><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Common limiting beliefs:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I have to be perfect</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">My life is harder than everyone else’s</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">“If I ignore it, it will go away.”</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">“I’m too young, or I’m too old.”</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">I’m just not that type of person</span></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Happy, emotionally expressive, outgoing, serious, good speaker</span></span></li></ul></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c35" id="h.o4ripfrutucy" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.38; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c23" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Changing the Stories You Tell Yourself</span></span></h1><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">2 Corinthians 10:5</span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c16" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/10-5.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1709533986905104&usg=AOvVaw1QgjCn0FRXrZZropVmGDMs" style="text-decoration: inherit;">5</a></span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">We are destroying arguments and all arrogance raised against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c26" id="h.ipmfbcz0be2b" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">R.A.I.N.</span></span></h2><h3 class="c12" id="h.xe573ie71zbe" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c17" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Recognize</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Become aware of what you are saying to yourself</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Identify the negative self talk</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Pause</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c12" id="h.q1uv2xuhycic" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c17" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Allow</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Stay with the painful experience</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t try to distract yourself or self medicate</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c12" id="h.50svzj87k16z" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c17" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Investigate</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Examine the thought</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Examine your reaction to the emotion</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Pay attention to what’s going on</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">in your body and your heart right now</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Recognize how painful it is</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c12" id="h.g8wgad1r2ysh" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c17" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Nurture</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t judge yourself negatively for having the thought</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ask Jesus to comfort you</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c26" id="h.5uil7mca82q1" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Coping Statements</span></span></h2><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Replace the thoughts with coping statements.</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Or memory verses</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">These are premade thoughts that you can use</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Create the statements when you are not in a state of distress or negative thinking</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They need to sound like your own voice</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c38" style="font-weight: 700;">Examples</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">My emotions do not reflect reality</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">I’m allowed to struggle... It’s OK not to be OK</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">I don’t have the answer, but I can tolerate uncertainty</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">I accept who I am while I continue to improve myself</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">I am enough just as I am</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">My past doesn’t define me</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Whatever happens I will handle it</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">God loves me just as I am</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God has not given me a spirit of fear</span></span></li></ul><h1 class="c29" id="h.q9gd9t938yto" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c23" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Steps Towards Healing Summary</span></span></h1><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Keep the promises you make to yourself</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Accept Your Identity in Christ</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgive others</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgive yourself</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">R.A.I.N.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Recite memory verses</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Use Coping Statements</span></span></li></ol><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><h1 class="c29" id="h.tkr7d31vv0cg" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">References</span></span></h1><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-f625ddaf-7fff-14dd-fac7-98d36948bf40"></span></p><a href="https://unchaineddisciples.blogspot.com/2020/10/its-okay-to-not-be-okay.html" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: pre;"><span style="color: #3778cd; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">It's Okay Not to be Okay</span></a><br /><a href="http://unchaineddisciples.blogspot.com/2020/11/dealing-with-hurt.html" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: pre;"><span style="color: #3778cd; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">Dealing With the Hurt</span></a><br /><a href="https://unchaineddisciples.blogspot.com/2020/11/healing-from-hurt.html" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: pre;"><span style="color: #3778cd; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">Healing From the Hurt</span></a><br /><a href="https://unchaineddisciples.blogspot.com/2020/12/fear-and-shame.html" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: pre;"><span style="color: #3778cd; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">Fear and Shame</span></a><br /><a href="https://unchaineddisciples.blogspot.com/2020/12/the-story-you-tell-yourself.html" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: pre;"><span style="color: #3778cd; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">The Story You Tell Yourself</span></a><br /><p role="presentation" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; white-space: pre;"><a href="https://unchaineddisciples.blogspot.com/2021/01/changing-story-you-tell-yourself.html" style="font-size: 10pt; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #3778cd; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">Changing the Story You Tell Yourself</span></a></p><p role="presentation" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; white-space: pre;"><br /></p><p role="presentation" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; white-space: pre;"><b>Instructor:</b> Michael Leadon</p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/QXPm_tzKEG4" width="320" youtube-src-id="QXPm_tzKEG4"></iframe></div><br /><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><h1 class="c29" id="h.tkr7d31vv0cg" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c23" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Extra</span></span></h1><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ephesians 4:29</span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">29 Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is<span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> good for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear.</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Emotional Triggers</span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c16" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/shorts/vpuJJuC2Gfc&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1709533986909978&usg=AOvVaw2IRhP-iSDl59XCoesoAVdU" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/shorts/vpuJJuC2Gfc</span></a></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c31 c8" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c34" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Psalms 71:20-21</span></span></p><p class="c31 c8" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c21" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">20 You who have shown me many troubles and distresses</span></span></p><p class="c31 c8" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c21" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Will revive me again,</span></span></p><p class="c31 c8" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c21" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">And will bring me up again from the depths of the earth.</span></span></p><p class="c31 c8" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c21" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">21 May You increase my greatness</span></span></p><p class="c31 c8" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c45" style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;">And turn to comfort me.</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Joy is a sign that our needs are being met</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Hurt people make decisions that protect their feelings instead of their future. </span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c26" id="h.h7u41y7zxir2" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Commentary on <span class="c22" style="font-size: 16pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Philippians 2:12-13</span></span></h2><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">12 So then, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; 13 for it is God who is at work in you, both to desire and to work for His good pleasure.</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Work out your own salvation: There is a sense in which</span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"> our salvation is complete, in the sense that Jesus has done a complete work for us. Still there is also a sense in which our salvation is incomplete, in that it is not yet a complete work in us.</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">i. “The believer must finish, must carry to conclusion, must apply to its fullest consequences what is already given by God in principle… He must work out what God in His grace has worked in.” (Muller)</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">ii. “Some professors appear to have imbibed the notion that the grace of God is a kind of opium with which men may drug themselves into slumber, and their passion for strong doses of sleepy doctrine grows with that which it feeds on. ‘God works in us,’ say they, ‘therefore there is nothing for us to do.’ Bad reasoning, false conclusion. God works, says the text; therefore we must work out because God works in.” (Spurgeon)</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">e. With fear and trembling: Paul’s idea was not that we should live our Christian lives with a constant sense of fear and terror, but that we should live with a fear of failing to work out your own salvation.</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">———</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c29" id="h.k5j53jdh4pa9" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c23" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Causes of Hurt</span></span></h1><h2 class="c26" id="h.oxlbhpedb488" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Someone Hurt You</span></span></h2><p class="c28 c8" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c34" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Proverbs 14:10</span></span></p><p class="c28 c8" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c49" style="color: #4d469c; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://biblehub.com/proverbs/14-10.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1709533986912215&usg=AOvVaw1YqsYfJMtokNgC25MrQAi0" style="text-decoration: inherit;">10</a></span><span class="c21" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">The heart knows its own bitterness,</span></span></p><p class="c28 c8" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c21" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"> And a stranger does not share its joy.</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“It is often not the size of the hurt but the affection for the offender that determines the size of the bitterness”</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c12" id="h.h11u4cs9m50e" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c17" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Traumatic incident</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Rape</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Physical abuse</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Childhood neglect</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Cheating / Betrayal</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Slander</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c38" style="font-weight: 700;">It wasn’t your fault.</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></span></p><ul class="c4 lst-kix_40qise109rpq-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c8 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It was a sick sinful person that took advantage of you.</span></span></li><li class="c8 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">And you are carrying their burden. </span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Someone wronged you in the past. Perhaps they took your innocence, peace, trust, loyalty, belongings. You allow that to skew your view of the world and other people.</span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c26" id="h.z468mcbop860" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your Own Sin or Bad Decisions</span></span></h2><p class="c8 c28" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c34" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Galatians 6:7-8</span></span></p><p class="c28 c8" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c45" style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"> 7 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a person sows, this he will also reap. 8 For the one who sows to his own flesh will reap destruction from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sowing and reaping</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Action or in action</span></span></p><h2 class="c26" id="h.bxoa2a888e3l" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Broken by Life</span></span></h2><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">At various times we all experience <span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">disastrous life experiences:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Financial</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Emotional</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Relational</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Spiritual</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Parental</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Health</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c26" id="h.5mpn3comwuv" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Results of Being Hurt</span></span></h2><h3 class="c12" id="h.tkzhpiwddory" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c17" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Bad Character</span></span></h3><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Titus 1:15</span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c15" style="background-color: white; color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/titus/1-15.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1709533986914521&usg=AOvVaw06e05QJYn1ZdCnGsGS02h5" style="text-decoration: inherit;">15</a></span><span class="c41 c54" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;">To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and their consciences are defiled. </span><span class="c15" style="background-color: white; color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/titus/1-16.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1709533986914747&usg=AOvVaw0LQ2-RW_Mo_OeEBO4nObWH" style="text-decoration: inherit;">16</a></span><span class="c51 c41" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c41 c51" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c24" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You Become What You Hated in Them</span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c38" style="font-weight: 700;">Example</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">: you cheat because the other person cheated</span></span></p><ul class="c4 lst-kix_jbyltm52fa2c-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c8 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“Cheat on him first”</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c12" id="h.km61pk1uci79" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c17" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Willful Blindness</span></span></h3><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c38" style="font-weight: 700;">Example:</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> service engine light</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What types of things do people ignore in relationships?</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Flirting</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">They act secretively</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">They stopped trying to be attractive</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Stopped being romantic</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">They don’t keep their word</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Being irratible</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">They no longer include you in the decision making</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Became demanding</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The spark is gone</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Why People don’t address</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">They have to acknowledge it exists</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">The other person might not change</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">They may lose the relationship</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Assume the other party knows what they want</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You need to discuss small issues as they arise in relationships and negotiate them.</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Address the red flags</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Discussing an issue requires admission on both sides that the issue exists. </span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Otherwise what you least want to encounter might pop up when you are at your weakest. </span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c12" id="h.67evcd7vnmow" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c17" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Broken Trust</span></span></h3><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Trust makes a relationship easier because you don’t have to worry about</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Their history</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Their habits</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Secrets that their family may have</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Other people encouraging them to cheat</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What they might do in the future</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Once your trust is broken relationship becomes extremely complex</span></span></p>Unchained Discipleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11710595205237468334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6986426612019457751.post-51774827907615873212024-02-16T23:52:00.000-08:002024-03-11T21:41:53.438-07:00Seeking Wholeness Summary 1<p><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOpXY59zEHOqcKCneo4ZhYUNIRinwAMxba6cFN3oKOKpkVm0R1eYfm5zuFXA4PYPT4_ScGIjb1OP7ZsdiMDYzWvP9ZgRbIIs0nFY7GggtJiI_wvb1qncTBXw2Ck0M6LUGVyre2jgXTjAxRsSFnjbVRhtZRMI_nFKYh5V5P9MikiTc8U_PF6JuBFjsJ_kOf/s1198/Wholeness%20Summary%201%20(1).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="674" data-original-width="1198" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOpXY59zEHOqcKCneo4ZhYUNIRinwAMxba6cFN3oKOKpkVm0R1eYfm5zuFXA4PYPT4_ScGIjb1OP7ZsdiMDYzWvP9ZgRbIIs0nFY7GggtJiI_wvb1qncTBXw2Ck0M6LUGVyre2jgXTjAxRsSFnjbVRhtZRMI_nFKYh5V5P9MikiTc8U_PF6JuBFjsJ_kOf/s320/Wholeness%20Summary%201%20(1).png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">Defining "wholeness" and "brokenness" and discovering that we all need healing.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">~~ <a href="https://youtu.be/1vECSW7oYGI">Watch the Lesson</a></span><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://youtu.be/RjDqc_9Wwwg"> </a>~~</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Outline:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Introduction</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Defining Wholeness</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">We Are All Broken / Wounded</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">How We Became Broken / Wounded</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Fruits of Brokenness</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Unhealthy Argument Styles</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Healthy Argument Rules</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Traits of Wholeness</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Path to Wholeness</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Self awareness Exercise</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Conclusion</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Scriptures:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Mark 2:17</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Matthew 22: 36-40</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Galatians 5:22-23</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Psalms 51:5</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Galatians 5:19-21</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Galatians 1:10</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Matthew 10:28</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Micah 6:8</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Matthew 7:1-3</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 Thessalonians 5:16-17</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Matthew 6:12-15</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Philippians 4:6</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">James 3:16</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ephesians 4:31-32</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Matthew 6:12-15</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Philippians 2:14</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ephesians 4:32</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Romans 12:16</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">James 1:19</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">James 1:26 </span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c16" id="h.blyetldawxk6" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Introduction</span></span></h1><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Mark 2:17</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">And hearing this, Jesus *said to them, “It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick; I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What does wholeness mean to you?</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We live in a fallen world and every day we deal with broken people. Many of us were raised by dysfunctional families. </span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">In life, we have encountered</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">painful experiences</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">failed relationships</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">broken promises</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">seen loved ones pass away</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Physical illnesses</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">live with the regret of things we’ve done or said</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">With every hurtful experience we have the possibility to become a little bit more broken.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We carry scars from our pasts.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c24" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We all struggle with sin. </span></span></p><p class="c2 c24" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c24" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We struggle with: </span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Depression</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Anxiety / Fear</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Unhealthy relationships</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Falling asleep</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Addictions</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Spiritual Warfare</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Memories of Traumatic experiences</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How can we:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Renew our minds</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Be led by the spirit</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This series, Seeking Wholeness, was intended to give us practical tools to do this.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Wouldn’t it be great if we could:</span></span></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Have healthy relationships</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Love like the Bible tells us to</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Really have joy, peace and patience</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Be free from our addictions</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Break our generational curses</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgive those who have wronged us</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not be influenced by our pain from the past</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Love our neighbor as ourselves</span></span></li></ol><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">In this lesson, we will get an understanding of what wholeness and brokenness are. </span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This is a summary of the first 3 lessons from the series.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: times;"><a class="c15" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://unchaineddisciples.blogspot.com/2020/07/introducing-wholeness.html&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1708159101581721&usg=AOvVaw0qk3mNRuO5ILyjMqFsm-qV" style="font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: inherit;"></a></span><ol style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><a class="c15" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://unchaineddisciples.blogspot.com/2020/07/introducing-wholeness.html&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1708159101581721&usg=AOvVaw0qk3mNRuO5ILyjMqFsm-qV" style="font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: inherit;"></a></span><li><span style="font-family: times;"><a class="c15" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://unchaineddisciples.blogspot.com/2020/07/introducing-wholeness.html&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1708159101581721&usg=AOvVaw0qk3mNRuO5ILyjMqFsm-qV" style="font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: inherit;"></a><a class="c15" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://unchaineddisciples.blogspot.com/2020/07/introducing-wholeness.html&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1708159101581721&usg=AOvVaw0qk3mNRuO5ILyjMqFsm-qV" style="font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: inherit;">Unchained Disciples : Introducing Wholeness</a></span></li><li><a class="c15" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://unchaineddisciples.blogspot.com/2020/08/wounds-from-past.html&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1708159101582079&usg=AOvVaw07dxlsrFAJovxYi6WAceDv" style="font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">Unchained Disciples : Wounds From the Past</span></a></li><li><span class="c13" style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c15" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://unchaineddisciples.blogspot.com/2020/08/how-emotional-wounds-impact.html&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1708159101582420&usg=AOvVaw0cDTxXwQ1fLJo4TUA6iS53" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">Unchained Disciples : How Emotional Wounds Impact Relationships</span></a></span></li></ol><h1 class="c39" id="h.cpsl5110tmur" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.38; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Defining Wholeness</span></span></h1><p class="c24" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Wholeness is about being _______ healthy</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">spiritually</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">emotionally</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">mentally</span></span></li></ul><p class="c24 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c9" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Free from oppression of</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Our past</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Bad thinking</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Strongholds</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The enemy</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c24" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’re talking about</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">dealing with life’s current stresses</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">being healed from experiences/wounds of the past</span></span></li></ul><p class="c24 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c24" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’re promised eternal life</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">We’re also supposed to have: joy, peace, patience, and self control</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> here on earth</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c5" id="h.tbtnhdt2g5xd" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Goal of Wholeness</span></span></h2><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Matthew 22: 36-40</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c20" style="background-color: white; color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c15" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://biblehub.com/matthew/22-36.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1708159101584409&usg=AOvVaw3tiEzKiccl_rZmLOQGjawo" style="text-decoration: inherit;">36</a></span><span class="c3" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;">“Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” </span><span class="c20" style="background-color: white; color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c15" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://biblehub.com/matthew/22-37.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1708159101584586&usg=AOvVaw0SqlRYkG0PRAjyVNrWUl36" style="text-decoration: inherit;">37</a></span><span class="c3" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span class="c3" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;">And He said to him, “ ‘Y</span><span class="c14" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 8pt;">OU SHALL LOVE THE</span><span class="c3" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;"> L</span><span class="c14" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 8pt;">ORD YOUR</span><span class="c3" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;"> G</span><span class="c14" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 8pt;">OD WITH ALL YOUR HEART</span><span class="c3" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;">, </span><span class="c14" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 8pt;">AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL</span><span class="c3" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;">, </span><span class="c14" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 8pt;">AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND</span><span class="c3" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;">.’ </span><span class="c20" style="background-color: white; color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c15" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://biblehub.com/matthew/22-38.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1708159101585023&usg=AOvVaw15Jjr5OqWWBPEXWSV3uSnu" style="text-decoration: inherit;">38</a></span><span class="c3" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;">“This is the great and foremost commandment. </span><span class="c20" style="background-color: white; color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c15" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://biblehub.com/matthew/22-39.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1708159101585184&usg=AOvVaw0uu8A0KKWHAIz--uTN8fbt" style="text-decoration: inherit;">39</a></span><span class="c3" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;">“The second is like it, ‘Y</span><span class="c14" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 8pt;">OU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF</span><span class="c3" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;">.’ </span><span class="c20" style="background-color: white; color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c15" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://biblehub.com/matthew/22-40.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1708159101585398&usg=AOvVaw2JsQqbHrbBr-A5ZZ2Ttb7C" style="text-decoration: inherit;">40</a></span><span class="c3 c22" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">“On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets.”</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You can’t truly love until you are whole</span></span></p><ul class="c12 lst-kix_fkle2wf866iz-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Before that your love will be conditional</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c17" id="h.cowwn5k8es8b" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Receiving God’s Love</span></span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We can’t fully comprehend God’s love for us until we are whole</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c17" id="h.44fj0ewxfjbd" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Faith in God</span></span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">We can’t fully trust if we are not whole</span></p><h3 class="c17" id="h.ic7h0u7opoh" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Identity in Christ</span></span></h3><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Filtering your life through the lens of Christianity</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Example: Not as:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">A republican/democrat</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Woman</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Black man</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c19 c28" id="h.2anu94knqzo6" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Led by the Spirit</span></span></h3><p class="c0 c19" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Being led by the Spirit is hearing the Holy Spirit regularly and obeying</span></span></p><h3 class="c19 c28" id="h.flyuc4o7vz0e" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Renewing Your Mind</span></span></h3><p class="c19 c0" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c22 c21 c38" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Renewed mind means you know the will of God and you approve.</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">You feel about sin the way God feels about sin</span></span></li><li><span class="c9" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You feel about people the way Jesus feels about people</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c19 c28" id="h.uktrquov9bij" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Inherit the Kingdom of God</span></span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Galatians 5:22-23</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c13" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c15" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/galatians/5-22.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1708159101587245&usg=AOvVaw2_VbNF8b6KER1SQLQnBuZR" style="text-decoration: inherit;">22</a></span> But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, <span class="c13" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c15" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/galatians/5-23.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1708159101587379&usg=AOvVaw2IeXnqjlpftmG2_eQPqlLW" style="text-decoration: inherit;">23</a></span> <span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">No longer Controlled by</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Anger</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Emotions</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Seeking the approval of others</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c19 c25" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c21" style="color: #222222; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: times;">What are some ways that it will cost us if we are not made whole?</span></span></p><h1 class="c16" id="h.o963xpjh90v6" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">We Are All Broken / Wounded</span></h1><h2 class="c5" id="h.7i1qxlqj9jr" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Wounded</span></span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The state of having unhealthy thoughts, actions, perceptions, and/or behaviors due to past negative experiences.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When Some people get saved their addictions, and bad attitudes supernaturally go away. They get filled with joy and faith.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Others get saved and nothing changes.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They are still caught up with:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Alcoholism</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Gossip</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Lying</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Pornoagraphy</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Fornication / lust</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Anxiety and worry</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jealousy and envy</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Anger</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Judgment</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Unforgiveness</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We all have things that God needs to take away.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c5" id="h.2j0vnpoz9p" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Brokenness Impacts Your Christianity</span></span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c26" style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: times;">How can Brokenness impact your walk with Christ?</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Brokenness keeps you from</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Obeying God’s commands</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Trusting God (faith)</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Accepting the love of God</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2 c30" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px 0px 0px 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c16" id="h.iut7euf1xdsl" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How We Became Broken / Wounded</span></span></h1><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c26" style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: times;">What are some reasons that we aren’t whole?</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c17" id="h.qiss6del8lk1" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Fall</span></span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Adam and Eve’s mistake brought sin and death into the world.</span></p><h3 class="c17" id="h.2wqktd3xdrq2" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Our Flesh</span></span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Psalms 51:5</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c13" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c15" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/psalms/51-5.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1708159101590079&usg=AOvVaw3Pv2JnT3LkPVlwuoist3Tu" style="text-decoration: inherit;">5</a></span> <span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Surely I was brought forth in iniquity;</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I was sinful when my mother conceived me.</span></span></p><h3 class="c17" id="h.gl4rqzxsr4w7" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Worldly Influence</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Misplaced priorities</span></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Chose Mammon over God</span></span></li></ul><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Strongholds</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c17" id="h.8brq6b9o8tc1" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Spiritual Warfare</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Satan</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">demons</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Fallen angels</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c17" id="h.itxz3xem9lz5" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Childhood Experiences</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Left crying in the crib too long - abandonment</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Unwanted pregnancy - rejection</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Only got parents attention when you were bad - rebellious</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Childhood trauma</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Parental relationship</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c17" id="h.qof404q2sbtc" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Experiences / Mindsets</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Relationships</span></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Lies, betrayal,</span></span></li></ul><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Fear (death, aging, …)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Illness</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Memories</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c17" id="h.5xcf7scvr08g" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Medical Issues</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Chemical imbalances</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c17" id="h.1ffvf0uewtf1" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Disobedience</span></span></h3><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c16" id="h.jr63nxqjqej" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Fruits of Brokenness</span></span></h1><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c26" style="font-weight: 700;">Galatians 5:19-21</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">19 Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: sexual immorality, impurity, indecent behavior, 20 idolatry, witchcraft, hostilities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions, 21 envy, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.</span></span></p><ul class="c12 lst-kix_4gkswhfb2iv4-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">Fruits of the flesh</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Some of the fruits of brokenness include</span></span></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Overly Worried about the opinions of others</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not authentic</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t live by morals and principles</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Lying</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Unkind</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Negative assumptions</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Being judgemental</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ungratefulness</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Irrational Fear</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jealousy & Envy</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Uncontrollable Anger</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Failure to forgive</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Always Complaining </span></span></li></ol><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c5" id="h.1hodzhowve3e" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Overly Worried About the Opinions of Others</span></span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Galatians 1:10</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">10 For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ.</span></span></p><ul class="c12 lst-kix_prjetjiuuf6o-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You can’t fully serve Christ if you’re seeking the approval of others</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c22 c31" style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“What will they think about me”?</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I bet they think that I’m …</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Why did I say that?</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c36 c32" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">An over obsession with the opinions of others is evidence that the revelation of God‘s love for you is lacking</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"> -- Toure Roberts</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c5" id="h.5g4h3al2a8ps" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not Authentic</span></span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Matthew 10:28</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"> <span class="c13" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c15" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://biblehub.com/matthew/10-28.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1708159101594684&usg=AOvVaw2eBDPb1awKdFtpqUN0CRhu" style="text-decoration: inherit;">28</a></span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c22 c34" style="background-color: white; color: #a80000; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c32 c36" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When you’re whole you aren’t afraid to say what you think because what you think is the right thing</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“Keepin’ it 100”</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Some people are authentically broken. </span></span></p><ul class="c12 lst-kix_omo9r2c2e2f4-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The goal is to be healed and authentic.</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c5" id="h.lqsyan7ie0wo" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Lying</span></span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What types of things do people lie about?</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">White lies to avoid the response of others</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c26" style="font-weight: 700;">Example:</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> “I’ll be there in 10 minutes”</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c5" id="h.6fey8wm5bjiu" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t Live By Morals and Principles</span></span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Chameleon</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You let the opinions of others determine what’s right and wrong</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c5" id="h.ighhtzy7utf9" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Unkind</span></span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Micah 6:8</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c13" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c15" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://biblehub.com/micah/6-8.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1708159101596069&usg=AOvVaw3JD_LOWaIGeD_aLK9MYaHW" style="text-decoration: inherit;">8</a></span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">He has told you, O man, what is good;</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"> And what does the LORD require of you</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"> But to do justice, to love kindness,</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"> And to walk humbly with your God?</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3 c22" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">There are people that don’t care about others feelings</span></span></p><ul class="c12 lst-kix_ameq1hvx6chz-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Mean and nasty</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c5" id="h.y1obiqqskz91" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Negative Assumptions</span></span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Every time someone does something you question their motives. Even people who have no history with you. </span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When you have been</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Devalued</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">heart hurt</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">betrayed</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">you’re probably going to have negative assumptions.</span></span></p><h2 class="c5" id="h.qlsgnvtdkm0r" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Being Judgemental</span></span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Matthew 7:1-3</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c13" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c15" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://biblehub.com/matthew/7-1.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1708159101597240&usg=AOvVaw1oS36zFBlIieaPKZloV2Xf" style="text-decoration: inherit;">1</a></span>“Do not judge so that you will not be judged. <span class="c13" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c15" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://biblehub.com/matthew/7-2.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1708159101597376&usg=AOvVaw3W2J8sPeBQ8jgn--LX26OD" style="text-decoration: inherit;">2</a></span>“For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you. <span class="c13" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c15" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://biblehub.com/matthew/7-3.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1708159101597495&usg=AOvVaw3Tzq6ZB8yHIHruiYU_uFQn" style="text-decoration: inherit;">3</a></span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">“Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">To judge is to proclaim or imply that something is bad or good. </span></span></p><ul class="c12 lst-kix_y4l133wfq2k9-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Right or wrong</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Always pointing out what someone else is doing wrong. Tearing down instead of building up.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c5" id="h.idw5oe28p6c1" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ungratefulness</span></span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 Thessalonians 5:16-18</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c13" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c15" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://biblehub.com/1_thessalonians/5-16.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1708159101598107&usg=AOvVaw2x4sPflOC0quTXY6BTKumt" style="text-decoration: inherit;">16</a></span> Rejoice always; <span class="c13" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c15" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://biblehub.com/1_thessalonians/5-17.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1708159101598282&usg=AOvVaw3my2nYUrmYQbcV5eGxPOv7" style="text-decoration: inherit;">17</a></span> pray without ceasing; <span class="c13" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c15" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://biblehub.com/1_thessalonians/5-18.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1708159101598401&usg=AOvVaw1omFz5W2l_JqLIxCUu2mtZ" style="text-decoration: inherit;">18</a></span> <span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">in everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3 c22" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Take everything for granted. </span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Focus on what they don’t have.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c5" id="h.2votq5bz5a8u" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Irrational Fear</span></span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Philippians 4:6</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Always imagining the worst scenario and spending your focus, energy and attention on it.</span></span></p><h2 class="c5" id="h.tuid7tqbygzn" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jealousy and Envy</span></span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">James 3:16</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c13" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c15" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://biblehub.com/james/3-16.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1708159101599101&usg=AOvVaw29rJOQf5c2w0WVVNoTsPCP" style="text-decoration: inherit;">16</a></span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every evil thing.</span></span></p><h3 class="c17" id="h.1al29v9514cb" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Envy</span></span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"> means "the longing for something someone else has without any ill will intended toward that person."</span></span></p><h3 class="c17" id="h.kjx7c2fm94zr" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jealousy</span></span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"> is the resentment or a grudge you feel towards the person due to coveting what that person has or enjoys." </span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Success</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Opportunities</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">relationships</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">or anything else that you desire but feel you don’t have. </span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c17" id="h.ilx13wz9y82z" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Romantic Jealousy</span></span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">"jealous" can be used to mean "possessively suspicious" of someone else.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c5" id="h.lf21wsmv0lw" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Uncontrollable Anger</span></span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ephesians 4:31-32</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c13" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c15" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://biblehub.com/ephesians/4-31.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1708159101600251&usg=AOvVaw1_-eWGiqPar6oZ86Lqwulq" style="text-decoration: inherit;">31</a></span>Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. <span class="c13" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c15" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://biblehub.com/ephesians/4-32.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1708159101600385&usg=AOvVaw0L87GC7t3fsGkdu93fpxuV" style="text-decoration: inherit;">32</a></span> <span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3 c22" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t be out of control</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Self-control</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c5" id="h.5ko2dh8eb7y7" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Failure to forgive</span></span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Matthew 6:12-15</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c13" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c15" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-12.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1708159101601165&usg=AOvVaw3u1F9uChpcj0DYOBKXyIV7" style="text-decoration: inherit;">12</a></span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">‘And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c13" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c15" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-13.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1708159101601373&usg=AOvVaw2y8UJoHU5Y7sFulpKl3CfQ" style="text-decoration: inherit;">13</a></span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">‘And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil. [For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.’]</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c13" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c15" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-14.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1708159101601660&usg=AOvVaw1YHu1TNhgRxBv2RIrYIyqG" style="text-decoration: inherit;">14</a></span>“For if you forgive others for their transgressions, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. <span class="c13" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c15" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-15.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1708159101601791&usg=AOvVaw1Nn0dOo7J0GGpLvb0BmeoL" style="text-decoration: inherit;">15</a></span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">“But if you do not forgive others, then your Father will not forgive your transgressions.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><ul class="c12 lst-kix_t16pajmcir7o-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Holding grudges</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Someone wronged you in the past. </span></span></p><h2 class="c5" id="h.fqf8jybtemqx" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Always Complaining</span></span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Philippians 2:14</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c13" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c15" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://biblehub.com/philippians/2-14.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1708159101602271&usg=AOvVaw0m7T1n_J6dMUUlY364T7cJ" style="text-decoration: inherit;">14</a></span> <span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Do all things without grumbling or disputing;</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Some people can find something negative about everything</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c16" id="h.he8tscx3oxuv" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Unhealthy Argument Styles</span></span></h1><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ephesians 4:32</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c13" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c15" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://biblehub.com/ephesians/4-32.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1708159101602701&usg=AOvVaw2DKhj53tE83tFioMr74pZF" style="text-decoration: inherit;">32</a></span> <span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_ycgenz5nzuos-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Defensiveness</span></span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_ycgenz5nzuos-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Deflecting</span></span></li><li class="c0 c10 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Criticizing</span></span></li><li class="c0 c10 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Blaming</span></span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_ycgenz5nzuos-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Stone Walling</span></span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_ycgenz5nzuos-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Condescending</span></span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_ycgenz5nzuos-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Poor listening</span></span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_ycgenz5nzuos-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Harsh Words</span></span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_ycgenz5nzuos-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Name Calling / Labeling</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c5" id="h.js7m90bh9pas" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Defensiveness</span></span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When someone brings up something you did, you assume they are attacking you. </span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your first thought is to defend yourselves.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">You can’t admit you are wrong. </span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You try to justify your actions. </span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c5" id="h.kt1ni4hhsu7f" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Deflecting</span></span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Used to distract the other person from their original criticism.</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">to avoid directly refuting or disproving the initial argument</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c17" id="h.95ht1ujbmesp" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Criticism</span></span></h3><h3 class="c17" id="h.e90uaisbvmxy" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c1" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">One way that people deflect from their own mistakes is to criticize others. </span></span></h3><ul class="c12 lst-kix_a0jos17hu6yy-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c17 c4 li-bullet-0" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 16pt; text-align: left;"><h3 id="h.6k4sc75du9xx" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; display: inline; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c32" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">They try to change the focus to what someone else did wrong. </span></span></h3></li></ul><h3 class="c17" id="h.uaieaihlkdgv" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Blaming</span></span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c23 c22" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They try to turn the tables by pointing out flaws in the other person's behavior.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c23 c22" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c11" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 10.5pt; font-weight: 700;">Example</span><span class="c23 c22" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;">: caught cheating</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">“I can’t believe you cheated on me!”</span></span></li><li><span class="c23 c22" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“You never pay me any attention”</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c5" id="h.vp86s4jn4dii" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Stone Walling</span></span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This is when someone refuses to engage in a conversation</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">People do this when they are anxious and they would rather avoid it</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c5" id="h.dnfedtb6eakk" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Condescending</span></span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Romans 12:16</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c13" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c15" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://biblehub.com/romans/12-16.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1708159101604641&usg=AOvVaw0ZntiBfp822QA196p579fS" style="text-decoration: inherit;">16</a></span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Be of the same mind toward one another; do not be haughty in mind, but associate with the lowly. Do not be wise in your own estimation.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You are the only one who is ever allowed to be right. Makes everyone else feel stupid and foolish. </span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Talks down to everyone</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Invalidating opinions</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3 c22" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c5" id="h.s37ywikn4gz5" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Poor listening</span></span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">James 1:19</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"> <span class="c13" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c15" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://biblehub.com/james/1-19.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1708159101605226&usg=AOvVaw0esZteBhppBOtBj2G00laK" style="text-decoration: inherit;">19</a></span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">This you know, my beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger;</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Everything you say triggers a self-centered story about the other person. </span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Waiting for you to stop talking</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c5" id="h.edmbvjirzdb9" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Harsh Words</span></span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">James 1:26 </span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">No degrading language</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">No put downs</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">No swearing</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Discuss the issue not the person</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c5" id="h.f5i1a7cqelnu" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Name Calling / Labeling</span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">labeling</span></span></p><ol class="c12 lst-kix_cjxutoxbgmvn-0 start" start="1" style="counter-reset: lst-ctn-kix_cjxutoxbgmvn-0 0; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_cjxutoxbgmvn-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“You’re a liar”</span></span></li></ol><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3 c22" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Focus on the issue not the person</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c16" id="h.3gl474naannc" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Healthy Argument Rules</span></span></h1><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">These rules will make your arguments less painful and more manageable</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Disagreements are inevitable. It is how you argue that is important. This is where fair fighting rules come in.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ask yourself why you are upset</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Discuss one issue at a time</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Express your feelings with words and take responsibility for your feelings</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Take turns talking</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Try to reach a compromise</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">No Yelling</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Call a timeout if things are getting overheated</span></span></li></ol><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">These rules will help you to argue safely without crossing the line in your relationship.</span></span></p><h2 class="c5" id="h.8kbwfosclllp" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ask yourself why you are really upset</span></span></h2><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Are you really angry that your partner left mustard on the counter or was it the fact that he doesn’t do housework</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The real problem will go unresolved</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c5" id="h.kaiqjikey848" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Discuss one issue at a time</span></span></h2><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">By discussing too many issues the original problem gets buried and nothing gets solved</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You don’t have to go over your whole history</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c5" id="h.c16rcav2ksmy" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Express your feelings with words and take responsibility for your feelings</span></span></h2><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">I feel___When___</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I felt worried when you didn’t return my phone call</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c5" id="h.4nj2fpz18cwu" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Take turns talking</span></span></h2><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t think about what you wanna say instead of listening</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c5" id="h.jctv57utaif6" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Try to reach a compromise</span></h2><h2 class="c5" id="h.5bze1am0bk1i" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">No Yelling</span></h2><h2 class="c5" id="h.zg46bexvyrag" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Call a timeout if things are getting overheated</span></span></h2><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Or if rules get broken</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Take 15 minutes to do something relaxing to calm down and collect your thoughts</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c16" id="h.5tjtkll18oha" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Traits of Wholeness</span></span></h1><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c24" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Through this 3.5 year series we have identified traits that we defined as the goal for wholeness</span></span></p><h3 class="c17" id="h.foj7l4dozv34" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Traits of Wholeness</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_125i86f6vxpb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Authenticity</span></span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_125i86f6vxpb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Honesty</span></span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_125i86f6vxpb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Kindness</span></span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_125i86f6vxpb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Behavior not influenced by external approval / validation</span></span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_125i86f6vxpb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Living by values and principles</span></span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_125i86f6vxpb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Setting Boundaries</span></span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_125i86f6vxpb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Taking ownership of your responsibilities</span></span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_125i86f6vxpb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Living with purpose and passion</span></span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_125i86f6vxpb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Optimism</span></span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_125i86f6vxpb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Confidence</span></span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_125i86f6vxpb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not losing control of your emotions</span></span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_125i86f6vxpb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Free from addictions</span></span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_125i86f6vxpb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Addressing Conflict with truth and love</span></span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_125i86f6vxpb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Vulnerability</span></span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_125i86f6vxpb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not critical or Judgemental</span></span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_125i86f6vxpb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not jealous of others</span></span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_125i86f6vxpb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgive those who have wronged you in the past</span></span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_125i86f6vxpb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Know that you’re worthy of receiving love</span></span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_125i86f6vxpb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not afraid to fail</span></span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_125i86f6vxpb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Able to manage irrational fear, worry, and anxiety</span></span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_125i86f6vxpb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Selfless encounters with others</span></span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_125i86f6vxpb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not manipulating others trying to control their actions/reactions</span></span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_125i86f6vxpb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You care about how others feel</span></span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_125i86f6vxpb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Patient</span></span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_125i86f6vxpb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t give into peer/social pressure</span></span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_125i86f6vxpb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Can communicate without antagonizing others</span></span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_125i86f6vxpb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Recognize, manage, and take responsibility for their own thoughts and feelings</span></span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_125i86f6vxpb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Slow to anger</span></span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_125i86f6vxpb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ability to maturely express your wants, needs and desires</span></span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_125i86f6vxpb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Can listen without reacting</span></span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_125i86f6vxpb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Can respect others without having to change them</span></span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_125i86f6vxpb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Can function well… Alone or with others</span></span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_125i86f6vxpb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Able to take responsibility for our own destiny in life</span></span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_125i86f6vxpb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Able to maintain a non-anxious presence in the midst of anxiety and stress</span></span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_125i86f6vxpb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Able to ask for what they need want or prefer clearly, directly and honestly</span></span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_125i86f6vxpb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Has the capacity to resolve conflict maturely</span></span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_125i86f6vxpb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Being led by the Spirit</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c16" id="h.sslhktrgycbp" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Path to Wholeness</span></span></h1><ul class="c12 lst-kix_dvnsfuer3iex-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Unchained Disciples Model</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c17" id="h.c1u8vh8t116y" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Self Awareness</span></span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">realizing all of the characteristics of yourself</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Behaviors</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Beliefs / Mindsets</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Defense mechanisms</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Coping strategies</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Triggers</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Responses</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Strongholds</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c17" id="h.lvlop52nd60z" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Identify which characteristics are broken or unhealthy</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Use the Bible as the standard for our beliefs and behavior</span></span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_7ujfwiyb05y-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Determine what biblical principles of living are being violated</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c17" id="h.5qqae2moduvl" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Where possible identify the cause of the brokenness</span></span></h3><h3 class="c17" id="h.phwq06e63l6f" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Follow the Biblical Instruction</span></span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Adopt behaviors and mindsets as prescribed by the authority of scripture</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c17" id="h.c1afle80d8xo" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Healing</span></span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">And then we will work on changing our actual nature</span></span></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Decrease resistance so that the unconscious dynamics become conscious</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Pray that God will work on you to change the behaviors/mindsets</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Discuss in community</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Follow up with accountability (ideal)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Work through the unhealthy patterns triggered by earlier relationships to replace them with a healthier approach to handling life</span></span></li></ol><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c16" id="h.lcw0o0hdnvw2" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Self awareness Exercise</span></span></h1><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">3 Why’s</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ask God what is the one area you need to work on right now</span></span></li></ul><h1 class="c16" id="h.84ikaporr0zt" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Conclusion</span></span></h1><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The ultimate goal is not to just mimic good behaviors.</span></span></p><ul class="c12 lst-kix_6yaqvf9ohszr-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The goal is heart change</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Have you noticed that some couples start to mimic each other’s mannerisms and even may begin to look like each other.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The closer that we get to God, the more we will look like Jesus.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The more time we spend with God</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Bible</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Prayer</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Worship</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The more we will become sanctified and our mind will be renewed.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The book of Habakkuk was about a prophet who God told to marry a prostitute.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">After they were married she went back to prostituting and God commanded him to go and take her back as his wife instead of divorcing her.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The relationship of Habakkuk was a model for his relationship with His people. Even though we turned away from God and have unclean lives, He is still ready to receive us back.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God is aware that we all have brokenness in our lives. We all have things that we need to work on. God still loves us.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">He will pursue us.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">God is pursuing <span class="c26" style="font-weight: 700;">you </span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">right now…</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">…say “yes”</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God back to God.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><b>Instructor:</b> Michael Leadon</p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1vECSW7oYGI" width="320" youtube-src-id="1vECSW7oYGI"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><h1 class="c16" id="h.60wcoso70y4e" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">References</span></h1><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c13" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c15" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://unchaineddisciples.blogspot.com/2020/07/introducing-wholeness.html&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1708159101613659&usg=AOvVaw1c3nyMpWRgkKgqoZebTQls" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">Unchained Disciples : Introducing Wholeness</span></a></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c13" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c15" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://unchaineddisciples.blogspot.com/2020/08/wounds-from-past.html&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1708159101613954&usg=AOvVaw3KbS9esdiPL-FuK9Ga2rXr" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">Unchained Disciples : Wounds From the Past</span></a></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c13" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c15" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://unchaineddisciples.blogspot.com/2020/08/how-emotional-wounds-impact.html&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1708159101614243&usg=AOvVaw1HLon8ykAf14keTaDjliG4" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">Unchained Disciples : How Emotional Wounds Impact Relationships</span></a></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c16" id="h.awja16u3p03" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Extra</span></span></h1><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c24 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">2 Corinthians 5:17</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 John 4:7-8</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">8 The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Proverbs 15:1</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">A gentle answer turns away wrath, But a harsh word stirs up anger.</span></span></p>Unchained Discipleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11710595205237468334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6986426612019457751.post-44581743644392824682024-02-02T23:39:00.000-08:002024-02-02T23:39:48.325-08:00Jesus and Therapy<p><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL-MPHPvfN2C1rL4GBKWZDZi3_Jy7pOa8GUMZIFhRlSkn6exWM2_v6K5MPf1DXW_aO_wWfWK-gyCrT0lLBfwvVGAuxIf6StEBJD_MuwTtrSu7V4QzYMQcCkfi4JQ7faaXTJImGD-7ozVvP-raDAKDBcpdks05gx6x-3qEo9zTOBTt-2jOjZBXT2qFV4IT6/s1198/Jesus%20and%20Therapy.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="674" data-original-width="1198" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL-MPHPvfN2C1rL4GBKWZDZi3_Jy7pOa8GUMZIFhRlSkn6exWM2_v6K5MPf1DXW_aO_wWfWK-gyCrT0lLBfwvVGAuxIf6StEBJD_MuwTtrSu7V4QzYMQcCkfi4JQ7faaXTJImGD-7ozVvP-raDAKDBcpdks05gx6x-3qEo9zTOBTt-2jOjZBXT2qFV4IT6/s320/Jesus%20and%20Therapy.png" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">Should Christian seek therapy outside of the church?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">~~ <a href="https://youtu.be/Qq4StlWTZhc" target="_blank">Watch the Video</a> ~~</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Scriptures:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Proverbs 11:14</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">John 8:32</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">James 5:16</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Galatians 3:23-26</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ephesians 2:8</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Act 14:8-10</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Luke 8:34-36</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Proverbs 15:22-23</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">2 Corinthians 1:3-4</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Matthew 21:22</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c2" id="h.91hsheunozf" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c20" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Introduction</span></span></h1><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Should Christians go to therapy?</span></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Has anyone heard the term Jesus and Therapy?</span></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Why do we need Jesus in therapy?</span></span></p><p class="c21" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt;"><span class="c25" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c12" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/shorts/Bg7fUOhrF_s?si%3DQ6RPaIlwrXxJV9NO&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1706948694005743&usg=AOvVaw1ayyUalmfntzhg2qoITKhm" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/shorts/Bg7fUOhrF_s?si=Q6RPaIlwrXxJV9NO</span></a></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Prayer is a weapon… Therapy is a strategy</span></li></ul><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: times;">Proverbs 11:14</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Where there is no guidance the people fall, But in an abundance of counselors there is victory.</span></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">There are many people suffering in church.</span></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">People are suffering from:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Miscarriages</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Infertility</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">the death of a child</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">the loss of a sibling, parent, grandparent, spouses, or friend</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">fighting cancer</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">chronic illness</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">wayward children</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">family conflict</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Anxiety</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Depression</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">job loss</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Financial burdens</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">People used to go to their priests and pastors with their relational, emotional, and mental concerns. Now we are quick to tell people to seek therapy.</span></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What role should the church have in dealing with ?</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Addictions</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Relationship issues</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Mental health issues</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Emotional issues (anxiety, depression)</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: times;">What do you do when a brother or sister in Christ comes to you with a problem?</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Marriage/dating problems</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sin issues</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Emotional issues</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c13" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c31 c16" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Should you?</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Listen.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Offer advice</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Provide reassurance</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Quote Bible verses</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Pray</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Exhort different behaviors</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Empathize</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Probe into forgotten memories.</span></span></li><li><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Analyze their dreams</span></span></li></ul><p class="c13 c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c13" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We will discuss models that different churches use to address emotional and mental health issues. </span></span></p><p class="c13" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We will discuss which issues are better addressed in therapy.</span></span></p><p class="c13 c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Outline:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Introduction</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Traits of Wholeness</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Focusing on Objective Truth</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Exhortation and Accountability</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sozo Ministries</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Therapy</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Alcoholic Anonymous</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Discipleship vs Counseling</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Issues Better Addressed By Therapy</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Issues Better Addressed in Christian Communities</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Conclusion</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><h1 class="c10" id="h.9j84u7pycq3p" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c20" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Traits of Wholeness</span></span></h1><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">We are in our series called <span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">Seeking Wholeness</span></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How can we be:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Spiritually healthy</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Emotionally healthy</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Mentally healthy</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Free from oppression of</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Our past</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ourself</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Bad thinking</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Strongholds</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The enemy</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’re talking about</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">dealing with life’s current stresses</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">being healed from experiences/wounds of the past</span></span></li></ul><p class="c9 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’re promised eternal life</span></span></p><ul class="c1 lst-kix_j1x9drv10ssg-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c9 c6 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’re supposed to have: joy, peace, patience, and self control here on earth</span></span></li></ul><p class="c9 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Today we’re going to talk about spiritual growth and emotional growth</span></span></p><h3 class="c19" id="h.foj7l4dozv34" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c23" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Traits of Wholeness</span></span></h3><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Authenticity</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Honesty</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Kindness</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not dependent on external approval / validation</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Living by values and principles</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Setting Boundaries</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Taking ownership of your responsibilities</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Living with purpose and passion</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Optimism</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Confidence</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not losing control of your emotions</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Free from addictions</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Addressing Conflict with truth and love</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Vulnerability</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not critical or Judgemental</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not jealous of others</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgive those who have wronged you in the past</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Know that you’re worthy of receiving love</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not afraid to fail</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Able to manage irrational fear, worry, and anxiety</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Selfless encounters with others</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not manipulating others trying to control their actions/reactions</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">You care about how others feel</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Patient</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t give into peer/social pressure</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Can communicate without antagonizing others</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Recognize, manage, and take responsibility for their own thoughts and feelings</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Slow to anger</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ability to maturely express your wants, needs and desires</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Can listen without reacting</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Can respect others without having to change them</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Can function well… Alone or with others</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Able to take responsibility for our own destiny in life</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Able to maintain a non-anxious presence in the midst of anxiety and stress</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Able to ask for what they need want or prefer clearly, directly and honestly</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Has the capacity to resolve conflict maturely</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Being led by the Spirit</span></span></li></ol><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c10" id="h.ebw6qwz1rww" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c20" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Focusing on Objective Truth</span></span></h1><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">John 8:32</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c26" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span class="c36 c33 c16" style="background-color: white; color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c12" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/john/8-32.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1706948694013024&usg=AOvVaw3_76pcOY_EcGo34yVrrSJ8" style="text-decoration: inherit;">32</a></span><span class="c26" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span class="c26" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;">and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”</span></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Objective truth centers on the great doctrines of the faith and their relevance to life:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">the sovereignty of God</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">the high priestly intercession of Christ</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">the promise of the Holy Spirit</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">the hope of eternal glory</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Understanding these great truths, centering our thoughts on them, and rehearsing them in our minds will enable us to reason from truth in all of life’s trials, and our faith will be strong and vital.</span></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It focuses on Reasoning from what we know about God —rather than — what we feel about ourselves.</span></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c2" id="h.cl5he8keze1h" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c20" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Exhortation and Accountability</span></span></h1><ul class="c1 lst-kix_2793i9t9f3hz-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c3 c6 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Exhortation and accountability</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">James 5:16</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed. A prayer of a righteous person, when it is brought about, can accomplish much.</span></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c13" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This is the model that most conservative evangelicals live by</span></span></p><p class="c13 c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c13" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c31 c16" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The model</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Determine what biblical principles of living are being violated</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Provide instruction based on the authority of scripture.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Exhort conformity to those principles after confession and repentance</span></span></li><li><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Follow up with accountability to see whether the good intentions were carried out</span></span></li></ul><p class="c13 c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c13" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It can be defined by the words.</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Exhortation.</span></span></li><li><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Accountability</span></span></li></ul><p class="c13 c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c13" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This model assumes that the cause always lies in a wrongly active will that must be firmly redirected</span></span></p><p class="c13 c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c2" id="h.tqrygtvxadfc" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c22" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Criticism of the exhortation and accountability model</span></span></h2><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">known more for their pressure than their graciousness</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">This approach requires that people conform to standards, which are external to them</span></span></li><li><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The law has become the goal rather than a good escort to Christ</span></span></li></ol><p class="c13 c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c13" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c31 c16" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Galatians 3:23-26</span></span></p><p class="c13" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">23 But before faith came, we were kept in custody under the Law, being confined for the faith that was destined to be revealed. 24 Therefore the Law has become our guardian to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith. 25 But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian. 26 For you are all sons and daughters of God through faith in Christ Jesus.</span></span></p><h1 class="c43" id="h.ka1i0fpk2mng" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.656; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c20" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sozo Ministries</span></span></h1><h2 class="c15" id="h.kd5x2a4v3vjq" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c22" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sozo</span></span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I will used the term “sozo” to group ministries of</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Inner healing</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Deliverance</span></span></li></ul><p class="c18 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.9872; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c17" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.656; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">In The Bible, The same Greek word is used to mean save, heal, and deliver…<span class="c27 c16" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;">sozo</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Salvation</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Healing</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Deliverance from demons and Satan</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Therefore “Sozo“ is meant to be a complete healing emotional, mental physical, and spiritual</span></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c11" id="h.7jogdfsxsos" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.656; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c23" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Salvation</span></span></h3><p class="c17" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.656; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ephesians 2:8</span></span></p><p class="c17" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.656; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">For it is by grace you have been <span class="c27 c16" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;">saved</span><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">, through faith– and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God</span></span></p><ul class="c1 lst-kix_phfeoeq5dtq9-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c17 c6 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.656; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">the word save is the Greek word <span class="c27" style="font-style: italic;">sozo</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c11" id="h.vws2f6t1knm3" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.656; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c23" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Physical Healing</span></span></h3><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c17" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.656; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Act 14:8-10</span></span></p><p class="c17" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.656; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c34" style="vertical-align: super;">8 </span>In Lystra there sat a man who was lame. He had been that way from birth and had never walked. <span class="c34" style="vertical-align: super;">9 </span>He listened to Paul as he was speaking. Paul looked directly at him, saw that he had faith to be <span class="c27 c16" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;">healed </span><span class="c34" style="vertical-align: super;">10 </span><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">and called out, “Stand up on your feet!” At that, the man jumped up and began to walk.</span></span></p><ul class="c1 lst-kix_k258vytop9up-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c17 c6 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.656; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">“healed” is <span class="c27" style="font-style: italic;">sozo</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c11" id="h.59g0j6mj9sn0" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.656; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c23" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Deliverance</span></span></h3><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Luke 8:34-36</span></span></p><p class="c17" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.656; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c34" style="vertical-align: super;">34 </span>When those tending the pigs saw what had happened, they ran off and reported this in the town and countryside, <span class="c34" style="vertical-align: super;">35 </span>and the people went out to see what had happened. When they came to Jesus, they found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus’ feet, dressed and in his right mind; and they were afraid. <span class="c34" style="vertical-align: super;">36 </span>Those who had seen it told the people how the demon-possessed man had been <span class="c27 c16" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;">cured</span><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">.</span></span></p><ul class="c1 lst-kix_klq352knwpvl-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c3 c6 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">The word “cure“ is <span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">Sozo</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c40" id="h.gusjrmku3ah9" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.656; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c22" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Deliverance Ministries</span></span></h2><p class="c29 c3" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c45" style="color: #222222;">The generally agreed-upon definition of “deliverance ministry” will usually focus on the casting out of demons or spirits in an attempt to solve problems related to specific demons. For example, a deliverance minister may seek to help someone overcome anger by casting out a spirit of anger. Deliverance ministries also focus on tearing down </span><span class="c47" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c12" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.gotquestions.org/spiritual-strongholds.html&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1706948694017908&usg=AOvVaw3Mal_TlQZ6qmbYAeEklcva" style="text-decoration: inherit;">spiritual strongholds</a></span><span class="c45" style="color: #222222;"> in one’s life, finding inner healing, and claiming the victory in Christ over all enemies. Many refer to </span><span class="c47" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c12" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.gotquestions.org/soul-ties.html&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1706948694018132&usg=AOvVaw35GhXUUxTeuIJd9a9YyBNN" style="text-decoration: inherit;">soul ties</a></span><span class="c35" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">, curses, and the “legal rights” of demons.</span></span></p><p class="c3 c29" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c35" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">—Got Questions.org</span></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Cast out demons of:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Anger</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Alcoholism</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Fear (anxiety)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Suicide / depression</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sexual addiction / pornography</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c2" id="h.otdivcy7l28l" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Inner Healing</span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Inner healing ministries comprise a movement among Christians and churches that focuses on emotional and spiritual healing and freedom through repentance and forgiveness, prayer, and Scripture meditation. Such ministries are most common among those churches and parachurch groups influenced by the Charismatic movement which gained a foothold in Catholic and mainline Protestant churches in the early 1960’s; it is also a prominent ministry among Third Wave Charismatics and classical Pentecostals.</span></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“Deep-level healing is a ministry in the power of the Holy Spirit aimed at bringing healing and freedom to the whole person ….focuses on healing the hurts held in memories, often by helping people to experience Jesus’ presence in the memories and to give to him the hurts”</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"> –Kraft, Defeating Dark Angels, [Ventura: Regal Books, 1992], 41</span></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c38" style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #222222; font-size: 13.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">“Christian” inner healing practitioners use various techniques that take elements from psychotherapy, IFS therapy and “prayer journeys” that encourage people to remember past hurtful situations and visualize Jesus with them at that moment.</span></p><h2 class="c39" id="h.dggxqyavnx0u" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.656; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Methods</span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ministry approach:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Get to the root of issues hindering your connection with the Godhead.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Reconnect with each member of the Trinity and receive a fresh revelation of God’s love.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Heal painful/traumatic wounds and memories.</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Experience the life of freedom and wholeness that God has for you.</span></span></li></ul><p class="c17 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.656; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">As the Holy Spirit leads, you’ll be invited to ask Father God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit questions about:</span></span></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Lies you’re believing</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Wounds that need healing</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">People to forgive</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Unhealthy relational and/or generational ties</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sins to renounce</span></span></li></ol><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c13 c33" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">–from Bethel Sozo</span></span></p><h2 class="c15" id="h.dzt0b2hc09ag" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c22" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Objections to Inner Healing</span></span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Some claim that some of the techniques used are taken from mysticism and New Age methods (e.g. prayer journeys).</span></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Others argue that</span></span></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"> It is harmful to have prolonged dwelling on occurrences that evoke hurt or anger,</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">the danger of basing our idea of God upon an image in our mind instead of the truth of who He is as revealed in Scripture</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">opening the doors of our minds to demonic interference</span></span></li></ol><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Is Inner Healing Biblical?</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c25" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c12" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkx5uHeWTMBGuk2ePRy7ovxDIk_XW85fZmO?si%3DmFT02VH0659_azYs&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1706948694020749&usg=AOvVaw0AExR5pD3r6ZbR3f846-VS" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkx5uHeWTMBGuk2ePRy7ovxDIk_XW85fZmO?si=mFT02VH0659_azYs</span></a></span></p><h1 class="c2" id="h.jiubty7l1acb" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c20" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Therapy</span></span></h1><p class="c2 subtitle" id="h.dygdynpbmu2" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #666666; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 16pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">T<span class="c42" style="font-size: 15pt; vertical-align: baseline;">reatment and/or repair model</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Proverbs 15:22-23</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">22 Without consultation, plans are frustrated, But with many counselors they succeed. 23 A person has joy in an apt answer, And how delightful is a timely word!</span></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jesus and Therapy- Jonathan McReynolds</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c25" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c12" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/CkMm6DYJIA_/?igshid%3DYmMyMTA2M2Y%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1706948694021493&usg=AOvVaw1KSolJvmFaVLIB6Ppgv6Hx" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/CkMm6DYJIA_/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=</span></a></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Similar to the approach that Christians see doctors for health issues even though they pray for and believe in supernatural healing.</span></p><h2 class="c2" id="h.erlpww41no2a" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c22" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Core idea of Psychology</span></span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Unhealthy, psychological processes that the patient did not recognize, and did not want to recognize lay hidden beneath visible problems and are, in fact, their source. These processes were set in motion by contact with unhealthy people developed into organized and firmly fixed patterns called psychological dynamics.</span></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The general idea is that something has been damaged in our internal pattern of processing ourselves and our lives, and that the damage needs to be fixed. </span></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c16" style="font-weight: 700;">Examples: </span><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">a personal identity that has been damaged by.</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Abandonment</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Rejection</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">abuse</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c15" id="h.s0927puongtr" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c22" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Treatment</span></span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">There are many different theories of how the mind works and many different treatment approaches, but they all share this…</span></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The verbal treatment involves 3 parts:</span></span></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Identify the</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">psychological processes causing the presented concerns</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Decrease the patient’s resistance so that the unconscious dynamics become conscious</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Work through the unhealthy patterns triggered by earlier relationships until the patient replaces them with a healthier approach to handling life</span></span></li></ol><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c2" id="h.yzudvojwnqgh" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c22" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Objections to Therapy</span></span></h2><p class="c13" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Hundreds of studies show that psychotherapy is better than nothing.</span></span></p><ul class="c1 lst-kix_3u2qbp17gd2a-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c13 c6 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It is harder to prove that what is helping are the reasons suggested by the theories.</span></span></li></ul><p class="c13 c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Different therapists might give a patient completely different explanations for their problems. The interpretations stem from a number of theories about how the mind works. The only problem is that no one knows which of the theories – if any – match reality.</span></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Patients tend to fit the words they say into the therapist's theoretical mode.</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Patients of Jungians notice archetypes in their dreams.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Patients of cognitive therapists eventually report irrational, automatic sentences that run through their heads.</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Patients to psychoanalytically oriented therapist remember forgotten, traumas and project what they feel towards their parents onto the therapist</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Studies have shown the different therapies work equally as well.</span></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c10" id="h.1etyu7435ghu" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c20" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Alcoholic Anonymous</span></span></h1><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">A Stanford researcher and two collaborators conducted an extensive review of Alcoholics Anonymous studies and found that the fellowship helps more people achieve sobriety than therapy does.</span></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">After evaluating 35 studies — involving the work of 145 scientists and the outcomes of 10,080 participants — Keith Humphreys, PhD, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, and his fellow investigators determined that <span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">AA was nearly always found to be more effective than psychotherapy in achieving abstinence.</span></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">AA works because it’s based on social interaction, Humphreys said, noting that members give one another emotional support as well as practical tips to refrain from drinking.</span></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c16" style="font-weight: 700;">“If you want to change your behavior, find some other people who are trying to make the same change,”</span><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> he said.</span></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"> —Stanford Medicine</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Humphreys is a member of the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute at Stanford</span></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">———</span></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">AA came out of the Christian revivalist Oxford Group</span></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">12 step programs have the highest success rate</span></span></p><h1 class="c2" id="h.287tz88rys06" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c20" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Discipleship vs Counseling</span></span></h1><p class="c13" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c31 c16" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Maybe discipleship defined as “counseling of the soul“ is the reality and psychotherapy is the imitation</span></span></p><p class="c13" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c31 c16" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We have wrongly defined soul wounds as psychological disorder, and have delegated the treatment to trained specialists. </span></span></p><p class="c13" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">– Dr. Larry Crabb, psychologist and Christian counselor (Connecting)</span></span></p><p class="c13 c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">2 Corinthians 1:3-4</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our affliction so that we will be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.</span></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Psychologist are ultimately people who are trained in a special type of talking</span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c13" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“Professional counseling is a specialized form of talking that we assume only highly trained people can practice. But that assumption is not well supported by the evidence.” </span></span></p><p class="c13 c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c16" style="font-weight: 700;">Example:</span> <span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Studies show that you will feel better if you talk to someone you trust about:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Anorexia</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Depression</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Difficulty with significant people in your life</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c13" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">People improve when they go to therapy, but it doesn’t seem to matter what type of therapy they go to.</span></span></p><p class="c13" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The conclusion is that.</span></span></p><p class="c13" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c31 c16" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What helps is focused, well-meaning conversations about problems</span></span></p><h2 class="c2" id="h.4ln0e16nmwqu" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c22" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Christian Communities</span></span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Larry Crabb, in his book Connecting, suggests that “soul issues” are better addressed by Christian communities</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Life groups</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Growth groups</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Accountability groups</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c2" id="h.p8dz9msbskon" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c23" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Soul Care</span></span></h3><p class="c13" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If soul care involves pouring something good out of one person into another … if releasing, what is good is more central to healing, then requiring what is right or repairing what is wrong… Then the helper must have something to pour</span></span></p><p class="c13" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c31 c16" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Skill in giving matters, but not as much as having something to give</span></span></p><p class="c13 c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c16 c31" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c2" id="h.114qkr5io0sf" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Community <span class="c22" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">Requirements</span></span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The community will care for the souls of its people through</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">friends</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">shepherds</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">spiritual directors</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c13" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The ideal cure is to find a community of believers who are</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Conscientious</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Non defensive</span></span></li><li><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Caring</span></span></li></ul><p class="c13 c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c13" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Community members who</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Engage each other</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Honor confidence</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Let themselves actually care when they hurt</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Believe in each other</span></span></li><li><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Involve themselves because they think the others are actually worth caring about</span></span></li></ul><p class="c13 c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c2" id="h.wsqqq8megsok" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c23" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Spiritual directors (in a church) need to</span></span></h3><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Mentor</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Give Hope</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Discern the deepest recesses of the soul.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Have sensitivity to what the spirit is doing.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Offer one’s presence to another.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Immerse themselves in spiritual theology.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Grow through involvement with their own spiritual Director.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Read widely.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ponder lessons from life and the arts</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Learn to recognize and disrupt the evil passions of the flesh.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Have a vision of what could be released in another’s life</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Have an understanding of</span></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Biblical anthropology,</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"> trinitarian theology.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">New covenant blessing.</span></span></li></ul></ul></blockquote><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c2" id="h.vqcqjopnnsl0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c20" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Issues Better Addressed By Therapy</span></span></h1><p class="c13" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c31 c16" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">There are 2 types of problems.</span></span></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Those that require the service of a technically trained professional.</span></span></li><li><span class="c24" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Those that represent struggles in the soul</span></span></li></ol><h2 class="c2" id="h.bg1dk2mssaex" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c22" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Benefits of a Trained Therapist</span></span></h2><p class="c13" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Training achieves 3 things.</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li class="c13 c6 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_fcsuaoks5t5f-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It promotes a higher sense of ethical commitment.</span></span></li><li class="c13 c6 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_fcsuaoks5t5f-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It encourages the trainee to better handle the patient's hostility and resistance without becoming defensive.</span></span></li><li class="c13 c6 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_fcsuaoks5t5f-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It tends to increase a therapist's human quality.</span></span></li><li class="c13 c7 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_fcsuaoks5t5f-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 72pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Empathy</span></span></li><li class="c13 c7 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_fcsuaoks5t5f-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 72pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Concern for another’s well-being</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c2" id="h.44wb3rou5zot" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Issues <span class="c22" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">Better Suited for Therapist</span></span></h2><p class="c13" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Empirically researchable concerns with predictable pattern in terms of</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Cause</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Nature</span></span></li><li><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Resolution</span></span></li></ul><p class="c13 c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c13" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Concepts that are best understood by empirical research are best handled by a qualified professional</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">High-level study of relevant research.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">A growing mastery of its conclusions and implications through formal training and ongoing practice</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Supervised experience in dealing with the presented concerns</span></span></li><li><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Credentials, granted by an appropriate regulatory body certifying, technical and procedural competence in handling a range of problems</span></span></li></ul><p class="c13 c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c2" id="h.wgjtu6ybudwu" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c22" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">These personal concerns fall into 4 categories</span></span></h2><h3 class="c2" id="h.ba2jgjs21ka" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c23" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Those that are caused or significantly aggravated by organic factors and/or can be meaningfully relieved through physiological or chemical intervention</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Psychotic reactions.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Severe affective disturbances</span></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Especially bipolar reactions.</span></span></li></ul><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Attention deficit disorder.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Clinical depression.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Hyperactivity.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Some cases of sexual dysfunction</span></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Impotence.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Premature ejaculation.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Orgasmic inability</span></span></li></ul></ul><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c19" id="h.6zvz9r39q636" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c23" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Those that reflect largely nonmoral process of learning and conditioning</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Slow learning</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Poor reading skills.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Related Behavioral disturbances.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Certain anxiety disorders.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Phobias</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Panic attack</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c19" id="h.m6ornrhyy5sz" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c23" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Those that pose a significant threat to social well-being for social order.</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Suicidal impulses.</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Antisocial behavior.</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c19" id="h.n1iwpc90904" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c23" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Those that represent ignorance of affective technique or understanding</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Marital communication patterns.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Handling teen rebellion.</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Vocational guidance</span></span></li></ul><p class="c13 c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c2" id="h.5nyn1l2jpqu" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Issues <span class="c20" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">Better Addressed in Christian Communities</span></span></h1><h2 class="c2" id="h.2phws2dcd1kl" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c22" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Concerns of the soul</span></span></h2><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Most personality disorders.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Narcissistic, borderline, dissociative identity disorder.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Non-extreme mood patterns.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Mild to moderate depression.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Existential despair</span></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Often confused with severe depression</span></span></li></ul><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Relational difficulties.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Inability to get close to others.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Most marriage tensions.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Alienating relationship styles.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Anger and impulse control</span></span></li></ul><p class="c13 c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c2" id="h.4pob0acbe1zs" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c22" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Everyday problems.</span></span></h2><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Insecurity.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Indecisiveness.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Superficiality (Denial)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Resentment.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">sexual struggles.</span></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Perversion and addictions.</span></span></li></ul></ul><p class="c13 c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c13" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Their root lies in disconnection, and a flesh driven response to life’s disappointments</span></span></p><p class="c13" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It is wrong to conceptualize these problems as evidenced of the damaged self caused by life experiences</span></span></p><p class="c13" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c24"><span style="font-family: times;">Problems of the soul are more accurately defined as the effort to handle life challenges</span></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c10" id="h.yzfgwxeurcwo" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c20" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Conclusion</span></span></h1><p class="c13" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We often ask “what words will help”?</span></span></p><p class="c13" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We need to ask… “ what needs helping that words can do something about“?</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Are there repressed emotions that uncovering words can surface?</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Are people indifferent to their responsibilities and need rebuking words.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Are they confused about what to do… And looking for words of wise counsel?</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Do our problems stem from forgetting that God cares?</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Are encouraging words the most helpful?</span></span></li><li><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Is pouring words into people the answer?</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c13" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What good counselors do resembles</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Real friends</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Wise shepherds</span></span></li><li><span class="c24" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Seasoned spiritual directors</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When problems that reflect physical or practical matters of living arise, a healthy community will gladly refer people to professional experts for help. But the community will care for the souls of its people through friends, shepherds, and spiritual directors.</span></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c13" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c16 c37" style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: times;">Qualifications for a good counselor, have more to do with wisdom and character than with training and degrees</span></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c13" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Loving God, and loving others, lives at the center of God’s community</span></span></p><p class="c13" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">As long as the resources of the community are underdeveloped, professional counseling will occupy a legitimate place.</span></span></p><p class="c13 c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c13" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You cannot follow God fully if you are not emotionally healthy</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Unhealthy Addictions</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sin patterns</span></span></li><li><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Emotionally triggered</span></span></li></ul><p class="c13 c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c13" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The main goal is to get healed</span></span></p><p class="c13" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c24"><span style="font-family: times;">There is nothing wrong with a Christians seeking therapy</span></span></p><p class="c21 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c21" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Heal people see different</span></span></p><p class="c21" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt;"><span class="c25" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c12" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxM3ZDUTf0botAPNAXT_uozdbtgUK3t8Bj?si%3DBbTcSH6VliiwIyT6&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1706948694036433&usg=AOvVaw2tG3JLXepV-KXI0qeFCQYq" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxM3ZDUTf0botAPNAXT_uozdbtgUK3t8Bj?si=BbTcSH6VliiwIyT6</span></a></span></p><p class="c21 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c15" id="h.3hprs9qor0pl" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c22" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Faith</span></span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">All of the methods mentioned have healed many people from their issues.</span></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Many times your healing is dependent on your faith</span></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Research has shown that therapeutic treatment success depends on the patients' trust in the therapist and confidence in the method. </span></span></p><ul class="c1 lst-kix_j2vn1by6zofw-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c3 c6 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">For therapy to work you have to believe in the therapist and a method they are using</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Similarly many of the Christian methods depend on the faith. </span></span></p><ul class="c1 lst-kix_xw3ryth5gmvw-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c3 c6 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jesus and the apostles proclaimed “by your faith you were healed”.</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Matthew 21:22</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"> <span class="c25" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c12" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/matthew/21-22.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1706948694037884&usg=AOvVaw0T_TbC7bFo_-etfj3M-TQh" style="text-decoration: inherit;">22</a></span><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> And whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive it all.”</span></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c10" id="h.jrnwcbnp5q9i" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c20" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">References</span></span></h1><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Connecting (book)</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Larry Crabb</span></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c25" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c12" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://unchaineddisciples.blogspot.com/2023/02/spiritual-warfare-7.html&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1706948694038705&usg=AOvVaw3H_1_l4WrqJN3dR5bCpnIZ" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">Spiritual Warfare 7</span></a></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c25" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c12" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://firebrandmag.com/articles/constructing-a-wesleyan-theology-and-practice-of-inner-healing%23:~:text%3DInner%2520Healing%252C%2520then%252C%2520seeks%2520to,power%2520of%2520the%2520Holy%2520Spirit.&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1706948694039188&usg=AOvVaw03sQHrwBlzwsc9JKj5PwHX" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">Constructing a Wesleyan Theology and Practice of Inner Healing — Firebrand Magazine</span></a></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c25" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c12" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.gotquestions.org/inner-healing.html&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1706948694039574&usg=AOvVaw34HR-O8wpVZwd_TUoa_K69" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">What is inner healing, and is it biblical? | GotQuestions.org</span></a></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c25" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c12" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.sciencenorway.no/psychology-society-and-culture-the-brain/the-theoretical-foundation-for-psychology-is-shaky-no-one-knows-if-the-the-theories-are-valid/2262493&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1706948694040030&usg=AOvVaw2BGQUoxDOGrE2Cgur19S9X" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.sciencenorway.no/psychology-society-and-culture-the-brain/the-theoretical-foundation-for-psychology-is-shaky-no-one-knows-if-the-the-theories-are-valid/2262493</span></a></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c25" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c12" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2020/03/alcoholics-anonymous-most-effective-path-to-alcohol-abstinence.html%23:~:text%3DAfter%2520evaluating%252035%2520studies%2520%25E2%2580%2594%2520involving,than%2520psychotherapy%2520in%2520achieving%2520abstinence&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1706948694040619&usg=AOvVaw0LTRHgzf8qlWiGsB0nff7a" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2020/03/alcoholics-anonymous-most-effective-path-to-alcohol-abstinence.html#:~:text=After%20evaluating%2035%20studies%20—%20involving,than%20psychotherapy%20in%20achieving%20abstinence</span></a></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://trinitybiblechapel.ca/suffering-importance-christian-community/</span></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Todd White destroys the deception of inner healing</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Living gospel</span></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c10" id="h.iclw1egzepri" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c20" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Extra</span></span></h1><p class="c3 c49" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Psalm 30:2 (ESV)</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">"LORD my God, I called to you for help, and you healed me."</span></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.” – Galatians 6:2</span></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 Corinthians 12:26</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c33 c16 c36" style="background-color: white; color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c12" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/12-26.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1706948694041845&usg=AOvVaw1TqZ-HvHyJo6h8MugxHz8c" style="text-decoration: inherit;">26</a></span><span class="c26" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;">And if one part </span><span class="c26 c27" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic;">of the body</span><span class="c26" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;"> suffers, all the parts suffer with it; if a part is </span><span class="c33 c41" style="background-color: white; color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt;"><a class="c12" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/nasb_/1_corinthians/12.htm%23fn&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1706948694042145&usg=AOvVaw3vmM9sEfWaiJcCsucIPGHf" style="text-decoration: inherit;">[t]</a></span><span class="c26" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;">honored, all the parts rejoice with it.</span></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.” – Romans 12:15</span></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Isaiah 61:1-3</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c25" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c12" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/isaiah/61-1.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1706948694042599&usg=AOvVaw3mFxk-61CkUpAD8y2OBf0m" style="text-decoration: inherit;">1</a></span><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me,</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Because the LORD anointed me</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">To bring good news to the humble;</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">To proclaim release to captives</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">And freedom to prisoners;</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c25" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c12" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/isaiah/61-2.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1706948694043106&usg=AOvVaw2kl9JEkmmdS26WaJmVTPmS" style="text-decoration: inherit;">2</a></span><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">To proclaim the favorable year of the LORD</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">And the day of vengeance of our God;</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">To comfort all who mourn,</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c25" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c12" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/isaiah/61-3.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1706948694043448&usg=AOvVaw3X-ZF00ZSaM6aJeZXGaTZ7" style="text-decoration: inherit;">3</a></span><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">To grant those who mourn in Zion,</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Giving them a garland instead of ashes,</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The oil of gladness instead of mourning,</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The cloak of praise instead of a disheartened spirit.</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">So they will be called oaks of righteousness,</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.</span></span></p><p class="c33 c4 c44" style="background-color: white; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px 23pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c30" style="color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">some people grew up</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not being able to trust anyone</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Never experienced being respected</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Their feelings were not allowed</span></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Never learned how to express their feelings</span></span></li></ul><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not allowed to be a child</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c19" id="h.130uuo18u6b7" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c23" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Empathy</span></span></h3><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Empathy is more than the ability to recognize emotion in others; it requires understanding the impact of emotions on the person experiencing them. At the core of empathy is knowing what it would be like to feel the same way, or experience the same emotions as someone else.</span></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The value of empathy is in developing relationships that are based on trust. Leaders with a high level of empathy are often seen as more trustworthy than those whose ability to empathize is not as strong.</span></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">———————-</span></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c13" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">In the mid-1950s, Brittany psychologist, Hans Eysenck rocked the world of therapy when he discovered that people improved just as much without psychotherapy as they did with it. </span></span></p><p class="c13 c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c13" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">People who</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Lived in community.</span></span></li><li><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Talked to friends about their problems.</span></span></li></ul><p class="c13" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Seemed to deal with their concerns as well as an individual who made a therapist, their primary community for discussing their issues</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">His conclusions have been widely discredited</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c2" id="h.qm4butkzbw20" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c22" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Branches of Psychology</span></span></h2><p class="c13" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Psychology.</span></span></p><ul class="c1 lst-kix_unvrn5r075u2-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c13 c6 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The study of how people function.</span></span></li></ul><p class="c13" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Psychopathology.</span></span></p><ul class="c1 lst-kix_seq3458ys177-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c13 c6 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I study of what goes wrong and why</span></span></li></ul><p class="c13" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Psychotherapy.</span></span></p><ul class="c1 lst-kix_l85qv23ntwgt-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c13 c6 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The study of how to use words to fix what is wrong</span></span></li></ul><p class="c13 c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c2" id="h.vpkwhj2cb8vm" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c22" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What then should the church do?</span></span></h2><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Center on connection.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Focus on what it means to become dispensers of grace accompanied by wisdom.</span></span></li><li><span class="c24" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Develop, shepherds, friends, and spiritual directors.</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p>Unchained Discipleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11710595205237468334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6986426612019457751.post-44474119063766842024-01-19T20:50:00.000-08:002024-01-19T20:50:56.485-08:00Emotionally Healthy Christianity<p><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6YGzExFbT4tvrdzqSRF5Bg-Bspl5xtoihx_NilR8tFIPTxDw-rsv5xzEq2gE0elAoyfANgJgwl-CGKN-iuSo2hzSg6qugoUGa276P63z2AZKfemAa3YUIA15wzkE8fjndeI0EM2urejoB1pazAg_CFknb3WFJR6CAZnbq2jNar91uUEkCbkHWDFjzSZHT/s1198/Emotionally%20Healthy%20Christianity.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="674" data-original-width="1198" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6YGzExFbT4tvrdzqSRF5Bg-Bspl5xtoihx_NilR8tFIPTxDw-rsv5xzEq2gE0elAoyfANgJgwl-CGKN-iuSo2hzSg6qugoUGa276P63z2AZKfemAa3YUIA15wzkE8fjndeI0EM2urejoB1pazAg_CFknb3WFJR6CAZnbq2jNar91uUEkCbkHWDFjzSZHT/s320/Emotionally%20Healthy%20Christianity.png" width="320" /></span></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">The path to emotional and spiritual health.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">~~ <a href="https://youtu.be/Ong7wWFqkVA" target="_blank">Watch the Video</a> ~~</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: times;">Outline:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Introduction</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Traits of Wholeness</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Measuring Your Emotional Health (Review)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Emotionally Healthy Christianity</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Loving God</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Loving Your Neighbor</span></span></li><li><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Steps Toward Emotional Healing</span></span></li></ul><div><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></div><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Scriptures:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Matthew 22:36-40</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Proverbs 15:28</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Matthew 12:34-35</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Genesis 31:4-9</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">2 Timothy 4:9-10</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Acts 2:42</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Psalms 101:3</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Proverbs 18:21</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Philippians 4:8</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 Corinthians 15:33</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Colossians 3:12-13</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Proverbs 16:32</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Proverbs 15:22-23</span></span></li></ul><h1 class="c16" id="h.4p2ag4s0jfsr" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Introduction</span></h1><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When you squeeze a lemon what comes out?</span></span></p><ul class="c4 lst-kix_j98iihwiy4k3-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Lemon juice</span></span></li></ul><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When you squeeze a Christian what comes out?</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">SHALT</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The real test of your emotional and spiritual maturity happens when</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">You are driving and someone cut you off</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Someone you love makes you mad</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">When all your family gets together</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Someone at work lies on you</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Someone disrespects you</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Someone embarrasses you</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Someone threatens you</span></span></li><li><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Someone ignores you</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Matthew 22:36-40</span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” 37 And He said to him, “‘YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.’ 38 “This is the great and foremost commandment. 39 “The second is like it, ‘YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.’ 40 “Upon these two commandments hang the whole Law and the Prophets.”</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You can know the theology, but when you get into the area of relationships it becomes difficult. </span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This commitment to relationships puts flesh on our theology</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We need to call people to live out a theology that is grounded in the here and now</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><h1 class="c16" id="h.9j84u7pycq3p" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Traits of Wholeness</span></span></h1><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">We are in our series called <span class="c20 c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">Seeking Wholeness</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c24" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How can we be:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Spiritually healthy</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Emotionally healthy</span></span></li><li><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Mentally healthy</span></span></li></ul><p class="c24 c28" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Free from oppression of</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Our past</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ourself</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Bad thinking</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Strongholds</span></span></li><li><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The enemy</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c24" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’re talking about</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">dealing with life’s current stresses</span></span></li><li><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">being healed from experiences/wounds of the past</span></span></li></ul><p class="c24 c28" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c24" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’re promised eternal life</span></span></p><ul class="c4 lst-kix_syotj89jvh2-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c11 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’re supposed to have: joy, peace, patience, and self control here on earth</span></span></li></ul><p class="c24 c28" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c24" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Today we’re going to talk about spiritual growth and emotional growth</span></span></p><h3 class="c12" id="h.foj7l4dozv34" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c10" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Traits of Wholeness</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Authenticity</span></span></li><li class="c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_olbzave5hgsg-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Honesty</span></span></li><li class="c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_olbzave5hgsg-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Kindness</span></span></li><li class="c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_olbzave5hgsg-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not dependent on external approval / validation</span></span></li><li class="c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_olbzave5hgsg-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Living by values and principles</span></span></li><li class="c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_olbzave5hgsg-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Setting Boundaries</span></span></li><li class="c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_olbzave5hgsg-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Taking ownership of your responsibilities</span></span></li><li class="c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_olbzave5hgsg-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Living with purpose and passion</span></span></li><li class="c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_olbzave5hgsg-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Optimism</span></span></li><li class="c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_olbzave5hgsg-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Confidence</span></span></li><li class="c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_olbzave5hgsg-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not losing control of your emotions</span></span></li><li class="c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_olbzave5hgsg-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Free from addictions</span></span></li><li class="c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_olbzave5hgsg-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Addressing Conflict with truth and love</span></span></li><li class="c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_olbzave5hgsg-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Vulnerability</span></span></li><li class="c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_olbzave5hgsg-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not critical or Judgemental</span></span></li><li class="c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_olbzave5hgsg-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not jealous of others</span></span></li><li class="c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_olbzave5hgsg-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgive those who have wronged you in the past</span></span></li><li class="c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_olbzave5hgsg-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Know that you’re worthy of receiving love</span></span></li><li class="c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_olbzave5hgsg-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not afraid to fail</span></span></li><li class="c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_olbzave5hgsg-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Able to manage irrational fear, worry, and anxiety</span></span></li><li class="c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_olbzave5hgsg-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Selfless encounters with others</span></span></li><li class="c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_olbzave5hgsg-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not manipulating others trying to control their actions/reactions</span></span></li><li class="c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_olbzave5hgsg-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You care about how others feel</span></span></li><li class="c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_olbzave5hgsg-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Patient</span></span></li><li class="c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_olbzave5hgsg-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t give into peer/social pressure</span></span></li><li class="c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_olbzave5hgsg-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Can communicate without antagonizing others</span></span></li><li class="c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_olbzave5hgsg-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Recognize, manage, and take responsibility for their own thoughts and feelings</span></span></li><li class="c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_olbzave5hgsg-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Slow to anger</span></span></li><li class="c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_olbzave5hgsg-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ability to maturely express your wants, needs and desires</span></span></li><li class="c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_olbzave5hgsg-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Can listen without reacting</span></span></li><li class="c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_olbzave5hgsg-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Can respect others without having to change them</span></span></li><li class="c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_olbzave5hgsg-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Can function well… Alone or with others</span></span></li><li class="c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_olbzave5hgsg-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Able to take responsibility for our own destiny in life</span></span></li><li class="c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_olbzave5hgsg-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Able to maintain a non-anxious presence in the midst of anxiety and stress</span></span></li><li class="c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_olbzave5hgsg-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Able to ask for what they need want or prefer clearly, directly and honestly</span></span></li><li class="c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_olbzave5hgsg-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Has the capacity to resolve conflict maturely</span></span></li><li class="c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_olbzave5hgsg-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Being led by the Spirit</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c16" id="h.v0gxth9ol4cy" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Measuring Your Emotional Health (Review)</span></span></h1><h2 class="c8" id="h.hfm94svaumsj" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Self Differentiation</span></span></h2><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: times;">Differentiation in psychology refers to the process of recognizing and understanding one's own feelings, thoughts, and behaviors in relation to those of others. It is the ability to distinguish between oneself and others, and to be aware of the impact of one's own behavior and feelings on others.</span></span></p><h3 class="c12" id="h.vw4titpnm71d" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c10" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Self and other</span></span></h3><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“We feel that she talks too much“</span></span></p><ul class="c4 lst-kix_3uqxa547jyxu-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You can’t assume the other people have the same feeling as you</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c12" id="h.8m3hmnnuxic4" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c10" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Logic and Emotion</span></span></h3><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Proverbs 15:28</span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, But the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This is saying that a wise person doesn’t just respond based on emotion. They weigh it with their mind first.</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Feeling guided</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Knee-jerk reactions</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Emotion</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Automatic reaction</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Instincts</span></span></li><li><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Urges</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Intellectual guided</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Thinking</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Judgment</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Rational logic</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Rational thought</span></span></li><li><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Reasoning</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">In order to make functional decisions we have to have access to both systems and to be able to distinguish between them</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c12" id="h.nwhub1otjgb9" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c10" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What’s In Your Heart</span></span></h3><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">One definition I’ve heard of being emotionally healed is that “you can say whatever you think because what you think is correct“</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">For Christians our heart should be aligned with God‘s heart</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Matthew 12:34-35</span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">34 “You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, express any good things? For the mouth speaks from that which fills the heart. 35 “The good person brings out of his good treasure good things; and the evil person brings out of his evil treasure evil things.</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c31" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt;"><span class="c27" style="color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Wholeness is when your thoughts and your words are in synch</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c8" id="h.g7j4spxp47k0" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Emotional adults</span></span></h2><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Emotionallyhealthy.org/mature</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Able to ask for what they need, want or prefer clearly, directly and honestly</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Recognize, manage, and take responsibility for their own thoughts and feelings</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">When under stress, can state their own beliefs and values without becoming adversarial</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Respect others without having to change them</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Give people room to make mistakes and not be perfect</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Appreciate people for who they are</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">The good the bad and the ugly</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">not for what they give back</span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Accurately assess own limits, strength , and weaknesses and able to discuss them with others</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Are deeply in tune with their own emotional world</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">able to enter into the feelings, needs, and concerns of others without losing themselves</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Has the capacity to resolve conflict maturely</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Has the ability to negotiate Solutions that consider the perspectives of other</span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c16" id="h.f8y9fxt8t25d" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Emotionally Healthy Christianity</span></span></h1><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">As Christians, we often know how we should be living …but we don’t know how</span></span></p><ul class="c4 lst-kix_kn2jm4q4vt9p-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">we need to learn to apply, practically and effectively, the truths that we believe</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Therefore, we continue to relate to people in an emotionally immature way.</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We usually miss-apply biblical truths and follow the relational skills learned in our families growing up.</span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We don’t learn to be an emotionally mature adult who loves well</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Therefore, our relationships are no different than those The world around us</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c25" id="h.egkhz0wxe2il" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Loving God</span></span></h1><h2 class="c8" id="h.7jykoj5vimuw" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Spiritual Maturity</span></span></h2><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The goal of spiritual maturity is to be aware and conscious of God‘s love all throughout the day</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It allows us to move from a “give me give me“ relationship with God to seeing him as Abba father</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Genesis 31:4-9</span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">4 So Jacob sent word and called Rachel and Leah to his flock in the field, 5 and said to them, “I see your father’s attitude, that it is not friendly toward me as it was before, but the God of my father has been with me. 6 “You know that I have served your father with all my strength. 7 “Yet your father has cheated me and changed my wages ten times; however, God did not allow him to do me harm. 8 “If he said this: ‘The speckled shall be your wages,’ then all the flock delivered speckled; and if he said this: ‘The striped shall be your wages,’ then all the flock delivered striped. 9 “So God has taken away your father’s livestock and given them to me.</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jacob acknowledges God’s</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">presence</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">partnership</span></li><li><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">protection</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jacob is viewing life through the lens of God</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When you talk about your current problems, how often do you use the word “God“?</span></span></p><ul class="c4 lst-kix_lvv5f181r2b4-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Outside of church</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If a stranger asks you to “tell your life story“ how many references to God would you have?</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c12" id="h.lsk53hd6f4ux" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c10" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Spiritual Progression</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li class="c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_htpus0vk52hz-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Talking at God</span></span></li><li class="c6 c23 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_htpus0vk52hz-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Repeating with other people told us to say</span></span></li><li class="c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_htpus0vk52hz-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Talking to God</span></span></li><li class="c6 c23 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_htpus0vk52hz-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">No longer using ready-made prayers of our childhood</span></span></li><li class="c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_htpus0vk52hz-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Listening to God</span></span></li><li class="c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_htpus0vk52hz-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Being with God</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c8" id="h.fnzpt1j216wd" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Signs of Spiritual Immaturity</span></span></h2><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">2 Timothy 4:9-10</span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">9 Make every effort to come to me soon; 10 for Demas, having loved this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica; Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They deserted Paul for the world</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">No time to spend with God, so we try to live off of the spirituality of others.</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Scholars</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Preacher</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Radio and TV shows</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">YouTube</span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When we seek God in prayer we approach him in a way to try to get our will done</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Instead of seeking that his will is done</span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We allow external pressure from the world and the culture around us</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Distractions take our attention off of Jesus</span></li><li><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Take us away from the body of Christ around me</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Our worldview was no longer informed by the word of God</span></span></p><ul class="c4 lst-kix_onhqe2ft16r7-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It is a matter of public opinion and consensus</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Loving others is not our top priority… self gratification is</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Christianity is something you do… not who you are</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c13" style="font-weight: 700;">Example:</span><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> Lecrae</span></span></p><ul class="c4 lst-kix_18tosu7xe016-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Christian/gospel rapper</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c12" id="h.4nymd8jm6g4g" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c10" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Prosperity</span></span></h3><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t equate spiritual maturity with income and possession</span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t equate spiritual maturity with poverty</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c8" id="h.g0her6xb5z3e" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Lessons from the life of Joseph</span></span></h2><h3 class="c12" id="h.upfq45em2v5z" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c10" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Joseph had a profound sense of the bigness of God</span></span></h3><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Joseph Realized that in all God is at work</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Joseph rested in the goodness of God even when circumstances went from bad to worse</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c12" id="h.u99w1do7otnk" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c10" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Joseph rewrote his life script according to scripture</span></span></h3><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The scripts of our families replay themselves</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Most of us never examined the script handed to us by our past</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Joseph examined his future and then rewrote it with God</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c12" id="h.xwphpep8conf" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c10" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Joseph partnered with God to be a blessing</span></span></h3><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c8" id="h.ekgws0hfh3t6" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How to Develop Spiritual Maturity</span></span></h2><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Acts 2:42</span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c30" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c19" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/acts/2-42.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1705729171702183&usg=AOvVaw2Iv4eRj4OjM1umkaq_pYgg" style="text-decoration: inherit;">42</a></span><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c22 c32" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c12" id="h.o7wm9ndq7vpq" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c10" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Devoted to the apostles teaching</span></span></h3><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c12" id="h.n7b7lj9e4ygf" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c10" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Gather together</span></span></h3><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They gathered together every day</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They were committed to fellowship</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c12" id="h.tzr9c7njltmo" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c10" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The breaking of bread</span></span></h3><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Gave sacrificially to one another</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c12" id="h.n039qihznbhy" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c10" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Prayer</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Talking to God</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Listening to God</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Being with God</span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c16" id="h.27kc6ae5qdvb" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Loving Your Neighbor</span></span></h1><p class="c17 subtitle" id="h.77jl945mk3b3" style="break-after: avoid; color: #666666; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 16pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 15pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Emotional Maturity</span></span></p><h2 class="c8" id="h.2ypunwrwynt" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Why Emotional Health Is Important</span></span></h2><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Unhealed wounds open us up to habitual sin against God and others</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Unhealed wounds negatively impact your relationships</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c8" id="h.9nrb6okv2pmv" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Signs That You Need to Grow Emotionally</span></span></h2><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You were unable to recognize and express that you are physically or emotionally tired and unable to participate in an event.</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">So you go to the event and you are grumpy.</span></li><li><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You are angry at the person for asking you to go</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You are a leader who wants to be liked and validated by your followers.</span></span></p><ul class="c4 lst-kix_l8kq56uwibfm-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Causing you to make bad decisions.</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not loving well during:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Stress</span></li><li><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Conflict</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You don’t “fight fair”</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You can’t make complaints in a respectful way</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You don’t listen and give people your undivided attention</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You don’t know how to negotiate</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You don’t know how to feel what other people were feeling</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You are easily triggered</span></span></p><ul class="c4 lst-kix_winxyyoy1iqs-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">People have to walk on tiptoes around you</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Walk on eggshells</span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c30" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c19" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/DcN6pi35Z9I?si%3DcnK69tDCIZYlesL0&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1705729171707090&usg=AOvVaw2lXN-Sghzc6dytFc_fmiZs" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtu.be/DcN6pi35Z9I?si=cnK69tDCIZYlesL0</span></a></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c16" id="h.phiy61nbu31u" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Steps Toward Emotional Healing</span></span></h1><h2 class="c8" id="h.th274l6q653c" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Guard Your Gates</span></span></h2><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You don’t guard a city in the city you guard a city at the gate</span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">- eyes</span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">- Ear</span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">- Mouth</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Whoever has your ear has your future</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Cut off the source of where the thought is coming from</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">That may mean not listening to certain people</span></span></p><ul class="c4 lst-kix_cn3no76o9uri-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Or not listening to a certain type of music for a season</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c12" id="h.t0oas0bja1xv" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c10" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Guard Your Eyes</span></span></h3><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Psalms 101:3</span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I will set no worthless thing before my eyes; I hate the work of those who fall away; It shall not cling to me.</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c12" id="h.ybwpvq1xbbfh" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c10" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t Speak Negative</span></span></h3><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Proverbs 18:21</span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit.</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t say</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">“I can’t remember things“</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">“I can’t keep up“</span></li><li><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“ i’m so stupid“</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: times;">If you argue for your limitations… You get to keep them</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c8" id="h.evb1mp6uemv7" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Focus on positive thoughts</span></span></h2><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Philippians 4:8</span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, think about these things.</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You can choose the thoughts that you want to think this is the one and resistant ones you don’t want to think</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Instead of thinking self-centered thoughts… Think of others</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c8" id="h.go1ljuu7idl9" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Guard your associations</span></span></h2><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 Corinthians 15:33</span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good morals.”</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c12" id="h.q88eopj6hnb" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c10" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgive</span></span></h3><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Colossians 3:12-13</span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">12 So, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience; 13 bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord forgave you, so must you do also.</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c12" id="h.epmic7ayws0c" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c10" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Be aware of your triggers</span></span></h3><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Proverbs 16:32</span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, And one who rules his spirit, than one who captures a city.</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c12" id="h.sf46qda6jqln" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c10" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Also</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Set boundaries</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Exercise</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Get in nature</span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c21" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #707070; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c7" id="h.wbuuokjrr5n6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Talking to Others</span></h1><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Proverbs 15:22-23</span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">22 Without consultation, plans are frustrated, But with many counselors they succeed. 23 A person has joy in an apt answer, And how delightful is a timely word!</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">In therapy you want to find your authentic self that you were born as</span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">In Christianity we want to find the authentic version of our self that God intended us to be</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15 c20" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Freedom is not when your actions change</span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: times;">Freedom is when your desires change</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><b>Instructor: </b>Michael Leadon<span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Emotionally healthy discipleship podcast</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Developing a rule of life part eight of eight</span></span></p><p class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Danvers church</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p></p><div></div><p></p><p class="c1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; height: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p><br /></p>Unchained Discipleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11710595205237468334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6986426612019457751.post-77209048469520312762024-01-05T23:29:00.000-08:002024-01-14T22:45:53.654-08:00Measuring Your Emotional Health<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7gSSxI_nuMYCf8-mei6nDYjOR_xe4yxCmEqoXpAnw_WN35g1dJGYY_8OFKN6PsY0QATPwSQMuJLYyLG_hwHQMwa6fw9g-SEkdlblRCGOTxDsH0ynlkQ8MdnXzPdNXN3o6YxIxWav9ZxO6CIE8_YstyE6sVl2BnnCQOxwFeBAX3sc6WbA3aO2L6-mKxvhi/s1198/Measuring%20Your%20Emotional%20Health.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="674" data-original-width="1198" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7gSSxI_nuMYCf8-mei6nDYjOR_xe4yxCmEqoXpAnw_WN35g1dJGYY_8OFKN6PsY0QATPwSQMuJLYyLG_hwHQMwa6fw9g-SEkdlblRCGOTxDsH0ynlkQ8MdnXzPdNXN3o6YxIxWav9ZxO6CIE8_YstyE6sVl2BnnCQOxwFeBAX3sc6WbA3aO2L6-mKxvhi/s320/Measuring%20Your%20Emotional%20Health.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: times;">How to determine your level of emotional health</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;">~~ <a href="https://youtu.be/QubwZq9G0xk" target="_blank">Watch the Video</a> ~~</p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><b> </b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><b>Worship:</b> For My Good</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c23" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c25" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/lnHfNb0UNf4?si%3DdThd7sxtdStIc3tw&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1704529108161162&usg=AOvVaw3a367eRnSbuyf0sF56KZLS" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtu.be/lnHfNb0UNf4?si=dThd7sxtdStIc3tw</span></a></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Agenda:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Introduction</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Traits of Wholeness</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Baptism Didn’t Fix Everything</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">5 emotional bags unconsciously carried into Our Christian Life</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Self Differentiation</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Emotional infants, children, adolescents and adults</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Tips for healing from emotional wounds</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Testimonies</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Scriptures:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Matthew 22:36-40</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Matthew 5:23-24</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 Corinthians 13:4-8</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c13" id="h.z0qp0tlviu9i" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Introduction</span></span></h1><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Name some of the fruits of the spirit?</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">love</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Joy</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Peace</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Patience</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Kindness</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Goodness</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Faithfulness</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Gentleness</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">self-control</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Do you know people who know the bible, but don’t have the fruits of the spirit?</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Why would that be?</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Matthew 22:36-40</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” 37 And He said to him, “‘YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.’ 38 “This is the great and foremost commandment. 39 “The second is like it, ‘YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.’ 40 “Upon these two commandments hang the whole Law and the Prophets.”</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Some people have a love for God but not a love for people</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They read the bible, pray and worship</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Irritable, easily triggered, defensive, angry, impatient, critical</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Or they don’t know how to:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Speak clearly and honestly</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Give a respectful no</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Address conflict</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">how to be present with people</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They are spiritually knowledgeable, but emotionally immature</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It is not possible to be spiritually mature while remaining emotionally immature</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c15" id="h.xsdexdo4o0k4" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c20" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jesus’ View on Loving People</span></span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jesus didn’t separate loving God from loving people</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jesus put relationship before worship</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Matthew 5:23-24</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">23 “Therefore, if you are presenting your offering at the altar, and there you remember that your brother has something against you, 24 leave your offering there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and present your offering.</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">GI get right with people before you get right with God</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Pharisees had a wrong measure of spiritual maturity</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If people view us as</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Cold</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Rigid</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Unsafe</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’re emotionally immature</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How people experience us matters</span></span></p><ul class="c4 lst-kix_parpbw7wu1of-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It is a gauge of our emotional health</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Being with your family and being angry with them because they are sinners is a contradiction to what Jesus was teaching</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’ve been working on improving our emotional health for the past 3 years. Today we will look at a way to measure how far we are.</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c7" id="h.9j84u7pycq3p" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Traits of Wholeness</span></span></h1><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">We are in our series called <span class="c21" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">Seeking Wholeness</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c17" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How can we be:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Spiritually healthy</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Emotionally healthy</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Mentally healthy</span></span></li></ul><p class="c17 c24" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Free from oppression of</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Our past</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Ourself</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Bad thinking</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Strongholds</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The enemy</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c17" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’re talking about</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">dealing with life’s current stresses</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">being healed from experiences/wounds of the past</span></span></li></ul><p class="c17 c24" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c17" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’re promised eternal life</span></span></p><ul class="c4 lst-kix_60cs55n8u4ai-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c17 c26 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’re supposed to have: joy, peace, patience, and self control here on earth</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c5" id="h.foj7l4dozv34" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Traits of Wholeness</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Authenticity</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_xzm5nblxo7ix-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Honesty</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_xzm5nblxo7ix-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Kindness</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_xzm5nblxo7ix-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not dependent on external approval / validation</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_xzm5nblxo7ix-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Living by values and principles</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_xzm5nblxo7ix-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Setting Boundaries</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_xzm5nblxo7ix-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Taking ownership of your responsibilities</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_xzm5nblxo7ix-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Living with purpose and passion</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_xzm5nblxo7ix-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Optimism</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_xzm5nblxo7ix-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Confidence</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_xzm5nblxo7ix-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not losing control of your emotions</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_xzm5nblxo7ix-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Free from addictions</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_xzm5nblxo7ix-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Addressing Conflict with truth and love</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_xzm5nblxo7ix-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Vulnerability</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_xzm5nblxo7ix-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not critical or Judgemental</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_xzm5nblxo7ix-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not jealous of others</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_xzm5nblxo7ix-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgive those who have wronged you in the past</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_xzm5nblxo7ix-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Know that you’re worthy of receiving love</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_xzm5nblxo7ix-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not afraid to fail</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_xzm5nblxo7ix-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Able to manage irrational fear, worry, and anxiety</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_xzm5nblxo7ix-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Selfless encounters with others</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_xzm5nblxo7ix-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not manipulating others trying to control their actions/reactions</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_xzm5nblxo7ix-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You care about how others feel</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_xzm5nblxo7ix-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Patient</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_xzm5nblxo7ix-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t give into peer/social pressure</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_xzm5nblxo7ix-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Can communicate directly</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_xzm5nblxo7ix-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Can communicate without antagonizing others</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_xzm5nblxo7ix-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t take responsibility for other people's emotions</span></span></li><li class="c3 c10 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_xzm5nblxo7ix-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Take responsibility for your own emotions</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_xzm5nblxo7ix-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Slow to anger</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_xzm5nblxo7ix-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ability to maturely express your wants, needs and desires</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_xzm5nblxo7ix-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Can listen without reacting</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_xzm5nblxo7ix-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Can respect others without having to change them</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_xzm5nblxo7ix-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Function well… Alone or with others</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_xzm5nblxo7ix-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Able to take responsibility for our own destiny in life</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_xzm5nblxo7ix-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Able to maintain a non-anxious presence in the midst of anxiety and stress</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_xzm5nblxo7ix-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Being led by the Spirit</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c7" id="h.8dwq6zwzx0y4" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Baptism Didn’t Fix Everything</span></span></h1><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">You got salvation</span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 Corinthians 13:4-8</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">4 Love is patient, love is kind, it is not jealous; love does not brag, it is not arrogant. 5 It does not act disgracefully, it does not seek its own benefit; it is not provoked, does not keep an account of a wrong suffered, 6 it does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; 7 it keeps every confidence, it believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8 Love never fails; but if there are gifts of prophecy, they will be done away with; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be done away with.</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Does anyone love like this?</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Our love is supposed to show others how much God loves them</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This is our goal</span></span></p><ul class="c4 lst-kix_kmu2ru5u75zh-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">But we didn’t get a blueprint</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">As Christians, we often know how we should be living …but we don’t know how to do it</span></span></p><ul class="c4 lst-kix_f0op9ydpeev1-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It’s easier said than done</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Therefore, we continue to relate to people in an emotionally immature way.</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">we need to learn to apply, practically and effectively, the truths that we believe</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">how can I</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Be quick to hear and slow to speak</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Be angry and not sin</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Watch my heart above all else.. since that is the place from whence life flows</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Speak the truth in love</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Be a true peacemaker</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Get rid of all bitterness, rage, and envy</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c14" style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: times;">We usually miss-apply biblical truths and follow the relational skills learned in our families growing up.</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The way that we were raised becomes our default way of loving other people</span></span></p><ul class="c4 lst-kix_og9fnncgi4rq-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It becomes a default way that we emotionally connect to other people</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c7" id="h.uf40q73apurc" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">5 emotional bags unconsciously carried into Our Christian life</span></span></h1><h3 class="c5" id="h.3dfww1fsyhki" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Over function</span></span></h3><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">No room for play</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Being over responsible for family of origin and that carried over to be over responsible for people in the church</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Can’t maintain healthy boundaries as an adult</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c5" id="h.7i9et9eis4wy" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Self worth is Based on Performance</span></span></h3><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“you will make your parents proud because they have suffered and sacrificed so much for you“</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">performance-based approval from family -> performing for Jesus</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c14" style="font-weight: 700;">Example:</span><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> Vinh parents sacrificed</span></span></p><h3 class="c5" id="h.klp50pmyu58z" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Believe in marriage and gender roles we shaped by our families/culture versus scripture</span></span></h3><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“Happy wife …happy life”</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c5" id="h.7wy6spb40h99" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Resolve conflict poorly</span></span></h3><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The basic way we resolve conflict resembles our family of origin not Christ’s ways</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Example:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">cursing/yelling</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not addressing</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Bible says</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Slow to anger</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgive</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c5" id="h.1fhg4cp3vizy" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not knowing how to accept and process our own feelings, needs and wants</span></span></h3><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We weren’t asked growing up</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">What do you want?</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">What do you need?</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What do you feel?</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c7" id="h.5v9jp5u4rwst" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">—- measuring your personal emotional health —</span></span></h1><h1 class="c7" id="h.865two80wf1" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Self Differentiation</span></span></h1><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c21" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Differentiation in psychology refers to the process of recognizing and understanding one's own feelings, thoughts, and behaviors in relation to those of others. It is the ability to distinguish between oneself and others, and to be aware of the impact of one's own behavior and feelings on others.</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c21" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It expresses who the person believes themselves to be and is not negotiable within a given relationship system. </span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c21" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c14" style="font-weight: 700;">Example: </span><span class="c14">quiet, </span><span class="c14">timid coworker yelling and berating husband on phone</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c14" style="font-weight: 700;">Example: </span><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> you act one way</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">at home</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">With parents</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">at work</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">At church</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">As opposed to one’s social persona, which is the image presented to society and is formed by the need to conform to social convention. </span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c5" id="h.k4tytsl7kjsa" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Differentiation</span></span></h3><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c18" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">A fully differentiated person can distinguish between</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Their thoughts and feelings</span></li><li><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Their self and others</span></span></li></ul><p class="c18 c24" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c18" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">An undifferentiated person has less fixed</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Values</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Beliefs</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Identity</span></li><li><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Direction in life</span></span></li></ul><p class="c18 c24" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They are more prone to being influenced by people around them</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Differentiated people know their values and their guiding principles</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c15" id="h.vw4titpnm71d" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c20" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Self and other</span></span></h2><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Having a stable sense of self allows us to be in a relationship with other people</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“We feel that she talks too much“</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">You can’t assume the other people have the sam</span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">e feeling as you</span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c5" id="h.r6mgz83opr1e" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Togetherness versus separateness</span></span></h3><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The togetherness force compels us to</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Seek approval</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">To be with others</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Too attached to others</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Separateness force compels us to</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Have our own beliefs</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Not be smothered by others</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Be independent</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If these two are balance we can be close to our love ones without losing a sense of individuality</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c15" id="h.copw1q9aboiu" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c20" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Thoughts and feelings</span></span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When people are asked how do they feel, they usually respond with a thought</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We all know if we are</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Mad</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Sad</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Glad</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Example:</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c21" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How did her being late make you feel?</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c21" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I feel like… She is always late</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c5" id="h.bak6cajysqq0" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Feeling guided system versus intellectual guided system</span></span></h3><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Feeling guided</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Knee-jerk reactions</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Emotion</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Automatic reaction</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Instincts</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Urges</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Intellectual guided</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Thinking</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Judgment</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Rational logic</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Rational thought</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Reasoning reasoning</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">In order to make functional decisions we have to have access to both systems and to be able to distinguish between them</span></span></p><h2 class="c15" id="h.am9r8djc3tbt" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c20" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Low differentiation (Fused)</span></span></h2><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Can’t distinguish between fact and feeling</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Emotionally needy</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Highly emotionally reactive to others</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Much energy spent winning the approval of others</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Little energy spent on goal directed activities</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Can’t say: “ I think “, “I believe “</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Little emotional separation from their families</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Dependent marital relationships</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Do poorly in transitions</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Crisis</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Life adjustments</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Unable to see where they begin and others end</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Often talk one set of principles or beliefs and do another</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Self-esteem soars with compliments and crushed by criticism</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Becomes anxious, highly reactive and freaks out when a relationship system Falls apart or becomes unbalanced</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Makes poor decisions due to the inability to think clearly under stress</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Seek power, knowledge, honor and love from others to cloth their false self</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">More difficulty engaging in thoughtful behavior</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Have difficulty saying no to people</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Critical and judgmental</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">more dependent on others</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Prone to triangulation, Enmeshment, conflict, chaos</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Have difficulty making decisions</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">have greater physical, emotional and social problems</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Have difficulty communicating directly</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Repeat problematic relationships rather than learning from their mistakes</span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c15" id="h.54j2moe4uln7" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c20" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">High differentiation</span></span></h2><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Lower reactivity</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Calm emotions</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">don’t give in</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Independent</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">lower triangulation</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;"> lower entanglement</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">fewer physical emotional and social problems</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Can have closeness to others without getting lost in the relationship</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Can follow life goals that are determined from within</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Function well… Alone or with others</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Able to cope with crises without falling apart</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Stay in relational connection with others without insisting that they see the world the same</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Is principal oriented and goal directed</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Secure in whom they are</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Unaffected by criticism or praise</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Is able to leave family of origin and become an inner directed separate adult</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Can listen without reacting</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Can communicate without antagonizing others</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Can respect others without having to change them</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Aware of dependence on others and responsibility for others</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Free to enjoy life and play</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Able to maintain a non-anxious presence in the midst of anxiety and stress</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Able to take responsibility for their own destiny in life</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Aware of the thinking and feeling functions that work as a team</span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><h2 class="c15" id="h.8j6eypipanzk" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c20" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Relationships</span></span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We tend to choose spouses and friends with similar differentiation levels</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c14" style="font-weight: 700;">Example</span><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">: messy people date messy people</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Studies show that most people marry partners at the same level of differentiation. They even tend to socialize with people at their own level of differentiation.</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Education, intelligence or an individual's place in the socioeconomic strategy does not affect their level of differentiation.</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c5" id="h.g0hreognt15x" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Variances in Differentiation</span></span></h3><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Depending on what’s going on in our lives we can slide up and down the scale</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Yourself at work is different than yourself at home</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">The ultimate test of personal growth in this area is to remain roughly the same level of differentiation most of the time… Especially when in contact with our family</span></p><h2 class="c15" id="h.pxfo2y5bti8q" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c20" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Solution</span></span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You raise your differentiation level by</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Managing your reactivity</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Detriangulating from your family of origin</span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c7" id="h.83yb2e4ag86z" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Emotional infants, children, adolescents and adults</span></span></h1><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Emotionallyhealthy.org/mature</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.emotionallyhealthy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/EHD-Personal-Assessment-2021.pdf</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c5" id="h.i1muyvlp8vjk" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Emotional infants</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Look for others to take care of</span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">them</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">have a great difficulty living in the world of others</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Are driven by a need for instant gratification</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Use others as objects to meet their needs</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c5" id="h.4fu713vn5m3p" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Emotional children</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Are content and happy as long as they receive what they want</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Unravel quickly from stress, disappointment, and trials</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Interpret Disagreements as personal offenses</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Are easily hurt</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Complain, withdrawal, manipulate</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Take revenge</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Become sarcastic when they don’t get their way</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Have great difficulty calmly discussing their needs and wants in a mature loving way</span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c5" id="h.bees84rwbtwf" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Emotional adolescence</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Often defensive</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Threatened and alarmed by criticism</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Keep score of what they give so they can ask for something later in return</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Deal with conflict poorly</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Blaming</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Appeasing</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Go to a third-party</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Pouting</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Ignoring the issue entirely</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Become preoccupied with themselves</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Have great difficulty listening to another person's pain or disappointment or needs</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Are critical and judgemental</span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c5" id="h.g7j4spxp47k0" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Emotional adults</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Able to ask for what they need want or prefer clearly, directly and honestly</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Recognize, manage, and take responsibility for their own thoughts and feelings</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">When under stress, can state their own beliefs and values without becoming adversarial</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Respect others without having to change them</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Give people room to make mistakes and not be perfect</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Appreciate people for who they are</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">The good the bad and the ugly</span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">not for what they give back</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Accurately assess own limits, strength , and weaknesses and able to discuss them with others</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Are deeply in tune with their own emotional world</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">able to enter into the feelings, needs, and concerns of others without losing themselves</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Has the capacity to resolve conflict maturely</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Has the ability to negotiate Solutions that consider the perspectives of others</span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c7" id="h.etcvv6fnicnd" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Tips for healing from emotional wounds</span></span></h1><h3 class="c5" id="h.9r0oh1wwlnt" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Take baby steps.</span></span></h3><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Trying to make too many changes all at once can backfire. You may become overwhelmed or feel like a failure if you set unrealistic expectations. And dramatic changes are often unsustainable. Making micro-changes small, manageable, incremental changes create feelings of success, hope, and encouragement that are important to carry you through your healing process. You can learn more about making micro-changes here.</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c5" id="h.lcy6a96zess9" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Remember that you don't have to heal 100% to improve the quality of your life.</span></span></h3><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Many people mistakenly believe that emotional healing is all-or-nothing.</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Any modest amount of healing will improve the quality of your life.</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Take it one step at a time and you will notice small improvements in your</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">mood</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;"> ability to cope with triggers</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">relationships</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">self-esteem</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">ability to complete your daily activities</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c5" id="h.kidch2t4pno7" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Be patient and persistent.</span></span></h3><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Healing is a lot of work.</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We need to be patient and allow for the time needed to gain new insights and skills. And we need to be persistent and keep going even when it gets difficult, be willing to try new approaches, and challenge ourselves in new ways.</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c5" id="h.4r2180f3j5o7" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Set realistic expectations.</span></span></h3><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I'm a big believer in the importance of setting realistic expectations.</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Progress is more likely to be two steps forward and one step backward.</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This isn't a failure, it's a reality.</span></span></p><h3 class="c5" id="h.fqchh4rarcg5" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">View setbacks as part of the process and learning opportunities.</span></span></h3><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not only are setbacks normal, but they happen often.</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Instead of trying to avoid setbacks or relapses, accept that they are part of the process and challenge yourself to be curious about what you can learn that will help you move forward and toward greater healing and self-love.</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c5" id="h.up79vthju2mu" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Prioritize self-care and self-compassion.</span></span></h3><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Working on emotional healing takes an awful lot of energy, time, and sometimes money.</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">In order to keep going, you need to really pay attention to your feelings and your physical sensations in your body (such as tight muscles, headaches, fatigue, etc.) because these are your body's way of telling you what it needs.</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Take the extra time to listen and take good care of yourself.</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c5" id="h.hkoccckak6fg" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Be willing to process your feelings about the past.</span></span></h3><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Trying to avoid what happened in your past doesn't work.</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You need to feel your feelings.</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We need to feel them and give them space before they lose their power over us and truly become part of the past. You can slowly work on sitting quietly, allowing your feelings to surface, naming them, and exploring what they're about. For many people, this is quite challenging and working with a therapist can be helpful.</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c5" id="h.ox8pxu4rpdmb" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ask for help.</span></span></h3><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Healing isn't meant to be done in isolation. It isn't easy to ask for help, especially if people have betrayed you in the past. But reaching out for help has so many benefits: emotional support, guidance, and the ability to break down shame. And help can take many different forms depending on your needs, so I hope you'll look at it as another form of self-care and ask for the kind of help that best meets your needs.</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><b>Instructor:</b> Michael Leadon</p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/QubwZq9G0xk" width="320" youtube-src-id="QubwZq9G0xk"></iframe></div><br /><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><h1 class="c7" id="h.ay1dkiey8ave" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">References</span></span></h1><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Connecting</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Larry Crabb</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Emotionally Healthy Christianity</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Peter Scazzero</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Bowen family system therapy: short explanation by Kirk Honda</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jerry Wise</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Relationships grow into an emotionally mature adult | part eight | emotionally healthy spirituality series</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Emotionally healthy discipleship podcast</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Growing towards emotional maturity part seven of eight</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Danvers church</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">8 Tips to Healing Emotional Wounds</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c23" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c25" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://blogs.psychcentral.com/imperfect/2019/03/8-tips-for-healing-emotional-wounds/&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1704529108186920&usg=AOvVaw3ujAG8gBGbOOcVhVMyBCYP" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://blogs.psychcentral.com/imperfect/2019/03/8-tips-for-healing-emotional-wounds/</span></a></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p>Unchained Discipleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11710595205237468334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6986426612019457751.post-32965120231261674792023-12-21T20:02:00.000-08:002023-12-21T20:09:09.170-08:00Dysfunctional Families 2<p><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrgBAnQiW6mEiCNh34qdP8dq_PDeVF0-vCBP1RNXTf48JgIeD14XyhH_lR-03p0PH78CMA5ryfcmwj7Xl3yJVluquXMKcBj23TcJ2DU90OG9X7GzZk0uWuvrpXq2pCfpfBUPP_I6d3COTWcjfKvAiRTr864IwTXjd8f-rLEWbh3qbJ8fUjpl7nxaNsF2yJ/s1198/Dysfunctional%20Families%202.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="674" data-original-width="1198" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrgBAnQiW6mEiCNh34qdP8dq_PDeVF0-vCBP1RNXTf48JgIeD14XyhH_lR-03p0PH78CMA5ryfcmwj7Xl3yJVluquXMKcBj23TcJ2DU90OG9X7GzZk0uWuvrpXq2pCfpfBUPP_I6d3COTWcjfKvAiRTr864IwTXjd8f-rLEWbh3qbJ8fUjpl7nxaNsF2yJ/s320/Dysfunctional%20Families%202.png" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: times;">How do you measure the emotional health of your family?</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">~~ <a href="https://youtu.be/CMfbleux5-M" target="_blank">Watch the Video</a> ~~</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Outline</span></span></p><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Introduction</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Traits of Wholeness</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Review - Dysfunctional Families 1</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">You Are Part of a System</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">The Story of Jacob</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Favoritism</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Triangulation</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Your Family Issues Follow You</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Boundaries</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Unequally Yoked</span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Chronic Anxiety</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">5 types of dysfunctional families</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">5 levels of family health</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">7 skills you need to overcome family system enmeshment</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Spiritual growth is Having Your Identity in God</span></li></ul></span><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700;">Scriptures:</span><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Genesis 27:42-46</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Genesis 31:43</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Genesis 32:6-11</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Genesis 31:4-9</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Genesis 30:27</span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c29 c27" id="h.46e5a219qtig" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c19 c22" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Introduction</span></span></h1><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Joke: mom at kid’s birthday party</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We have the families members</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">We chose - husband</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">We created - kids</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We were born with - mom</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Her kids and her husband influenced her emotional state</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It’s not just her past relationship with her mom that impacts her current emotional state</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c6" id="h.4ktwxj1n8xp2" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Esau was tricked out of his blessing</span></span></h2><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Genesis 27:42-46</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">42 Now when the words of her elder son Esau were reported to Rebekah, she sent word and called her younger son Jacob, and said to him, “Behold your brother Esau is consoling himself concerning you by planning to kill you. 43 “Now then, my son, obey my voice, and arise, flee to Haran, to my brother Laban! 44 “Stay with him a few days, until your brother’s fury subsides, 45 until your brother’s anger against you subsides and he forgets what you did to him. Then I will send word and get you from there. Why should I lose you both in one day?” 46 And Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am tired of living because of the daughters of Heth; if Jacob takes a wife from the daughters of Heth like these from the daughters of the land, what good will my life be to me?”</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">There are some problems going on in this family</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jacob isn’t stressed just because of his</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Negative Self talk</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Childhood traumas</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Relationship with his primary caregiver</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Mindset</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jacob can’t solve all of his problems by looking inside of himself and healing from the past</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">His brother wants to kill him</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Some issues are from our past trauma in our families</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Some issues are from our present relationships in our families</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c6" id="h.qvp66kqb9nqi" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dysfunctional family</span></span></h2><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The term “dysfunctional family” is used to describe families that have problems dealing with one another and the problems follow the kids after they grow up and leave the house.</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Our families impact our emotional health.</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The people in your house play a part in your emotional health.</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c29 c27" id="h.9j84u7pycq3p" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c19 c22" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Traits of Wholeness</span></span></h1><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">We are in our series called <span class="c20" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">Seeking Wholeness</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c17" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How can we be:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Spiritually healthy</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Emotionally healthy</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Mentally healthy</span></span></li></ul><p class="c17 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Free from oppression of</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Our past</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Ourself</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Bad thinking</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Strongholds</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The enemy</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c17" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’re talking about</span></span></p><ul class="c4 lst-kix_1s407kf04ucj-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c13 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">dealing with life’s current stresses</span></span></li><li class="c13 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">being healed from experiences/wounds of the past</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5 c17" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c17" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’re not just promised eternal life</span></span></p><ul class="c4 lst-kix_1kisa7sk5no3-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c13 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’re supposed to have: joy, peace, patience, and self control here on earth</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c3" id="h.foj7l4dozv34" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Traits of Wholeness</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_16fzeymshkuw-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Authenticity</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_16fzeymshkuw-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Honesty</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_16fzeymshkuw-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Kindness</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_16fzeymshkuw-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not dependent on external approval / validation</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_16fzeymshkuw-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Living by values and principles</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_16fzeymshkuw-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Setting Boundaries</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_16fzeymshkuw-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Taking ownership of your responsibilities</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_16fzeymshkuw-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Living with purpose and passion</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_16fzeymshkuw-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Optimism</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_16fzeymshkuw-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Confidence</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_16fzeymshkuw-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not losing control of your emotions</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_16fzeymshkuw-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Free from addictions</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_16fzeymshkuw-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Addressing Conflict with truth and love</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_16fzeymshkuw-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Vulnerability</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_16fzeymshkuw-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not critical or Judgemental</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_16fzeymshkuw-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not jealous of others</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_16fzeymshkuw-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgive those who have wronged you in the past</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_16fzeymshkuw-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Know that you’re worthy of receiving love</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_16fzeymshkuw-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not afraid to fail</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_16fzeymshkuw-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Able to manage irrational fear, worry, and anxiety</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_16fzeymshkuw-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Selfless encounters with others</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_16fzeymshkuw-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not manipulating others trying to control their actions/reactions</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_16fzeymshkuw-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You care about how others feel</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_16fzeymshkuw-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Patient</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_16fzeymshkuw-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t give into peer/social pressure</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_16fzeymshkuw-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Can communicate directly</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_16fzeymshkuw-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Can communicate without antagonizing others</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_16fzeymshkuw-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t take responsibility for other people's emotions</span></span></li><li class="c2 c14 c16 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_16fzeymshkuw-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Take responsibility for your own emotions</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_16fzeymshkuw-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Slow to anger</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_16fzeymshkuw-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ability to maturely express your wants, needs and desires</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_16fzeymshkuw-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Can listen without reacting</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_16fzeymshkuw-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Can respect others without having to change them</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_16fzeymshkuw-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Function well… Alone or with others</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_16fzeymshkuw-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Able to take responsibility for our own destiny in life</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_16fzeymshkuw-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Able to maintain a non-anxious presence in the midst of anxiety and stress</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_16fzeymshkuw-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Being led by the Spirit</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c29 c27" id="h.53g679fef59q" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Review - <span class="c18" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c21" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://unchaineddisciples.blogspot.com/2023/11/dysfunctional-families.html&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1703219899531272&usg=AOvVaw3n973U_7Jtj2X4gw7Ay9Zi" style="text-decoration: inherit;">Dysfunctional Families</a></span></span></h1><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c6" id="h.uihvqff23jdy" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You Are Part of a System</span></span></h2><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You are part of a family system</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It’s not just about what’s going on inside of you</span></span></p><h3 class="c3" id="h.k85zwb5g58jq" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your Family Impacts Your Emotional Health</span></span></h3><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">pathology is also a relational issue</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Emotions move through families</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The way that the individual family members relate to each other impacts the whole system.</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c9" style="font-weight: 700;">Quote:</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> “when a flower doesn't bloom you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower”</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c3" id="h.x9gr2bx6tw8" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We Carry the Patterns We Learned</span></span></h3><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We are carrying the patterns we learned in our family system and to other relational systems. </span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Coping mechanisms</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">World view</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Theology</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Communication styles</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Argument styles</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Emotional triggers</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c6" id="h.j4vpnmu336e" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Story of Jacob</span></span></h2><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Story of Jacob and Esau is a tale of two brothers who battle for their father’s estate and his blessing. It is also the story of two sisters, Rachelle and Leah, who battle for Jacob’s affection.</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Isaac and Rebecca</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Barren</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Twins - Esau and Jacob</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Esau sells birthright</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Rebecca/Jacob steal the Abrahamic blessing</span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jacob and Rachel</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Finds Rachel</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Tricked by Laban</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Marries Leah</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Rachel barren</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">12 tribes of Israel</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c6" id="h.ouv41fz6b07m" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Favoritism</span></span></h2><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c20" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Favoritism is to show inordinate attention, give special privileges, or give less discipline to one child over another. </span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Abraham favored Isaac</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Isaac favored Esau</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Rebecca favors Jacob</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Jacob favors the children of Rachel</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Jacob favors Joseph</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">He follows the pattern of his own family where Isaac openly favored Esau</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It is not favoritism, however, if one child’s behavior causes them to lose a privilege while another child’s compliant behavior allows them to retain a privilege as long as the rules are consistent for both.</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Favoritism can cause</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">depression</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">anxiety</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">low self-worth</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">performance issues</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">and even suicidal thoughts</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Why might one child be favored over others?</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">a child might be favored because of</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;"> gender</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">“firstborn”</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">“baby” of the family</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">biological vs stepchildren</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The favored child in future relationships</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">dependency</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">desire to be liked or accepted</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c3" id="h.c78jtdiv1s0m" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What can we do?</span></span></h3><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c34" style="text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;">Awareness</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The number one thing we can do in our families is to be self-aware. Be honest with yourself about how you feel about all your children. If you find that you have feelings of favoritism, awareness can prevent you from allowing these feelings to cause you to treat children differently.</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c24" style="font-size: 11pt; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Watch your words</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Listen to what you say. Don’t compare children. “Daddy’s girl” “Mommy’s boy” can become unhealthy alliances if other children are left out.</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c24" style="font-size: 11pt; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Strive for Equal</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Make gifts, privileges, time with parents, responsibilities, and discipline as consistent as possible for all children.</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c9" style="font-weight: 700;">Example:</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> I looked like my mom</span></span></p><h3 class="c3" id="h.h7h7bziufacs" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God’s Favoritism</span></span></h3><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">In the Bible, God often favored the one who was least favorite in the family</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God favored the one who had the blessing</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God had a pattern of taking the unexpected</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Jacob</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">David</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c6" id="h.src2fz4cvizc" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Triangulation</span></span></h2><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Rebecca and Jacob tricked Isaac</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Triangulation</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">2 gang up on 1</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 mediates for 2 others</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The triangle pattern between you and your parents is the most important pattern in your life and it determines your future relationships</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">All triangles aren’t dysfunctional</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c6" id="h.6i3lsj7d13d8" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your Family Issues Follow You</span></span></h2><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jacob fled from his family only to discover that now he was within another dysfunctional family</span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">People from dysfunctional families tend to marry into dysfunctional families</span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c24" style="font-size: 11pt; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Chemistry</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">can be based on dysfunction</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">It is how you are used to being treated</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">In some cases, chemistry can be a sign that this is the wrong person for you</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c6" id="h.kalsmntyi8pv" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Boundaries</span></span></h2><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Genesis 31:43</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Then Laban replied to Jacob, “The daughters are my daughters, the children are my grandchildren, the flocks are my flocks, and everything that you see is mine. But what can I do this day to these daughters of mine or to their children to whom they have given birth?</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Laban said Jacob was taking “his daughters and his grandchildren”</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Parents try to control adult children</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Set Boundaries around</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Decision making</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Access</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Responsibilities</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Communication</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Interactions</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c6" id="h.p8seam8zw4w" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Unequally Yoked</span></span></h2><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Rachel stole the gods of Laban, her father</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Marrying a non-Christian?</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What is the purpose of life?</span></span></p><ul class="c4 lst-kix_2k9d3vorusob-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">To honor God</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Then your primary factor in choosing a mate should be how well they help you honor God.</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not their</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Finances</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Race</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Age</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Looks</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Height</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Education</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Job</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">chemistry</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Personality</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What are your major decisions based on?</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c29 c27" id="h.8avgqqopwffv" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c19 c22" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Chronic Anxiety</span></span></h1><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What are some reasons people get anxiety?</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Genesis 32:6-11</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">6 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, “We came to your brother Esau, and furthermore he is coming to meet you, and four hundred men are with him.” 7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed; and he divided the people who were with him, and the flocks, the herds, and the camels, into two companies; 8 for he said, “If Esau comes to the one company and attacks it, then the company which is left will escape.” 9 Then Jacob said, “God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, LORD, who said to me, ‘Return to your country and to your relatives, and I will make you prosper,’ 10 I am unworthy of all the favor and of all the faithfulness, which You have shown to Your servant; for with only my staff I crossed this Jordan, and now I have become two companies. 11 “Save me, please, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him, that he will come and attack me and the mothers with the children.</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jacob is stressed because he thinks Esau wants to kill him</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c3" id="h.eukvi9tcezpq" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Anxiety</span></span></h3><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Anxiety is a general word for emotional tension or stress</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It impairs our ability to think and reason</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Acute anxiety is that pain in your stomach when you’re about to</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Take a test</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Give a speech</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Stressed at work</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Watch a scary movie</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: times;">Is Jacob the only one who is stressed in this situation?</span></span></p><h2 class="c6" id="h.4fi71vdlr2oj" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Chronic Anxiety</span></span></h2><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Chronic anxiety is background anxiety</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Chronic anxiety can spread from one person to another</span></span></p><ul class="c4 lst-kix_fhkua8gqec26-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Especially if you’re in a relationship with another person</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The less emotionally healthy you are… The more anxiety you carry around</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c9" style="font-weight: 700;">Example:</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> if mama's not happy… No one is happy</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">People might transfer their mood</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">There is a level of stress that you obtain from the people you interact with regularly</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c9" style="font-weight: 700;">Example:</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> here comes a dog</span></span></p><h2 class="c6" id="h.dj00u8lnc78s" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Results</span></span></h2><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“reactive“ vs “responsive“</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When we have chronic anxiety we react</span></span></p><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Attack/defend</span></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Cranky and defensive</span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Withdraw</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Netflix, YouTube, video games</span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Retreat</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Physically leaving stressful situations</span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Stay longer at work</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Suddenly take up calls</span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Overload</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Overwhelmed and flooded with feelings</span></li></ul></ul></span><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c29 c27" id="h.zfcoc06w3d4u" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c19 c22" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">—- measuring your family’s emotional health —</span></span></h1><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c29 c27" id="h.a4lyheu95qt9" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c19 c22" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">5 types of dysfunctional families</span></span></h1><h2 class="c6" id="h.uiulaqnny18s" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The chronic conflict family</span></span></h2><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Members fight with each other in harmful ways. They leave one another wounded physically and/or emotionally.</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Stems from toxic parenting</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Abusive</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Authoritarian</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Strict</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Fear is used to maintain control.</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Punishment methods are severe.</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c3" id="h.kwrls9ozux6n" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Result</span></span></h3><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Causes</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Chronic stress</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Anxiety</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Depression</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Insecure attachment style</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c6" id="h.ioc1fxyowjhg" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The pathological household</span></span></h2><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">One or more parents suffers from</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Addition</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Drug addiction</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Terminal illness</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Psychological or mental disorders</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Personality disorder</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Mood disorder</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Gambling</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The children are responsible and take care of everyday household matters. </span></span></p><ul class="c4 lst-kix_iolpk0ki1eiq-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Children are responsible for tasks that they shouldn’t be responsible for yet.</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c3" id="h.nseqf5gjc5x5" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Result</span></span></h3><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This causes</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Anxiety</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Depression</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c6" id="h.obkhqhf497q7" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The chaotic household</span></span></h2><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The children are often not looked after because the parents are</span></span></p><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Too busy</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Not present</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Don’t set clear and consistent regulation</span></li></ul></span><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">There is no routine that the whole family can follow. </span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The older children may learn to take the roles of the caretaker.</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c3" id="h.vlshyxv0q53" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Result</span></span></h3><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The children often Have problems with</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Listening to authority</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Discipline</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Concentrating in school</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c6" id="h.4yf3m96wc75" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The dominant – submissive household</span></span></h2><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">One parent is the dictator and the other one is passively obedient. </span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The dictator parent has no consideration for the wishes or feelings of the other family members. </span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The other parent usually has a lot of repressed, negative, and angry emotions.</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c3" id="h.ph7evzneglfl" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Result</span></span></h3><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The rest of the members suffer silently from their poor choices</span></span></p><h2 class="c6" id="h.v8ct1uiwv2vz" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The emotionally distant family</span></span></h2><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Nothing is obviously chaotic, but there is very little affection shown between the family members. </span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The parents rarely show warmth towards the children.</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The children repress their feelings as they grow older</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This creates insecure or nonexistent attachment style</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Result</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This impacts their</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Identity</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Self-esteem</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ability to form relationships with others</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The members of the family usually solve the problems alone instead of seeking help</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c6" id="h.he2p7iig413" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Discussion Question</span></span></h2><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Do you related to one of these types of families?</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c9" style="font-weight: 700;">Story:</span> tv at dinner</span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Generational curses</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Patterns from parent</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Coping mechanisms</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Biases</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Mindsets</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c27 c29" id="h.sy1gnsofibwa" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c19 c22" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">5 levels of family health</span></span></h1><h3 class="c3" id="h.o0w1hwu9934g" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The family in pain</span></span></h3><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Real leadership is totally Lacking</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Chaos, uncertainty, confusion, turmoil</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Conflicts are never dealt with or resolved</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">No ability to look at issues with clarity</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c3" id="h.zgpt2tmpajt4" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The borderline family</span></span></h3><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dictatorship</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Nothing but black and white rules</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Everyone has to agree with the results</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Individuals are not allowed to disagree</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c3" id="h.j0mzm5j9tpg5" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The rule bound family</span></span></h3><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not in chaos</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Feeling loved and good about oneself is dependent on obeying the spoken and unspoken rules of the family</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">There is an invisible referee</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The rules of the family are more important than the individual</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The home is permeated with subtle levels of</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Guilt</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Manipulation</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Intimidation</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c3" id="h.ugt7nzzi851l" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Adequate family</span></span></h3><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ability to be flexible and cherish each individual member</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Values a sense of closeness</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Members can work through difficulties in conflict because of the parent’s</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Good feelings</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Trust</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Teamwork</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c3" id="h.odouyf7k5f01" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Optimal family</span></span></h3><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">All the qualities of the adequate family</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Members delight in being with one another</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c6" id="h.8wnzjzp04kjw" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Discussion Questions</span></span></h2><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Which of these 5 categories best describes your experience growing up?</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c29 c27" id="h.dodpz98prwxb" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c19 c22" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">7 skills you need to overcome family system enmeshment</span></span></h1><h2 class="c6" id="h.qntv92xeoymr" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">recognize emotional patterns and interactions that are relationship based</span></span></h2><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Conflict style</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Yelling</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Cursing</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Avoidance</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Passive aggressive</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c6" id="h.uwsy3fel03f2" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Emotional grounding</span></span></h2><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ability to recognize when you are getting caught up in the emotions of the system. </span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Example: goals vs milestones in meetings</span></span></p><ul class="c4 lst-kix_gjbgu7oe7789-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">when I say wait a minute… What is our goal here… In meetings at work</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If you are calm… Other people will feel calm in your presence</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t take on everyone else’s emotions</span></span></p><ul class="c4 lst-kix_5rk5iek0ifl6-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">With emotions they aren’t even ours</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c9" style="font-weight: 700;">Example: </span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">road rage</span></span></p><h2 class="c6" id="h.sh4j28szmjlz" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Mental autonomy</span></span></h2><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">There is a “family mind”. If you think differently you are an outsider.</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">question the family beliefs</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Maybe that’s a negative belief about yourself</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">“you are lazy“</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">People that look different than you</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You have to develop your own biblical based belief system</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c6" id="h.6coolujxg4gj" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Develop The ability for internal validation</span></span></h2><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">In our society we are constantly focused on</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">What do others think of me?</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">How do others see me?</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Do others like me?</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Do others love me?</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We base our lives on what other people are going to approve on</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We fear their rejection and disapproval</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We need to validate and approve ourselves even if no one else in our lives necessarily agrees or approves of what we are doing</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c6" id="h.406haarj5cn5" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Set Boundaries</span></span></h2><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You need to develop an understanding of what your boundaries are and what they will look like in your different relationships. </span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c19 c10" style="background-color: white; color: #282829; font-size: 11.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The purpose of a boundary is to establish for yourself a course of action that you will pursue for your own well being.</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c19 c10" style="background-color: white; color: #282829; font-size: 11.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c3" id="h.91tbjgfj7bnz" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Always Late</span></span></h3><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c19 c10" style="background-color: white; color: #282829; font-size: 11.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">An example: You make a plan to go travel with someone who has a history of being late. A healthy boundary is to simply decide if they are more than 15 minutes late, you will leave without them.</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c19 c10" style="background-color: white; color: #282829; font-size: 11.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c12 c2 c14" style="background-color: white; border-style: solid; border-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding: 0pt;"><span class="c19 c10" style="color: #282829; font-size: 11.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">A Boundary needs to be:</span></span></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #282829; font-family: times; font-size: 11.5pt;">Specific</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #282829; font-family: times; font-size: 11.5pt;">Lead to you act in a certain way to protect your emotional/physical/financial state</span></li><li><span class="c19 c10" style="color: #282829; font-size: 11.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Judgementless of the violator</span></span></li></ol><p class="c12 c2 c14 c5" style="background-color: white; border-style: solid; border-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c19 c10" style="color: #282829; font-size: 11.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c12 c2 c14" style="background-color: white; border-style: solid; border-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding: 0pt;"><span class="c19 c10" style="color: #282829; font-size: 11.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It is also important that the boundary IS NOT:</span></span></p><span class="c19 c10" style="color: #282829; font-size: 11.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c19 c10" style="color: #282829; font-size: 11.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">A threat</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #282829; font-family: times; font-size: 11.5pt;">A punishment</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #282829; font-family: times; font-size: 11.5pt;">An act of control</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #282829; font-family: times; font-size: 11.5pt;">Vague</span></li></ul></span><p class="c12 c2 c14" style="background-color: white; border-style: solid; border-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding: 0pt;"><span class="c19 c10" style="color: #282829; font-size: 11.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br />For example If your friend is late you don't</span></span></p><span class="c19 c10" style="color: #282829; font-size: 11.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c19 c10" style="color: #282829; font-size: 11.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">threaten to disown them</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #282829; font-family: times; font-size: 11.5pt;">punish them with mind games</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #282829; font-family: times; font-size: 11.5pt;">try to control their behavior so they won't be late next time</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #282829; font-family: times; font-size: 11.5pt;">vaguely warn that they should be on time if they know what's good for them</span></li></ul></span><h3 class="c12 c2 c14 c27" id="h.y8ninaoc8iu9" style="background-color: white; border-style: solid; border-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Borrowing Money</span></span></h3><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c9 c10" style="background-color: white; color: #282829; font-size: 11.5pt; font-weight: 700;">Example:</span><span class="c19 c10" style="background-color: white; color: #282829; font-size: 11.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> Won’t loan more than $200 in a month</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c3" id="h.aunjrroeayyv" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Examples: In Town For a Visit</span></span></h3><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c12 c2 c14" style="background-color: white; border-style: solid; border-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding: 0pt;"><span class="c25" style="color: #282829; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I am so excited for your visit! You can’t stay in my house this time, but I can recommend a few hotels nearby.</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c20" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When you come visit, make sure you make plans of your own because I won’t be able to spend full days with you.</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c6" id="h.pk7d24m9ynbv" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Endure the Discomfort</span></span></h2><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The growth process can bring up very challenging emotions</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We have to</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Stop playing the roles that we’ve always played in our family system</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Start to set boundaries</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">start to do things differently</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Do things that others disapprove of</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Others are going to</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Judge us</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Pushback</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This discomfort is a necessary part of the growth process</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c6" id="h.qyad14buympb" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The concern</span></span></h2><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">A lot of these methods don’t apply if you are the inconsiderate, selfish one in the relationship</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c29 c27" id="h.dawlxb8filyo" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c19 c22" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Spiritual growth is Having Your Identity in God</span></span></h1><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How did Jacob initially deal with his problems?</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Manipulation / trickery</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Running away</span></span></p><ul class="c4 lst-kix_51f34bf6mjng-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Avoidance</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Genesis 31:4-9</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">4 So Jacob sent word and called Rachel and Leah to his flock in the field, 5 and said to them, “I see your father’s attitude, that it is not friendly toward me as it was before, but the God of my father has been with me. 6 “You know that I have served your father with all my strength. 7 “Yet your father has cheated me and changed my wages ten times; however, God did not allow him to do me harm. 8 “If he said this: ‘The speckled shall be your wages,’ then all the flock delivered speckled; and if he said this: ‘The striped shall be your wages,’ then all the flock delivered striped. 9 “So God has taken away your father’s livestock and given them to me.</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Why was Laban’s attitude towards him changing?</span></span></p><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Because he became richer than Laban</span></span></li><li><span class="c9" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700;">Application: </span><span class="c1" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">People will cheer you on until you surpass the limits they have for you</span></li></ul></span><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jacob used to be a selfish trickster</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c6" id="h.opm99k22t2fx" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jacob gave God the glory</span></span></h2><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jacob acknowledges God’s</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">presence</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">partnership</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">protection</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jacob is viewing life through the lens of God</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c6" id="h.js08ue3mm0bu" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Put Your Identity In Christ</span></span></h2><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Be mindful of who’s</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Opinion</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Approval</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Validation</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Energy</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Time</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Matters to you</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God’s should matter more</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You want to filter your life through God</span></span></p><h3 class="c3" id="h.75g9sxinucvb" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not My Might</span></span></h3><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jacob saw God as The source of his wealth</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Not his cleverness</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Not his tricks</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">He would put</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c3" id="h.9y2e58h9dgg1" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Witness</span></span></h3><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">His wives probably knew the tricks he did</span></span></p><ul class="c4 lst-kix_t0193dk16dyu-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Yet he still gave God the glory</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Genesis 30:27</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c18" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c21" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/genesis/30-27.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1703219899559650&usg=AOvVaw1dIPt2qBoOkirGowVwS-Qk" style="text-decoration: inherit;">27</a></span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">But Laban replied, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please stay. I have learned by divination that the LORD has blessed me because of you.”</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c28 c19" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c28 c19" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God used Jacob to make a believer out of Laban</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c28 c32 c9" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c28 c9 c32" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If we follow God and put our identity in Christ, God will change us</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c28 c32 c9" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9 c28" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: times;">He can use the change in us to change our family</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9 c28" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9 c28" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9 c28" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="c9 c28" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CMfbleux5-M" width="320" youtube-src-id="CMfbleux5-M"></iframe></span></div><p></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9 c28" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="c9 c28" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c29 c27" id="h.ju5f8vfpnzds" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c19 c22" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">References</span></span></h1><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Connecting</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Larry Crabb</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Emotionally Healthy Christianity</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Peter Scazzero</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Maury Bowen family therapy differentiation techniques</span></span></p><p class="c33" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c19 c23" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">My people patterns</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Chronic anxiety</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Bowen Center</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Bowen family system therapy: short explanation by Kirk Honda</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jerry Wise</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">A study of Biblical families from the perspective of family systems therapy</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Gunar John Kravalis | Wilfrid Laurier University</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Families are dysfunctional… But God</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Skip Heitzig</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dysfunctional families: Jacob</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Creekside Christian church</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">7 skills you need to overcome family system and measurement through self differentiation</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Deborah Laura</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c21" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.counselingandwellnesscenter.com/articles/favoritism&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1703219899561686&usg=AOvVaw3YcfTov5pchBF4Zj198S5U" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.counselingandwellnesscenter.com/articles/favoritism</span></a></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c29 c27" id="h.nqu52dtcw4dn" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c19 c22" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Extra</span></span></h1><h2 class="c6" id="h.hs2nzqhydccl" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Both Esau and Jacob were doing well</span></span></h2><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Genesis 33:8-10</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">8 And he said, “What do you mean by all this company which I have met?” And he said, “To find favor in the sight of my lord.” 9 But Esau said, “I have plenty, my brother; let what you have be your own.” 10 Jacob said, “No, please, if now I have found favor in your sight, then accept my gift from my hand, for I see your face as one sees the face of God, and you have received me favorably.</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c6" id="h.x581t7dcluq" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Goals of Bowenian therapy</span></span></h2><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Help people become differentiated</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Help people to be thoughtful in the face of stress rather than to be reactive without thinking</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Teach emotional awareness skills and emotional management skills</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Coach to client differentiate from their family of origin</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Help people communicate their needs in a more differentiated manner</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Encourage clients to take responsibility for their own life</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They assess the family</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Pattern</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">History</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Structure</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Each person's differentiation level</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">How each person handle stress</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">The way anxiety moves through the family</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The way they triangulate</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c29 c27" id="h.98vy4km7zfn" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c19 c22" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jacob Wrestles With God</span></span></h1><p class="c26 subtitle" id="h.4c3acebx533n" style="break-after: avoid; color: #666666; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 16pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c19 c31" style="font-size: 15pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Make a Change</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jacob wrestles with “the Man”</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jacob's hip is cripple. The runner can no longer run.</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c6" id="h.requcdolkvpb" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Wrestling with God</span></span></h2><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“Are you wrestling with God?”</span></span></p><ul class="c4 lst-kix_3ngmv9v4bjfe-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Are you wrestling with dysfunction</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Stop running away and limp towards God</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c6" id="h.fa8vn2gznl8y" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Story: Johnny Killing Grandma’s Duck</span></span></h2><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Slingshot in the woods</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Johnny killed his grandmothers duck</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">His little sister made him do her chores so she wouldn’t tell</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">When you told the grandmother said she knew all along</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">“I wondered how long were you going to allow Sally to make you a slave“</span></li></ul></span><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How long have you been a slave to that</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">sin</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Tragedy</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Unhealthy Mindset</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Unforgiveness</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Sibling Rivalry</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Family value that goes against the bible</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It doesn’t have to define you</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Are you going to live through the lens of your dysfunction, or through the lens of God who can function in your dysfunction</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Fractured by Your Family</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c21" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/CZb3l26oKY9/?utm_medium%3Dcopy_link&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1703219899564805&usg=AOvVaw28zYkSIicJGzMmQppnqVri" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/CZb3l26oKY9/?utm_medium=copy_link</span></a></span></p><div><br /></div></div>Unchained Discipleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11710595205237468334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6986426612019457751.post-55562053575221516902023-11-22T15:41:00.000-08:002023-11-28T00:11:27.647-08:00Dysfunctional Families<p><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV7keFMUETB2JG9l0VS_xTI9VGN9QCbZDrQ7dUPFYTIIFfgerlN7zeQ15qMBf5p782J-1I-Oy3NqwBEvlb-pR58Hj1nOZuXknAD_p6iOwORItwFNOHB2FbtmC1wCpu4y1p3aIp-UTuWp0I0qVZP3pZ0y3RJZfQxmQJGQ1LrWkPYmVfW2u5b0f71ckH6R6x/s1198/Dysfunctional%20Families.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="674" data-original-width="1198" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV7keFMUETB2JG9l0VS_xTI9VGN9QCbZDrQ7dUPFYTIIFfgerlN7zeQ15qMBf5p782J-1I-Oy3NqwBEvlb-pR58Hj1nOZuXknAD_p6iOwORItwFNOHB2FbtmC1wCpu4y1p3aIp-UTuWp0I0qVZP3pZ0y3RJZfQxmQJGQ1LrWkPYmVfW2u5b0f71ckH6R6x/s320/Dysfunctional%20Families.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">A study on the impact that your family impacts your emotional health.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">~~ <a href="https://youtu.be/uURCrPiyGEM" target="_blank">Watch the Video</a> ~~</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c7 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Outline:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li class="c4 c10 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_ieq2cusd30jh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Introduction</span></span></li><li class="c4 c10 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_ieq2cusd30jh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Traits of Wholeness</span></span></li><li class="c4 c10 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_ieq2cusd30jh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You Are Part of a System</span></span></li><li class="c4 c10 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_ieq2cusd30jh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Story of Jacob</span></span></li><li class="c4 c10 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_ieq2cusd30jh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jacob and Esau are Born</span></span></li><li class="c4 c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_ieq2cusd30jh-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Kingdom Rules Are different than the cultural and natural rules</span></span></li><li class="c4 c10 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_ieq2cusd30jh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jacob Tricks Esau</span></span></li><li class="c4 c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_ieq2cusd30jh-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Stolen Birthright</span></span></li><li class="c4 c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_ieq2cusd30jh-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Favoritism</span></span></li><li class="c4 c10 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_ieq2cusd30jh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jacob and Rebecca Trick Isaac</span></span></li><li class="c4 c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_ieq2cusd30jh-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Triangulation</span></span></li><li class="c4 c10 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_ieq2cusd30jh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jacob Steals the Spiritual Blessing</span></span></li><li class="c4 c10 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_ieq2cusd30jh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Laban Tricks Jacob</span></span></li><li class="c4 c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_ieq2cusd30jh-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your Family Issues Follow You</span></span></li><li class="c4 c10 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_ieq2cusd30jh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jacob Leaves Laban’s House</span></span></li><li class="c4 c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_ieq2cusd30jh-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Boundaries</span></span></li><li class="c4 c10 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_ieq2cusd30jh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Rachel Stole From Laban</span></span></li><li class="c4 c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_ieq2cusd30jh-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Unequally Yoked</span></span></li><li class="c4 c10 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_ieq2cusd30jh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Family Patterns</span></span></li><li class="c4 c10 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_ieq2cusd30jh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God can function in our dysfunction</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c7 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Scriptures:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Genesis 2:24</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Genesis 25:21 - 26</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Genesis 25:27-34</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Malachi 1:1-3</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Genesis 27: 5-10</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Genesis 27: 29</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Genesis 29: 21 - 27</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Genesis 31:43</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Genesis 31:32 - 35</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c16" id="h.2fruyjfv1hod" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Introduction</span></h1><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“You can choose your friends, but you can’t choose your family” </span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c7 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Genesis 2:24</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"> <span class="c18" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c6" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/genesis/2-24.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1700699187802741&usg=AOvVaw3s-e7EnhbtWQMvV99vMVH6" style="text-decoration: inherit;">24</a></span> <span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-weight: 700;">Joke</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">: happiness is having a large, loving, caring close knit family… in another city</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">— George Burns</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">No family is perfect. </span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The term “dysfunctional family” is used to describe families that have problems dealing with one another and the problems follow the kids after they grow up and leave the house.</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c7 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">All families are dysfunctional</span></span></p><ul class="c5 lst-kix_jw2dbuagqe0n-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c4 c10 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c7 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">every human on this planet has “their own issues“.</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We are all dysfunctional because of sin</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Today we are going to look at the story of Jacob’s family as insight into how our families of origin may have had an impact on our current emotional state</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c16" id="h.wcyn6wv7a33j" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c17" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Traits of Wholeness</span></span></h1><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">We are in our series called <span class="c26" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">Seeking Wholeness</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c23" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c7 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How can we be:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Spiritually healthy</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Emotionally healthy</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Mentally healthy</span></span></li></ul><p class="c21" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Free from oppression of</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Our past</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Ourself</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Bad thinking</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Strongholds</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The enemy</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c23" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’re talking about</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">dealing with life’s current stresses</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">being healed from experiences/wounds of the past</span></span></li></ul><p class="c21" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c23" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’re not just promised eternal life</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">We’re supposed to have: joy, peace, patience, and self control here on earth</span></li></ul><h3 class="c2" id="h.foj7l4dozv34" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Traits of Wholeness</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li class="c4 c10 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_of4xbq516tfh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Authenticity</span></span></li><li class="c4 c10 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_of4xbq516tfh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Honesty</span></span></li><li class="c4 c10 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_of4xbq516tfh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Kindness</span></span></li><li class="c4 c10 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_of4xbq516tfh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not dependent on external approval / validation</span></span></li><li class="c4 c10 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_of4xbq516tfh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Living by values and principles</span></span></li><li class="c4 c10 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_of4xbq516tfh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Setting Boundaries</span></span></li><li class="c4 c10 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_of4xbq516tfh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Taking ownership of your responsibilities</span></span></li><li class="c4 c10 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_of4xbq516tfh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Living with purpose and passion</span></span></li><li class="c4 c10 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_of4xbq516tfh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Optimism</span></span></li><li class="c4 c10 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_of4xbq516tfh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Confidence</span></span></li><li class="c4 c10 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_of4xbq516tfh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not losing control of your emotions</span></span></li><li class="c4 c10 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_of4xbq516tfh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Free from addictions</span></span></li><li class="c4 c10 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_of4xbq516tfh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Addressing Conflict with truth and love</span></span></li><li class="c4 c10 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_of4xbq516tfh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Vulnerability</span></span></li><li class="c4 c10 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_of4xbq516tfh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not critical or Judgemental</span></span></li><li class="c4 c10 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_of4xbq516tfh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not jealous of others</span></span></li><li class="c4 c10 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_of4xbq516tfh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgive those who have wronged you in the past</span></span></li><li class="c4 c10 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_of4xbq516tfh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Know that you’re worthy of receiving love</span></span></li><li class="c4 c10 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_of4xbq516tfh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not afraid to fail</span></span></li><li class="c4 c10 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_of4xbq516tfh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Able to manage irrational fear, worry, and anxiety</span></span></li><li class="c4 c10 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_of4xbq516tfh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Selfless encounters with others</span></span></li><li class="c4 c10 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_of4xbq516tfh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not manipulating others trying to control their actions/reactions</span></span></li><li class="c4 c10 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_of4xbq516tfh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You care about how others feel</span></span></li><li class="c4 c10 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_of4xbq516tfh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Patient</span></span></li><li class="c4 c10 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_of4xbq516tfh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t give into peer/social pressure</span></span></li><li class="c4 c10 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_of4xbq516tfh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Can communicate directly</span></span></li><li class="c4 c10 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_of4xbq516tfh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Can communicate without antagonizing others</span></span></li><li class="c4 c10 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_of4xbq516tfh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t take responsibility for other people's emotions</span></span></li><li class="c4 c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_of4xbq516tfh-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Take responsibility for your own emotions</span></span></li><li class="c4 c10 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_of4xbq516tfh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Slow to anger</span></span></li><li class="c4 c10 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_of4xbq516tfh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ability to maturely express your wants, needs and desires</span></span></li><li class="c4 c10 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_of4xbq516tfh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Can listen without reacting</span></span></li><li class="c4 c10 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_of4xbq516tfh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Can respect others without having to change them</span></span></li><li class="c4 c10 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_of4xbq516tfh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Being led by the Spirit</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c16" id="h.uihvqff23jdy" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c17" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You Are Part of a System</span></span></h1><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Solar</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Political</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">The world</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The matrix</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">You are part of a family system</span></p><h2 class="c15" id="h.4lcpprz7wr4" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Understand your family as a system of interrelated individuals</span></span></h2><h3 class="c2" id="h.k85zwb5g58jq" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your Family Impacts Your Emotional Health</span></span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">pathology is also a relational issue</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Emotions move through families</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The way that the individual family members relate to each other impacts the whole system.</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c2" id="h.catp0e5m57mv" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3">Example:</span><span class="c14" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"> anxiety</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Coping skills</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Mindset</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Chemical imbalance</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">——-</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Crazy family</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Family drama</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">One person can be experiencing anxiety and it will trickle down to the other members of the family through the interactions.</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The parents affect the children’s</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Functioning</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Emotional well-being</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Mental health</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We are emotionally connected to each other</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Also Other relationship communities</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Friend group</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Church</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Bible study</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Work</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c15" id="h.x9gr2bx6tw8" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We Carry the Patterns We Learned</span></span></h2><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We are carrying the patterns we learned in our family system and to other relational systems. </span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Coping mechanisms</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">World view</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Theology</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Communication styles</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Argument styles</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Emotional triggers</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Wounds from your parents.</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c6" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/CzoLtWuLal4/?igshid%3DMzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1700699187817034&usg=AOvVaw3tkuRetgL6EuB-3s6mah4Q" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/CzoLtWuLal4/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==</span></a></span></p><ul class="c5 lst-kix_6bxdsqsgevv2-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c4 c10 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“Doing the opposite of what hurt you doesn’t mean you’re healed”</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c16" id="h.7cjhz7yo5d73" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c17" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Story of Jacob</span></span></h1><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Story of Jacob and Esau’s tale of two brothers who battle for their father’s estate and his blessing. It is also the story of two sisters, Rachelle and Leah, who battle for Jacob’s affection.</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Abraham and Sara</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Barren</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Ishmael from servant</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Isaac - the son of promise</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Isaac and Rebecca</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Barren</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Twins - Esau and Jacob</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Esau sells birthright</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Rebecca/Jacob steal blessing</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jacob and Rachel</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Finds Rachel</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Tricked by Laban</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Marries Leah</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Rachel barren</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">12 tribes of Israel</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c16" id="h.942c895d6yf0" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c17" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jacob and Esau are Born</span></span></h1><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c7 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Genesis 25:21 - 26</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"> <span class="c18" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c6" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/genesis/25-21.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1700699187820347&usg=AOvVaw2wLnQGMd_YoyVZCIPYj_GA" style="text-decoration: inherit;">21</a></span> Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was unable to have children; and the LORD answered him, and his wife Rebekah conceived. <span class="c18" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c6" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/genesis/25-22.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1700699187820773&usg=AOvVaw3VkohLdbACnlCXLYxQNb6U" style="text-decoration: inherit;">22</a></span> But the children struggled together within her; and she said, “If it is so, why am I in this condition?” So she went to inquire of the LORD.<span class="c18" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c6" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/genesis/25-23.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1700699187821023&usg=AOvVaw1zGl_poP4mmGKh2oxZ2aSi" style="text-decoration: inherit;">23</a></span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">And the LORD said to her,</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“Two nations are in your womb;</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">And two peoples will be separated from your body;</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">And one people will be stronger than the other;</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">And the older will serve the younger.” <span class="c18" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c6" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/genesis/25-24.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1700699187821756&usg=AOvVaw2eZ40OmZdn0ItOILTJYJ4A" style="text-decoration: inherit;">24</a></span> When her days leading to the delivery were at an end, behold, there were twins in her womb. <span class="c18" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c6" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/genesis/25-25.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1700699187822205&usg=AOvVaw2-_bE6lC-sslu5i-ZrEFr0" style="text-decoration: inherit;">25</a></span> Now the first came out red, all over like a hairy garment; and they named him Esau. <span class="c18" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c6" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/genesis/25-26.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1700699187822690&usg=AOvVaw0HiM-sTp0q0Lt4v17A_Ozk" style="text-decoration: inherit;">26</a></span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> Afterward his brother came out with his hand holding on to Esau’s heel, so he was named Jacob; and Isaac was sixty years old when she gave birth to them.</span></span></p><h2 class="c15" id="h.mnsz6ubodh88" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Kingdom Rules Are different than the cultural and natural rules</span></span></h2><h3 class="c2" id="h.dovg6tntsj1y" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">All Were Barren</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Sara</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Rebecca</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Rachel</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God can still work miracles today</span></span></p><ul class="c5 lst-kix_9t5134ticmgb-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c4 c10 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Even if He doesn’t … faith</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c2" id="h.2y2nzweg6r3p" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Birth Order</span></span></h3><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">In that culture, the first born male was the most prized child</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God has a pattern of promoting the younger over the older</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Isaac</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Jacob</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Joseph</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">David</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God’s criteria for blessing is not birth order</span></span></p><ul class="c5 lst-kix_sxlh2dkmp3ef-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c4 c10 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"> faith and obedience</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c7 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What cultural barriers have you faced?</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c2" id="h.dmuuzouo20y4" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Find Your Identity In Christ</span></span></h3><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Our identity should not be in our</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Gender</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Birth order</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Social status</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Race</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Job title</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c7 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Kingdom rules vs cultural rules</span></span></p><h1 class="c16" id="h.zhlr0x8rxlm1" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c17" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jacob Tricks Esau</span></span></h1><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: times;">Genesis 25:27-34</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c18" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c6" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/genesis/25-27.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1700699187827945&usg=AOvVaw3GcpNLEzrsqolHtNyUFmTq" style="text-decoration: inherit;">27</a></span> When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field; but Jacob was a civilized man, living in tents. <span class="c18" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c6" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/genesis/25-28.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1700699187828501&usg=AOvVaw1EjF1fla_uRobY3_js1wL0" style="text-decoration: inherit;">28</a></span>Now Isaac loved Esau because he had a taste for game; but Rebekah loved Jacob. <span class="c18" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c6" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/genesis/25-29.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1700699187828808&usg=AOvVaw00FLxBdJPdC7wOu-GDeWk8" style="text-decoration: inherit;">29</a></span>When Jacob had cooked a stew one day, Esau came in from the field and he was exhausted; <span class="c18" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c6" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/genesis/25-30.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1700699187829039&usg=AOvVaw3IgkIJTqJOs-Ew5R7MJp2I" style="text-decoration: inherit;">30</a></span>and Esau said to Jacob, “Please let me have a mouthful of that red stuff there, for I am exhausted.” Therefore he was called Edom by name. <span class="c18" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c6" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/genesis/25-31.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1700699187829285&usg=AOvVaw3lQDtp01YqO7WUyKQs7hRA" style="text-decoration: inherit;">31</a></span>But Jacob said, “First sell me your birthright.” <span class="c18" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c6" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/genesis/25-32.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1700699187829610&usg=AOvVaw3_E7HwTb7nqjnoWRMAKFkJ" style="text-decoration: inherit;">32</a></span>Esau said, “Look, I am about to die; so of what use then is the birthright to me?” <span class="c18" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c6" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/genesis/25-33.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1700699187829882&usg=AOvVaw3wnTRcx4XVBmS4KG_oxKh8" style="text-decoration: inherit;">33</a></span> And Jacob said, “First swear to me”; so he swore an oath to him, and sold his birthright to Jacob. <span class="c18" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c6" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/genesis/25-34.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1700699187830118&usg=AOvVaw1JWxDwQxG1kS-rbxY0Okcb" style="text-decoration: inherit;">34</a></span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew; and he ate and drank, and got up and went on his way. So Esau despised his birthright.</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">“That red stuff”</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">He gave away the cultural blessings given to the firstborn male</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">inheritance</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c15" id="h.4obth53x1yzy" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Stolen Birthright</span></span></h2><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c20" style="background-color: white; color: #081c2a; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">In biblical times, the firstborn was given certain unique rights, responsibilities, and privileges. A married couple’s firstborn male child was given priority and preeminence in the family, and the best of the inheritance.</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c20" style="background-color: white; color: #081c2a; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c20" style="background-color: white; color: #081c2a; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">He still had the Abrahamic blessing</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c20" style="background-color: white; color: #081c2a; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c15" id="h.ouv41fz6b07m" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Favoritism</span></span></h2><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c18" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c6" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/genesis/25-28.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1700699187831979&usg=AOvVaw30FNtNQd5eOC0kaw0GlEix" style="text-decoration: inherit;">28</a></span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Now Isaac loved Esau because he had a taste for game; but Rebekah loved Jacob.</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Abraham favored Isaac</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Isaac favored Esau</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Rachel favors Jacob</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Jacob favorite Joseph</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Jacob favors the children of Rachel</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Jacob favors Joseph</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">He follows the pattern of his own family where Isaac openly favored Esau</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Even though Jacob hated this favoritism… He does it himself</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: times;">Did you grow up in a family of siblings where one child was clearly a favorite of one of the parents?</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c2" id="h.h6i4shsjiqz" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God’s Favoritism</span></span></h3><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-weight: 700;">Malachi 1:1-3</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 The pronouncement of the word of the LORD to Israel through Malachi: 2 “I have loved you,” says the LORD. But you say, “How have You loved us?” “Was Esau not Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet I have loved Jacob; 3 but I have hated Esau, and I have made his mountains a desolation and given his inheritance to the jackals of the wilderness.”</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God favored the one who had the blessing</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c7 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God Hated Esau</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c6" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/gbJd4bThM_M&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1700699187834632&usg=AOvVaw2fIHsxafdJ2oV2lIRkD74G" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtu.be/gbJd4bThM_M</span></a></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c16" id="h.sfeeoct8m830" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c17" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jacob and Rebecca Trick Isaac</span></span></h1><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c7 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Genesis 27: 5-10</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c18" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c6" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/genesis/27-5.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1700699187835882&usg=AOvVaw1KcWlKm8Dcy950f7UngMgI" style="text-decoration: inherit;">5</a></span>Now Rebekah was listening while Isaac spoke to his son Esau. So when Esau went to the field to hunt for game to bring home, <span class="c18" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c6" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/genesis/27-6.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1700699187836367&usg=AOvVaw1zDqoNRu_B0XRZnxpvsQXd" style="text-decoration: inherit;">6</a></span>Rebekah said to her son Jacob, “Behold, I heard your father speak to your brother Esau, saying, <span class="c18" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c6" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/genesis/27-7.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1700699187836719&usg=AOvVaw1chwo28fhYqfPKpeq5Hk2_" style="text-decoration: inherit;">7</a></span>‘Bring me some game and prepare a delicious meal for me, so that I may eat, and bless you in the presence of the LORD before my death.’ <span class="c18" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c6" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/genesis/27-8.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1700699187837116&usg=AOvVaw1NNTOOTJvhi45OfqnMXaqB" style="text-decoration: inherit;">8</a></span>So now, my son, listen to me as I command you. <span class="c18" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c6" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/genesis/27-9.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1700699187837447&usg=AOvVaw3qC326XsaGl3czoKEn6Pgt" style="text-decoration: inherit;">9</a></span>Go now to the flock and bring me two choice young goats from there, so that I may prepare them as a delicious meal for your father, such as he loves. <span class="c18" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c6" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/genesis/27-10.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1700699187837776&usg=AOvVaw0KTiiEUMo6rNn9Ghqi2sQF" style="text-decoration: inherit;">10</a></span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Then you shall bring it to your father, that he may eat, so that he may bless you before his death.”</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">His son</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Her son</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c15" id="h.src2fz4cvizc" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Triangulation</span></span></h2><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">In psychology, triangulation refers to a dynamic that can arise from a conflict between two people. It involves them communicating primarily through a neutral party or otherwise drawing a third person into their own issues.</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"> –BetterHelp</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c19" style="background-color: white; color: #4a4d4a; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Mediator</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“ Tell your mother I said…“</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“Tell your father I said…“</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">A dysfunctional triangle helps perpetuate the problem</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">A functional triangle helps resolve the problem</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c7 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The triangle pattern between you and your parents is the most important pattern in your life and it determines your future relationships</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c15" id="h.ff3aic83ifcu" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jacob’s Family Triangulations</span></span></h2><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We see here the formation of four interlocking family triangles</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Isaac and Esau against Jacob</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Isaac and Esau against Rebecca</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Jacob and Rebecca against Isaac</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jacob and Rebecca against Esau</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c7 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Can you think of any examples of triangulation in your family?</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c16" id="h.kujb72i0z6n1" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c17" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jacob Steals the Spiritual Blessing</span></span></h1><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c7 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What was the blessing that Jacob stole?</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Abrahamic blessing</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c7 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Genesis 27: 29</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c18" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c6" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/genesis/27-29.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1700699187842637&usg=AOvVaw2-ZDTumhFIfuWn5tLbUPrX" style="text-decoration: inherit;">29</a></span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> May peoples serve you,</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">And nations bow down to you;</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Be master of your brothers,</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">And may your mother’s sons bow down to you.</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Cursed be those who curse you,</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">And blessed be those who bless you.”</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: times;">Cultural blessing vs kingdom blessing</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c16" id="h.sj6po6fxmak4" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c17" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Laban Tricks Jacob</span></span></h1><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jacob worked 7 years for Leah</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c7 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Genesis 29: 21 - 27</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c18" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c6" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/genesis/29-21.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1700699187844803&usg=AOvVaw1npaApo0Wq7bxAygqS48WW" style="text-decoration: inherit;">21</a></span> Then Jacob said to Laban, “Give me my wife, for my time is completed, that I may have relations with her.” <span class="c18" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c6" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/genesis/29-22.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1700699187845309&usg=AOvVaw2Kx5oPac_yHh8eTQ8ruYmC" style="text-decoration: inherit;">22</a></span> So Laban gathered all the people of the place and held a feast. <span class="c18" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c6" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/genesis/29-23.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1700699187845664&usg=AOvVaw0pPRqoCIMj0KY6oNeDypN3" style="text-decoration: inherit;">23</a></span> Now in the evening he took his daughter Leah and brought her to him; and Jacob had relations with her. <span class="c18" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c6" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/genesis/29-24.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1700699187845984&usg=AOvVaw0asCXi0xCzSCeZA51tqJf4" style="text-decoration: inherit;">24</a></span> Laban also gave his female slave Zilpah to his daughter Leah as a slave. <span class="c18" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c6" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/genesis/29-25.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1700699187846351&usg=AOvVaw1Rq6kzT1tZvnCgSDEw_9eG" style="text-decoration: inherit;">25</a></span> So it came about in the morning that, behold, it was Leah! And he said to Laban, “What is this that you have done to me? Was it not for Rachel that I served with you? Why then have you deceived me?” <span class="c18" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c6" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/genesis/29-26.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1700699187846826&usg=AOvVaw0vXqB1I4Wk-aYFjg4P6ksn" style="text-decoration: inherit;">26</a></span> But Laban said, “It is not the practice in our place to marry off the younger before the firstborn. <span class="c18" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c6" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/genesis/29-27.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1700699187847192&usg=AOvVaw24qmMdUYQ6hZOrzkb_Fyf0" style="text-decoration: inherit;">27</a></span> <span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Complete the week of this one, and we will give you the other also for the service which you shall serve with me, for another seven years.”</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“The deceiver” got deceived</span></span></p><h2 class="c15" id="h.6i3lsj7d13d8" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your Family Issues Follow You</span></span></h2><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jacob fled from his family only to discover that now he was within another dysfunctional family</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c7 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“ You can kiss your family and friends good-bye and put miles between you, but at the same time you carry them with you in your heart, your mind, your stomach, because you do not just live in a world but a world lives in you. ”</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c7 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">--Frederick Buechner</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">People from dysfunctional families tend to marry into dysfunctional families</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-weight: 700;">Study from Brown University:</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> many people hope that once they leave home they will leave their childhood family and problems behind; however many find that they experience similar problems as well as similar feelings and relationship patterns long after they have left their own family environment</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Chemistry</span></span></p><h1 class="c16" id="h.sb5wpfsp3j9f" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c17" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jacob Leaves Laban’s House</span></span></h1><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jacob was going to leave Laban’s house with his family</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c7 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Genesis 31:43</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Then Laban replied to Jacob, “The daughters are my daughters, the children are my grandchildren, the flocks are my flocks, and everything that you see is mine. But what can I do this day to these daughters of mine or to their children to whom they have given birth?</span></span></p><ul class="c5 lst-kix_dohnod28uvak-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c4 c10 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Mine!</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-weight: 700;">Story:</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> car commercial licking car door</span></span></p><h2 class="c15" id="h.jtmafp5dtwmf" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Boundaries</span></span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Proper boundaries allow each individual family member to grow, mature and maintain personal autonomy, and differentiate from other family members. </span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Parents try to control adult children</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Boundaries around</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Decision making</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Access</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Responsibilities</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Communication</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Interactions</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c7 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Have you had boundary issues with your parents or your children?</span></span></p><h1 class="c16" id="h.f7vw9bv82hdn" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c17" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Rachel Stole From Laban</span></span></h1><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Somebody stole Laban’s family idols</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Genesis 31:32 - 34</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"> <span class="c18" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c6" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/genesis/31-32.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1700699187852993&usg=AOvVaw2CuJYEqhi8yY2WmiXypXLm" style="text-decoration: inherit;">32</a></span> <span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">The one with whom you find your gods shall not live; in the presence of our relatives point out what is yours among my belongings and take it for yourself.” Now Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them.</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c18" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c6" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/genesis/31-33.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1700699187853694&usg=AOvVaw2A87_dHEKIsurhtn7z6vjh" style="text-decoration: inherit;">33</a></span> So Laban went into Jacob’s tent, and into Leah’s tent, and into the tent of the two slave women, but he did not find them. Then he went out of Leah’s tent and entered Rachel’s tent. <span class="c18" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c6" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/genesis/31-34.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1700699187854140&usg=AOvVaw29iHZV2UUIqXqci8e9Em76" style="text-decoration: inherit;">34</a></span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Now Rachel had taken the household idols and put them in the camel’s saddlebag, and she sat on them. So Laban searched through all the tent, but did not find them.</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Rachel stole the household gods from Laban to worship them</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c15" id="h.p8seam8zw4w" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Unequally Yoked</span></span></h2><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This showed that even though they outwardly worshiped the god of Jacob they secretly worship the gods of their father</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c7 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Is it okay for a Christian to marry a non-Christian?</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c7 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What is the purpose of life?</span></span></p><ul class="c5 lst-kix_1kdsvoirqls0-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c4 c10 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">To honor God</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Then your primary factor in choosing a mate should be how well they help you honor God.</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not there</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Race</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Age</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Looks</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Height</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Education</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Job</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">chemistry</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Personality</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c16" id="h.4uzns8bwcp85" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c17" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Family Patterns</span></span></h1><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Multi generational transmission and cultural customs.</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“Family curse”</span></span></p><h2 class="c15" id="h.3cwwuaaz79k8" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Youngest vs Oldest Cycle</span></span></h2><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Cain and Abel</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Jacob and Esau</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Rachel and Leah</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Much sibling conflict occurs between older and younger and over who will be dominant.</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“the elder shall serve the younger“ is that being the youngest, or the least in the family, we’re not necessarily depriving that person of God‘s blessing and success in life.</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God can always create exceptions in the flow of genogram patterns.</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c15" id="h.2ibq2e9w9chc" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">10 vs 2</span></span></h2><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">The conflict between two sisters now extends to their children</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">The 10 children of Leah against the two children of Rachel</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This family division continues to the kingdom of Israel when the northern and southern kingdoms divide</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c15" id="h.f522igyon0uq" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Israel vs Palestine</span></span></h2><ul class="c5 lst-kix_49ts64og6zyf-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c4 c10 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Isaac vs Ishmael</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c15" id="h.c4cgx4el1crd" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Discussion Questions</span></span></h2><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c7 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How does your family of origin still impact you today?</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c16" id="h.cf2is69cm09a" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c17" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God can function in our dysfunction</span></span></h1><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">… what other choice does he have</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jacob begat Joseph</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Joseph begat Judah</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">-> David</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">-> Jesus</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dysfunctional families never stop God from working</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God didn’t wait for them to get their act together before he would speak to them</span></span></p><ul class="c5 lst-kix_9ke6jk8n1jth-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c4 c10 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God can lead people in your family that are not perfect</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c7 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Why does God use dysfunctional people?</span></span></p><ul class="c5 lst-kix_2508kcoywms1-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c4 c10 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Because there aren’t any other kind</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God can use you!!</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><b>Instructor: </b>Michael Leadon<span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uURCrPiyGEM" width="320" youtube-src-id="uURCrPiyGEM"></iframe></div><br /><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><h1 class="c16" id="h.ju5f8vfpnzds" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c17" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">References</span></span></h1><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Connecting</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Larry Crabb</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Emotionally Healthy Christianity</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">A study of Biblical families from the perspective of family systems therapy</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Gunar John Kravalis</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c6" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://scholars.wlu.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article%3D1824%26context%3Detd&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1700699187861858&usg=AOvVaw13NqGBtseNFGoxDA8aei0Q" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://scholars.wlu.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1824&context=etd</span></a></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c7 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Maury Bowen family therapy differentiation techniques</span></span></p><p class="c22" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">My people patterns</span></span></p><p class="c22 c24" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c7 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Chronic anxiety</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Bowen Center</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c7 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Bowen family system therapy: short explanation by Kirk Honda</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jerry Wise</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c7 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">A study of Biblical families from the perspective of family systems therapy</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Gunar John Kravalis Wilfrid Laurier University</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c7 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Families are dysfunctional… But God</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Skip Heitzig</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c16" id="h.imwuw3sqj44i" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c17" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Extra</span></span></h1><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-weight: 700;">Joke:</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> families are like fudge…</span></span></p><ul class="c5 lst-kix_55m2xg1qea3p-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c4 c10 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They are mostly sweet, but sprinkled with some nuts</span></span></li><li class="c4 c10 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Everybody has a weird uncle, goofy cousin or extravagant aunt</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c16" id="h.8avgqqopwffv" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c17" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Chronic Anxiety</span></span></h1><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Acute anxiety is that pain in your stomach when you’re about to</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Take a test</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Give a speech</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Stressed at work</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Watch a scary movie</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Chronic anxiety is background anxiety</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The less differentiated you are… The more anxiety you carry around</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Chronic anxiety can spread from one person to another</span></span></p><ul class="c5 lst-kix_n1t8gfcdzkoc-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c4 c10 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Especially if you’re in a relationship with another person</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If we have too much chronic anxiety we are “reactive“ instead of “responsive“</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When we have chronic anxiety we react</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Attack/defend</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Cranky and defensive</span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Withdraw</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Netflix, YouTube, video games</span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Retreat</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Physically leaving stressful situations</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Stay longer at work</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Suddenly take up calls</span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Overload</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Overwhelmed and flooded with feelings</span></li></ul></ul><h3 class="c2" id="h.eukvi9tcezpq" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Anxiety</span></span></h3><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Anxiety is a general word for emotional tension or stress</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Anxiety moves through the system from one person to the next</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It impairs our ability to think in reason</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">—-</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Anxiety is a system in the body that promotes survival. </span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Chronic anxiety can become maladaptive, destroying tissues and organs. </span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The triangle relationship has an anxious focus of two people onto one person</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p>Unchained Discipleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11710595205237468334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6986426612019457751.post-58088597922617104412023-11-12T22:32:00.000-08:002023-11-12T22:32:30.688-08:00Why Does God Allow Suffering - Part 2<p><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmEnHPw7Ke_Fa8k_XiJ61BFzRXnuuXSMOaqrEAA-BH_ACjIyI20CMNqW4yEsNW0_womTpm1z0i4M5EYTU7HYbTfE86hbjYT3NeKOYoKYKbK8D6u11t_B2Rl8RXXs3Y84h_Ah3qOG1bLjbbAmF4-8R_VjNKlTmVd2HLTvlcjiKxFO53GGmqRukCDSy0v2UN/s1198/Why%20Does%20God%20Allow%20Suffering%202.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="674" data-original-width="1198" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmEnHPw7Ke_Fa8k_XiJ61BFzRXnuuXSMOaqrEAA-BH_ACjIyI20CMNqW4yEsNW0_womTpm1z0i4M5EYTU7HYbTfE86hbjYT3NeKOYoKYKbK8D6u11t_B2Rl8RXXs3Y84h_Ah3qOG1bLjbbAmF4-8R_VjNKlTmVd2HLTvlcjiKxFO53GGmqRukCDSy0v2UN/s320/Why%20Does%20God%20Allow%20Suffering%202.png" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">If God is good why is there so much suffering in the world?</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">~~ <a href="https://youtu.be/S7YbqUhyhiY" target="_blank">Watch the Video</a> ~~</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c34" style="font-weight: 700;">Worship:</span><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> With Me All Along by Guvna B</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18 c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Outline:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Introduction</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Traits of Wholeness</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Theologies/Philosophies On Suffering and Evil (Review)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Relational Impact of Suffering</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Can God be Good, Powerful, and Loving</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Suffering</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Types of Evil</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People?</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Reasons Why We Suffer</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">God’s Plan</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Leave With Hope</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18 c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Scripturess:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Habakkuk 1:2-3</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Romans 5:12</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Romans 8:28</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Romans 5:8</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Amos 3:6</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Psalms 73:1-5</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">1 Peter 5:8-9</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Deuteronomy 30:19</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">1 John 1:10</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">James 1:2-3</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Hebrews 12:9-11</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Job 16:1-2</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c13" id="h.fpuv3qsn4lqg" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c21 c11" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Introduction</span></span></h1><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18 c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Habakkuk 1:2-3</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">2 How long, LORD, have I called for help, And You do not hear? I cry out to You, “Violence!” Yet You do not save. 3 Why do You make me see disaster, And make me look at destitution? Yes, devastation and violence are before me; Strife exists and contention arises.</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Violence, disaster, suffering</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We look around the world we see</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">War in</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Israel / Palestine</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Ukraine</span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Disease</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Poverty</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Disasters</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Sickness</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Innocent children die</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Evil</span></li></ul><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I want to start off by acknowledging the reality of your suffering and no theological explanation is going to take away the pain that you suffer.</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I don’t want to deny the depth of your suffering or minimize what you have or what you are currently going through.</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“Where is God?“</span></span></p><ul class="c6 lst-kix_t8r124cmnpsa-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How could you let this happen?</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Why doesn’t god intervene?</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Or is he too weak?</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Many people who debate the existence of God… are actually angry at God</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Psalms 22:1 “My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?”</span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18 c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Why does God allow suffering?</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c13" id="h.wcyn6wv7a33j" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c21 c11" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Traits of Wholeness</span></span></h1><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">We are in our series called <span class="c30 c43" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">Seeking Wholeness</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c36" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18 c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How can we be:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Spiritually healthy</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Emotionally healthy</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Mentally healthy</span></span></li></ul><p class="c36 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Free from oppression of</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Our past</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Ourself</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Bad thinking</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Strongholds</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The enemy</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c36" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’re talking about</span></span></p><ul class="c6 lst-kix_3bt984gglnq3-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c14 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">dealing with life’s current stresses</span></span></li><li class="c14 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">being healed from experiences/wounds of the past</span></span></li></ul><p class="c36 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c36" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’re not just promised eternal life</span></span></p><ul class="c6 lst-kix_zyd1txmvhmw-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c14 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’re supposed to have: joy, peace, patience, and self control here on earth</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c24" id="h.foj7l4dozv34" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c19 c11" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Traits of Wholeness</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_rb2mfcdpz57-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Authenticity</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_rb2mfcdpz57-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Honesty</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_rb2mfcdpz57-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Kindness</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_rb2mfcdpz57-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not seeking external approval / validation</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_rb2mfcdpz57-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Living by values and principles</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_rb2mfcdpz57-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Setting Boundaries</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_rb2mfcdpz57-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Taking ownership of your responsibilities</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_rb2mfcdpz57-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Living with purpose and passion</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_rb2mfcdpz57-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Optimism</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_rb2mfcdpz57-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Confidence</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_rb2mfcdpz57-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Healthy relationships with others</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_rb2mfcdpz57-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not losing control of your emotions</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_rb2mfcdpz57-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Free from addictions</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_rb2mfcdpz57-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Addressing Conflict with truth and love</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_rb2mfcdpz57-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Vulnerability</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_rb2mfcdpz57-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not critical or Judgemental</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_rb2mfcdpz57-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not jealous of others</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_rb2mfcdpz57-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgive those who have wronged you in the past</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_rb2mfcdpz57-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Know that you’re worthy of receiving love</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_rb2mfcdpz57-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not afraid to fail</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_rb2mfcdpz57-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Able to manage irrational fear, worry, and anxiety</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_rb2mfcdpz57-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Selfless encounters with others</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_rb2mfcdpz57-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not manipulating others trying to control their actions/reactions</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_rb2mfcdpz57-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You care about how others feel</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_rb2mfcdpz57-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Patient</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_rb2mfcdpz57-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t give into peer/social pressure</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_rb2mfcdpz57-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Can communicate directly</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_rb2mfcdpz57-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t take responsibility for other people's emotions</span></span></li><li class="c3 c23 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_rb2mfcdpz57-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Take responsibility for your own emotions</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_rb2mfcdpz57-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Slow to anger</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_rb2mfcdpz57-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ability to maturely express your wants, needs and desires</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_rb2mfcdpz57-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Being led by the Spirit</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c13" id="h.9zolin52pt73" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c21 c11" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Theologies/Philosophies On Suffering and Evil (Review)</span></span></h1><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“Where the Bible leaves a question make, we can’t put a period”</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Why do we have?</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Suffering</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Sin</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Evil</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You probably believe one or more of these</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c27" id="h.ts42no34qzq" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Fallen World</span></span></h2><p class="c26 subtitle" id="h.u9kjgz3quixw" style="break-after: avoid; color: #666666; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 16pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 15pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Suffering and Evil</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18 c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Romans 5:12</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all mankind, because all sinned–</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Adam and Eve‘s original sin</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Suffering</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Evil</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Sin</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Death</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">it is God‘s will that all humans die</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c27" id="h.rps5t7ujqkp5" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God vs Satan</span></span></h2><p class="c26 subtitle" id="h.864s1o7dqt5s" style="break-after: avoid; color: #666666; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 16pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 15pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Suffering and Evil</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The universe as a cosmic battle between God and Satan</span></span></p><ul class="c6 lst-kix_7vwamxe3i3nr-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Everything good comes from God</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Everything evil comes from Satan</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c27" id="h.yinx5xgcso6x" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Faith / Or lack of</span></span></h2><p class="c26 subtitle" id="h.iorame7i3dw" style="break-after: avoid; color: #666666; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 16pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 15pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Suffering</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If you have enough faith… God will answer any prayer.</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">With faith you can</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Heal any disease</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Get material wealth</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Bind Satan</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">End any Suffering.</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">raise the dead</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">POV: Prophetic movement, Prosperity doctrine, Word of Faith</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c27" id="h.oy3hiqiri1y" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Punishment from God</span></span></h2><p class="c26 subtitle" id="h.nvardtiycb21" style="break-after: avoid; color: #666666; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 16pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 15pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Suffering</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God is punishing you for your sins</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“You get what you deserve“</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Karma</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">POV: Works Doctrine, many major religions</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c27" id="h.isd0vlvniafs" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Free Will</span></span></h2><p class="c26 subtitle" id="h.j95cotpwc826" style="break-after: avoid; color: #666666; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 16pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 15pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Suffering and Evil</span></span></p><h2 class="c27" id="h.73cw3m3v58oi" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God allows us to make choices</span></span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We suffer as a result of our own bad choices</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c27" id="h.is8qs2puep5j" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Natural Consequences of Our Actions</span></span></h2><p class="c26 subtitle" id="h.gj5ntqmhdj0j" style="break-after: avoid; color: #666666; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 16pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 15pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Suffering</span></span></p><p class="c32 c3" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c17 c11" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The natural consequence of some action we commit</span></span></p><ul class="c6 lst-kix_uw8uzzbz14n5-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 c32 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c38"><span style="font-family: times;">There was no divine intervention</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your actions can result in natural consequences</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">You brought it on yourself</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">There was no divine intervention</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700;">Example</span><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Throw rocks in the air</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">You punch someone and they beat you up</span></li></ul><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c27" id="h.bryf25gr3fec" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Time and Chance</span></span></h2><p class="c26 subtitle" id="h.vduua2l4fs0" style="break-after: avoid; color: #666666; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 16pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 15pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Suffering</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Stuff just happens</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Time and chance happen to a us all</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c27" id="h.5781lcs8oz6p" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sovereignty of God</span></span></h2><p class="c26 subtitle" id="h.vgcmu95w0e2j" style="break-after: avoid; color: #666666; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 16pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 15pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Suffering and Evil</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11 c35 c34" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Isaiah 45:6-7</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">6 So that people may know from the rising to the setting of the sun That there is no one besides Me. I am the LORD, and there is no one else, 7 The One forming light and creating darkness, Causing well-being and creating disaster; I am the LORD who does all these things.</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Everything is predetermined…by God</span></span></p><ul class="c6 lst-kix_2lmg8zr7cetj-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">And therefore He caused evil</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11 c34 c35" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God ordained evil for His own glory</span></span></p><ul class="c6 lst-kix_gchxdebqh2ve-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c44 li-bullet-0" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">But…God is not the author or approver of sin</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1 c7" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c11 c35 c34" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We wouldn’t know God‘s wrath or his mercy without sin^</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">POV: Reformed, Calvinist, Lutheran</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c27" id="h.fo6nmkj96a5v" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Order and Chaos</span></span></h2><p class="c26 subtitle" id="h.yt4ivx7qlzyi" style="break-after: avoid; color: #666666; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 16pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 15pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Suffering and Evil</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Both evil and good are necessary</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Yin Yang</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Pain is a part of life</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">POV: Kabbalah, the occult</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c27" id="h.fwn37zc9vajf" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Four Noble Truths of Buddhism</span></span></h2><p class="c26 subtitle" id="h.jx7fkr1bt18" style="break-after: avoid; color: #666666; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 16pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 15pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Suffering</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">There is suffering in life</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The cause of suffering is desire</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Ending desire means ending suffering</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Following a controlled and moderate lifestyle will end desire, and therefore end suffering</span></li></ul><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Buddhism is focused on a pursuit to end suffering</span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c17 c11" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c27" id="h.22dqf4cw58sk" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">God Initiates Some of Our Suffering</span></h2><p class="c1 c7" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God disciplines us:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">For our good</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">To make us holy</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">To get us to our destiny</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Change your character</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Showing you who you are</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">To strengthen our faith</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">To get our attention</span></li></ul><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c27" id="h.7nf2vjjc7eyk" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They Aren’t Mutually Exclusive</span></span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Fallen World can be seen as intersecting with:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">God vs Satan</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Punishment of God</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Free will</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Natural consequences</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c13" id="h.vcvt7m7a8uiv" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Relational<span class="c21 c11" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"> Impact of Suffering</span></span></h1><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How does one human impact the suffering of another human?</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18 c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Level of impact of suffering</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Individual</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Family</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">National</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Global / Human race</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Universe</span></li></ul><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c34" style="font-weight: 700;">Example</span><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">: wasp stings</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Wasp nest gets destroyed</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Even though only one did the stinging</span></li></ul><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18 c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What level are each of these?</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Fallen world</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">God vs Satan</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Faith</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Punishment from God</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Free will</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Natural consequence of our actions</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Time and chance</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Sovereignty of God</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Order and Chaos</span></li></ul><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c13" id="h.gvfy1wf2dgsk" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c21 c11" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Can God be Good, Powerful, and Loving</span></span></h1><p class="c26 subtitle" id="h.jxn8y1mwrf7g" style="break-after: avoid; color: #666666; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 16pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 15pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Apologetics</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18 c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“God is great, God is good let us thank you for this food”</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The philosophical debates on suffering and evil center around God’s</span></span></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Knowledge</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Power to prevent/stop</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Love</span></li></ol><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">But theological also</span></span></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Will</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Cause</span></li></ol><h2 class="c27" id="h.yx5lpg3xzp9o" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Arguments Against The Existence of God</span></span></h2><h3 class="c24" id="h.40xk5w2wl9jx" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c19 c11" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">All Knowing, All Powerful</span></span></h3><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If God is not able to prevent evil, then he is not all powerful</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">if God is not willing to prevent evil, then he is not all good</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If God is both willing and able to prevent evil, then why does evil exist?</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God can’t be both</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Omnipotent</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Benevolent</span></li></ul><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Why would he allow</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Grief</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Pain</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Evil</span></li></ul><h3 class="c24" id="h.97wxhwvk4ilk" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c19 c11" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Trilemma</span></span></h3><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18 c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The trilemma</span></span></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">All powerful god</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">All loving God</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">The reality of evil</span></li></ol><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“It is not science to lead me to doubt God… It is the state of this world“</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c24" id="h.sq2fnksvngns" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Other Complexities</span></h3><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Example: child wants to eat cake for breakfast</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Health</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Siblings didn’t eat</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">The cake is old</span></li></ul><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">To say it is a trilemma is trivializing the problem</span></span></p><ul class="c6 lst-kix_m8uaw5yikjkr-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It is much more complex</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18 c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What about</span></span></p><ul class="c6 lst-kix_fz77ixgks6pj-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God’s wisdom</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Time – God lives in eternity</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c27" id="h.wz6frvj1fz3e" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Presence of Pain Does Not Imply the Absence of Love</span></span></h2><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The presence of pain isn’t the lack of love*</span></span></p><ul class="c6 lst-kix_jggd10etd19y-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sometimes the presence of pain… Is the evidence of love</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">People that cause suffering to give you something better</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Surgeon</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Therapist</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Personal trainer</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Parents Who discipline their children</span></li></ul><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c34" style="font-weight: 700;">Example:</span><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> Taking a one year old baby to the hospital to get a shot</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c27" id="h.n4w2p3ldp71w" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Justice</span></span></h2><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The atheist forget the concept of “judgment“</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Justice Requires God to Cause Suffering</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c20" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c31" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxYfIOZViJvvrYpoGB2Iq6r9Cht13aCCUw?si%3D6MWy77l58tAdRiz_&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1699859994590398&usg=AOvVaw3j2JB56MCpLsJRA82W4k4k" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxYfIOZViJvvrYpoGB2Iq6r9Cht13aCCUw?si=6MWy77l58tAdRiz_</span></a></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18 c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If man is evil and God doesn’t punish him… Then God is not good</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c18 c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c34" style="font-weight: 700;">Example: </span><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">judge</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c24" id="h.oczqo47w0ldf" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c11 c29" style="font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Our loving God is all powerful, but not all controlling</span></span></h3><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God is not a puppeteer controlling every detail of life</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c27" id="h.yoycv1844w65" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">God <span class="c30" style="font-style: italic;">is </span><span class="c5" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">doing something</span></span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The theory of evolution says that the strong will survive. The fact that people are trying to make the world better is proof that the love of God is in action.</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Example: everyone now</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Cause</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Environment</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Save the planet</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Injustice</span></li></ul><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18 c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Romans 8:28</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">N.T. Wright</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">“God works all things together for good <span class="c34" style="font-weight: 700;">with</span><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> those who are called according to His purpose.“</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God is inviting His people to share with Him in the work that He is doing in the world</span></span></p><ul class="c6 lst-kix_gbpjp01nws2f-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">People who are Christians</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The purpose is that “I’ve been called to be part of God’s work in the world”</span></span></p><h3 class="c24" id="h.pwjsyxx1c7j5" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c19 c11" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God has intervened</span></span></h3><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18 c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Romans 5:8</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God sent Jesus to die for us</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c27" id="h.u9dhhl8ihe6" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If there is no God, who decides good/evil?</span></span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If there is no god then there is no moral standard</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The fact that we believe that there is evil and suffering is proof that God exists</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c27" id="h.ycesbbp7u948" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What is the Alternative?</span></span></h2><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When belief in God becomes difficult… The tendency is to turn away from Him.… To what?</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Do you have a worldview that gives you an answer?</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18 c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">As a naturalist… Not only do you not have an answer… But you can’t even justify the question</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If suffering is evil… Then you must assume good</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18 c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The question assumes that people have intrinsic worth.</span></span></p><ul class="c6 lst-kix_6m79k6jl6h0t-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You can’t make that assumption in a naturalistic view</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c34" style="font-weight: 700;">Example</span><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">: bear eating a fish</span></span></p><ul class="c6 lst-kix_1xn6vesnxrgc-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">No one asked why God allows the fish to suffer</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We are the random product of time plus matter plus a chance</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c13" id="h.e8fxf1qxqo03" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c11 c21" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Suffering</span></span></h1><h2 class="c27" id="h.ftl77xlugowi" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“Suffering” is Subjective</span></span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18 c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Coworker Example</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Two people at the same job</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">One is whistling and happy the other was complaining all day</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Why does God allow the complaining person to suffer?</span></li></ul><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c27" id="h.esmuo5lgy1sg" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Benefits of Suffering</span></span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Pain can be a blessing and an indicator</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c34" style="font-weight: 700;">Story</span><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> of the girl born with the rare disease where she can’t feel pain</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">She can step on a nail and not know it</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Her mother prays every night that she will experience pain</span></li></ul><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18 c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Pain is an indicator to us that something is wrong</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Is it impossible to guide design pain for us to turn to him</span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c13" id="h.1tn8yfqbslkf" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c21 c11" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Types of Evil</span></span></h1><h2 class="c27" id="h.s2nag245bdwh" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Natural evil, calamity</span></span></h2><p class="c1" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11 c35 c34" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Amos 3:6</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If a trumpet is blown in a city, will the people not tremble? If a disaster occurs in a city, has the LORD not brought it about?</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This is not a personal issue</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This is part of the world in its fallen condition</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Tidal waves, viruses and bacteria, earthquakes and volcanoes,</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c27" id="h.qkv3fthkmykc" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Moral evil</span></span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The world is inhabited by people who are immoral to the core</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Calamity versus atrocity</span></span></p><ul class="c6 lst-kix_y2tr3gwk8k3e-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Atrocity as a result of a conscious choice</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The sovereignty of God answer works fine when you’re talking about things that happened to you. But it sort of falls apart when you view the sins you commit yourself. It goes against everything else we see in the Bible.</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“ Do you think that the biggest sin you’ve ever committed in your life was preordained by God?“</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">—ML</span></span></p><h2 class="c27" id="h.f3nvtziwzjoz" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Supernatural evil</span></span></h2><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Satan</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">demons</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Fallen angels</span></li></ul><h3 class="c24" id="h.kra6wupjkb3w" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c19 c11" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The evil of hell</span></span></h3><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Evil forever</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c13" id="h.s12kd76lhe05" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c21 c11" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People?</span></span></h1><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c34" style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: times;">Psalms 73:1-5</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 A Psalm of Asaph.</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God certainly is good to Israel, To those who are pure in heart! 2 But as for me, my feet came close to stumbling, My steps had almost slipped. 3 For I was envious of the arrogant As I saw the prosperity of the wicked. 4 For there are no pains in their death, And their belly is fat. 5 They are not in trouble like other people, Nor are they tormented together with the rest of mankind.</span></span></p><ul class="c6 lst-kix_ispus4cedaxg-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Prosperity of the wicked</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Why do bad things happen to good people?</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">… They don’t</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">There is none righteous… No not one</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The question being addressed is why do those who are relatively more moral than others have bad things happen to them</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We get depressed when we assume that godly living will give us worldly success</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18 c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Something bad only happened to someone good… One time… And that was Jesus</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c18 c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c27" id="h.sdfs92do6p0s" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God Didn’t Promise You Wouldn’t Suffer</span></span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Breakthrough is on the way</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c20" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c31" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8kJt4oy/&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1699859994599579&usg=AOvVaw2pQVu5UNgJBUNsXAMUtNPt" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8kJt4oy/</span></a></span></p><h1 class="c13" id="h.e03zv6hm8j4j" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c21 c11" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Reasons Why We Suffer</span></span></h1><p class="c26 subtitle" id="h.alv85prfy06v" style="break-after: avoid; color: #666666; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 16pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 15pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">And How Can we prevent it</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Evil is not a question to be answered or problem to be solved</span></span></p><ul class="c6 lst-kix_l421zygjer2g-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It is something to be overcome</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c37 c41" id="h.lbue4ucewjcw" style="background-color: white; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.38; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We Suffer Because of Satan</span></span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18 c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 Peter 5:8-9</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c10" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span class="c15" style="background-color: white; color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c31" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/1_peter/5-8.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1699859994600767&usg=AOvVaw2oCdmJ_UOONUV0oUA5xIkA" style="text-decoration: inherit;">8</a></span><span class="c10" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;">Be of sober </span><span class="c10 c30" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic;">spirit,</span><span class="c10" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;"> be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. </span><span class="c15" style="background-color: white; color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c31" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/1_peter/5-9.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1699859994601041&usg=AOvVaw22rqeqWrw1pkGAwd1DRUbS" style="text-decoration: inherit;">9</a></span><span class="c10" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;"> So resist him, firm in </span><span class="c10 c30" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic;">your</span><span class="c10 c11" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> faith, knowing that the same experiences of suffering are being accomplished by your brothers and sisters who are in the world.</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c10 c11" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">A roaring Lion is trying to get into your house</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Fallen world</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">You sinned and gave him access/permission</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Bad luck</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">God ordained him to be there</span></li></ul><h3 class="c24" id="h.he0dnq4clzhy" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c19 c11" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What Do We Do About It?</span></span></h3><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c10 c11" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We have specific instructions on how to prevent suffering caused by Satan</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c10 c11" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c12" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: times;">I don’t want to know … how/why the lion got to my door</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c12 c11" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11 c12" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I want to know</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c10 c11" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What do I do now?</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-family: times; font-size: 12pt;">How do I keep him from coming back?</span></li></ul><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c10 c11" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c10 c11" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">There are also verses telling us to</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c10 c11" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Resist the devil 1 Peter 5:8-9</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-family: times; font-size: 12pt;">Put on the full armor Eph 6:10-18</span></li></ul><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c10 c11" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c10 c11" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I can prevent my suffering by</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c10 c11" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Resisting the devil</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-family: times; font-size: 12pt;">Putting on the full armor of God</span></li></ul><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c10 c11" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Armor of God</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Truthfulness</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Righteousness</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">The Gospel</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Faith</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">The Hope of Salvation</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">The Bible</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Following the Leading of the Holy Spirit</span></li></ul><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c41 c37" id="h.goed0fmsip9" style="background-color: white; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.38; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We Suffer Because of Our Choices</span></span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If we’re honest, we know that…</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Our decisions have caused us to suffer</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18 c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Deuteronomy 30:19</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have placed before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. So choose life in order that you may live, you and your descendants,</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Life vs death</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Blessing vs curse</span></li></ul><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The quality of my life is determined by the decisions that I make</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18 c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Trials and suffering are part of true growth</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c20" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c31" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/CyugPbkA2-3/?igshid%3DMzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1699859994606464&usg=AOvVaw0VQR-1T3TbpLkOfbduxGMk" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/CyugPbkA2-3/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==</span></a></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c24" id="h.ap2ntvli2tkn" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c19 c11" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Removing accountability</span></span></h3><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We don’t want a theology that takes all of the responsibility away</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Otherwise I can</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">sin all I want</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Spend all I want</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Eat whatever I want</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Have sex with whoever I want whenever I want</span></li></ul><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c17 c11" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c11 c17" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The manner in which you choose to live your life can influence your suffering</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You can bring it on yourself</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18 c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I can prevent suffering by:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Live in obedience</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Studying the book of Proverbs</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Praying for wisdom</span></li></ul><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></span></p><h2 class="c1 c8" id="h.d57x3b7aozl0" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">People Are Evil</span></span></h2><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18 c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 John 1:10</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar and His word is not in us.</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Some of you are suffering because of</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Parent</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Relative</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Neighbor</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Boss</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Coworker</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Enemy</span></li></ul><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Why doesn’t God get rid of all the wicked people?</span></span></p><ul class="c6 lst-kix_nd9z0omv76dh-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If he did… You wouldn’t be here to see it</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We are all wicked compared to God</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We are all evil in the eyes of law</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The only reason we are considered righteous is through the blood of Christ</span></span></p><ul class="c6 lst-kix_t50esxm1tz53-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God will eventually eliminate all who have not accepted Christ</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God's Gives Us the Freedom to be Evil - Priest</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c20" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c31" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxvLFzqsaHJfeWvCloVOMrCENZ_F5tzs3x?si%3DmKcSPjQG7i5mH32O&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1699859994611716&usg=AOvVaw02mkz_yVy2WQkMWF3l6hGY" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxvLFzqsaHJfeWvCloVOMrCENZ_F5tzs3x?si=mKcSPjQG7i5mH32O</span></a></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c32 c3 c37" id="h.t2nd9y2imevs" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We Suffer Because of Our Perception/Mindset</span></span></h2><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18 c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">James 1:2-3</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">2 Consider it all joy, my brothers and sisters, when you encounter various trials, 3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.</span></span></p><ul class="c6 lst-kix_gxvz7fh6q07s-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We are commanded to consider it joy</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ability</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your Mindset</span></p><h3 class="c24" id="h.dv7xxcmif4zp" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c19 c11" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Example: Spoiled Child</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Has to go to sleep when doing good on video game</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Can’t eat cake for breakfast</span></li></ul><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c34" style="font-weight: 700;">The presence of suffering</span> <span class="c34" style="font-weight: 700;"> is not proof of a lack of love</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We need to consider</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God’s wisdom/knowledge</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Time – God lives in eternity</span></li></ul><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18 c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The scar experiment</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c20" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c31" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/shorts/wbfOrS1b5RU&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1699859994614666&usg=AOvVaw1y5JNSpxyjdg00tTfWZxig" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/shorts/wbfOrS1b5RU</span></a></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18 c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Prevent suffering by:</span></span></p><ul class="c6 lst-kix_9m78lvdizfe-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Renewing my mind</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c27" id="h.i9uirngsexg7" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God Initiates Some of Our Suffering</span></span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18 c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Hebrews 12:9-11</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c10" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span class="c15" style="background-color: white; color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c31" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/hebrews/12-9.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1699859994615733&usg=AOvVaw27v700szxywN2O4z3dMnbs" style="text-decoration: inherit;">9</a></span><span class="c10" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;"> Furthermore, we had earthly fathers to discipline us, and we respected </span><span class="c10 c30" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic;">them;</span><span class="c10" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;"> shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits, and live? </span><span class="c15" style="background-color: white; color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c31" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/hebrews/12-10.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1699859994616077&usg=AOvVaw20Og20fpbu1eKL-2UQW73j" style="text-decoration: inherit;">10</a></span><span class="c10" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;">For they disciplined </span><span class="c10 c30" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic;">us</span><span class="c10" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;"> for a short time as seemed best to them, but He </span><span class="c10 c30" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic;">disciplines us</span><span class="c10" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;"> for </span><span class="c10 c30" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic;">our</span><span class="c10" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;"> good, so that we may share His holiness. </span><span class="c15" style="background-color: white; color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c31" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/hebrews/12-11.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1699859994616513&usg=AOvVaw1XoBLMMHgfNbKOp_5eA5Sw" style="text-decoration: inherit;">11</a></span><span class="c10" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;"> For the moment, all discipline seems not to be pleasant, but painful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness.</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God disciplines us:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">For our good</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">To make us holy</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">To get us to our destiny</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Change your character</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Showing you who you are</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">To make you into who you need to be</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">To strengthen your faith</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">To Get Your Attention</span></li></ul><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sometimes</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The blessing you want would take you further from God</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">You only turn to God in the bad times</span></li></ul><p class="c32 c3 c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c17 c11" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c24" id="h.s5081m5l6fz7" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c19 c11" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">To Draw You Closer to God</span></span></h3><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Christianity teaches that, contra fatalism, suffering is overwhelming; contra Buddhism, suffering is real; contra karma, suffering is often unfair; but contra secularism, suffering is meaningful. There is a purpose to it and if faced rightly, it can drive us like a nail deep into the love of God and it to more stability and spiritual power than you can imagine</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">– – Tim Keller</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If we were perfectly content… How would we know our need for God</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We can ignore even pleasure. But pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: it is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world.</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">– – CS Lewis Lewis</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c13" id="h.rl3e44mru8f1" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c21 c11" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God’s Plan</span></span></h1><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">As a Christian, we can trust God’s plan for our lives</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">? The pressure that you feel is required for the growth that you need. - Faith</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c20" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c31" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cx4XaiQgcp_/?igshid%3DMzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1699859994620169&usg=AOvVaw3EtFAKpweEIgqXqNAn4VyP" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cx4XaiQgcp_/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==</span></a></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Learn to accept things you can’t understand.</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c20" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c31" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cy17JT2psds/?igshid%3DMzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1699859994620876&usg=AOvVaw2o_4QqkUFYCV0vxK7zfzWS" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cy17JT2psds/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==</span></a></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">My Suffering Is Not By Chance - RC Sproul</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c20" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c31" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkx3pIBnImu9DZ-BpQYjkE4zqgpADyGhTKt?si%3DxYSi4z4uDi1RK7hk&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1699859994621483&usg=AOvVaw1sKCI7dEQSuuS8eOW4r45h" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkx3pIBnImu9DZ-BpQYjkE4zqgpADyGhTKt?si=xYSi4z4uDi1RK7hk</span></a></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c34" style="font-weight: 700;">Example</span><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">: friend singing at NFL football games?</span></span></p><ul class="c6 lst-kix_j2ae5uk8a3bd-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Because she’s a breast cancer survivor</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c27" id="h.eneukmh2l4pv" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God Gave us Insurance</span></span></h2><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It is unwise to drive a beautiful car on the unpredictable streets without insurance</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Therefore it is unwise to live your beautiful life in an unpredictable world without insurance/assurance</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t Drive Life Without Insurance</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c20" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c31" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxKAzKbr4nsQUz5SWWxaMO6chV14RyZJ0I?si%3DxfLpLLIwkkRRauaR&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1699859994622989&usg=AOvVaw1YDMKY94-1al03oSvWPuT8" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxKAzKbr4nsQUz5SWWxaMO6chV14RyZJ0I?si=xfLpLLIwkkRRauaR</span></a></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">One day you will suffer no more</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God gave us a path to avoid suffering</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c27" id="h.3qwufj37s576" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Peace</span></span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Life with God is not immunity from difficulties</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">But peace within difficulties</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">– – CS Lewis</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c13" id="h.eqgn41psi877" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c21 c11" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Leave With Hope</span></span></h1><h2 class="c27" id="h.7kl8cuqgnwfn" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Miserable Comforters</span></span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18 c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Job 16:1-2</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c20" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c31" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/job/16-1.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1699859994624451&usg=AOvVaw3XUtRZZ37eNdDCNd_OWRk6" style="text-decoration: inherit;">1</a></span><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> Then Job responded,</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c20" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c31" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/job/16-2.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1699859994624659&usg=AOvVaw05H2gmte_JHnjTYl3rUFNI" style="text-decoration: inherit;">2</a></span><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">“I have heard many things like these;</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"> Miserable comforters are you all!</span></span></p><p class="c33 c7" style="background-color: white; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px 0px 0px 23pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c11 c28" style="color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c33" style="background-color: white; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px 0px 0px 23pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="c28 c11" style="color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I don’t want to be a miserable comforter… so i’ll leave you with Hope</span></span></p><h2 class="c27" id="h.xxs9gmepw9gv" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You’re Going Through the Valley</span></span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Good news and bad news about going through the valley.</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c20" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c31" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/CyWHYJ6xnPW/?igshid%3DMzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1699859994625276&usg=AOvVaw2mhIRiCGfzR1L5C0Mk6T34" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/CyWHYJ6xnPW/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==</span></a></span></p><ul class="c6 lst-kix_apxmdpnfde5a-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Bishop Ulmer</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Conclusion</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c24" id="h.8dyajp2ujw68" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c19 c11" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Affirmation</span></span></h3><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I’m coming out of it – motivation.</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c20" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c31" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/CyRwgSGOL6m/?igshid%3DMzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1699859994625770&usg=AOvVaw0ZFEyrHFIHFSCX7OgHuWMn" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/CyRwgSGOL6m/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==</span></a></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><b>Instructor:</b> Michael Leadon</p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/S7YbqUhyhiY" width="320" youtube-src-id="S7YbqUhyhiY"></iframe></div><br /><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><h1 class="c13" id="h.32tm49mvfpz0" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c21 c11" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">References</span></span></h1><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18 c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Why does god allow so much suffering and evil</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">John MacArthur</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18 c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Is God good, why do I suffer?: RC Sproul</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Legionnaire ministries</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18 c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Why does god allow pain and suffering</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">NBCC | Pastor Herman</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c20" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c31" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/E6Nt2Exb44c?si%3D0ez1fgMr1QUFU-Pi&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1699859994626600&usg=AOvVaw03hZPOQnWQ6vY4D_SY4pk1" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtu.be/E6Nt2Exb44c?si=0ez1fgMr1QUFU-Pi</span></a></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11 c18" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Why does god allow so much suffering and evil - Ravi Zacharias</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Great sermons</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18 c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Why did God let it happen?</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Life church</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1 c42" style="background-color: white; border-style: solid; border-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding: 0pt;"><span class="c18 c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Does God Work For Us or With Us? | Romans 8:28 | N.T. Wright Online</span></span></p><p class="c1 c42" style="background-color: white; border-style: solid; border-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">N.T. Wright Online</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18 c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jim Applegate | why don’t does god allow pain and suffering</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Resonate movement</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18 c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Why does god let bad things happen (the problem of evil)</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">IM beggar</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c13" id="h.z5pejgnfv1ub" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c21 c11" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Extra</span></span></h1><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c27" id="h.doombslmk3q9" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Psalms 73</span></span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18 c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Who wrote the book of Psalms?</span></span></p><ul class="c6 lst-kix_b5ykglvtv3qm-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Although scholars debated, Psalms 73 was likely written by Asaph</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">2 Chronicles 29:30</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Moreover, King Hezekiah and the officials ordered the Levites to sing praises to the LORD with the words of David and Asaph the seer. So they sang praises with joy, and bowed down and worshiped.</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c34" style="font-weight: 700;">This psalm is roughly acrostic</span><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> in arrangement, with the lines arranged with Hebrew sentences that begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. In style this is a wisdom psalm, directed not to God but to man, teaching after the manner of the Book of Proverbs.</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Habakkuk 1:2-3 (NASB20) 2 How long, LORD, have I called for help, And You do not hear? I cry out to You, “Violence!” Yet You do not save. 3 Why do You make me see disaster, And make me look at destitution? Yes, devastation and violence are before me; Strife exists and contention arises.</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c1 c37" id="h.35eq23ultvpf" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God is sovereign</span></span></h2><p class="c1" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">He is governing every detail of the universe</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Everything is aligned with his purposes</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Psalms 115:3</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">But our God is in the heavens; He does whatever He pleases.</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Daniel 4:35</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“All the inhabitants of the earth are of no account, But He does according to His will among the army of heaven And among the inhabitants of earth; And no one can fend off His hand Or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Lamentations 3:37-38</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">37 Who is there who speaks and it comes to pass, Unless the Lord has commanded it? 38 Is it not from the mouth of the Most High That both adversity and good proceed?</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Isaiah 45:9-11 (NASB20) 9 “Woe to the one who quarrels with his Maker-- A piece of pottery among the other earthenware pottery pieces! Will the clay say to the potter, ‘What are you doing?’ Or the thing you are making say, ‘He has no hands’? 10 “Woe to him who says to a father, ‘What are you fathering?’ Or to a woman, ‘To what are you giving birth?’” 11 This is what the LORD says, the Holy One of Israel and his Maker: “Ask Me about the things to come concerning My sons, And you shall commit to Me the work of My hands.</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God allows evil</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God is not asking to be rescued from the blame for all the bad things in the world</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God could’ve named the animals</span></span></p><ul class="c6 lst-kix_kxc4cgwmhadu-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c44 li-bullet-0" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">He chose to let Adam do it</span></span></li><li class="c1 c44 li-bullet-0" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It is God’s will to give other creatures agency</span></span></li><li class="c1 c44 li-bullet-0" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It’s not that He can’t…but it’s His will to let others</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1 c7" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Life Quotes</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c20" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c31" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cy6OUUNLORr/?igshid%3DMzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1699859994631192&usg=AOvVaw27wZS2iN7C_EdmX0VK6K1B" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cy6OUUNLORr/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==</span></a></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c24" id="h.hmf3z9gdpafl" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c19 c11" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Who Determines What is Good?</span></span></h3><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We Want to View God through the lens of ourselves</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c20" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c31" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cx9MtUXtjfx/?igshid%3DMzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1699859994631840&usg=AOvVaw35rqx1ms6J2wHbvFpG9Mpq" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cx9MtUXtjfx/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==</span></a></span></p><ul class="c6 lst-kix_dr1a1tln54nv-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God is good all the time</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1 c7" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Who determines if your suffering is justifiable?</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The wiser one</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">The one that has the most information/knowledge</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">The one who has the other’s best interest at heart</span></li></ul><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c27" id="h.479nzk50sxdu" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Questions and answers - Ravi Zacharias</span></span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18 c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If loving God does exist, why doesn’t he intervene to prevent the thousands of deaths caused by natural disasters?</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">In this world where we have violated God's law we have realities of</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Death</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Suffering</span></li></ul><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Christian worldview gives the use of reality of a fallen creation. To ask God to stop every bad thing in my life is to ask me to be something other than human. I am a dependent being. At some point suffering and death will come.</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We have to learn to trust God and that we are in his hands.</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18 c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I can’t trust the guy who says he is sovereign, but then allows atrocities like child prostitution or child rate to occur. If God is sovereign and can stop it, why does he choose not to protect his children?</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Atrocities are a choice that someone made</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">At the end of your life you’ll end up with a</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Hard heart</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Tender heart</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Broken heart</span></li></ul><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It is suffering in pain, and the church needs to come to the rescue. </span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18 c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If Jesus' death and resurrection gives us so much hope for the future, why did God leave us so little hope for what is going on in the present?</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It is only when you are living devoid of faith that you don’t have hope. </span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“I have come that you might have life, and that you might have it more abundantly“</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Christ was talking about now… Not in heaven</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The hope is not just for the future… I hope it’s also for right now</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18 c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How do you reconcile the kind God in the New Testament versus the god of the old testament?</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God’s love is displayed in the old testament</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The covenants made to Abraham and others we’re done when they were sleep</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">The story of Hosea buying his wife back from the brothel is the story of God taken his people back</span></li></ul><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God judges in proportion to the revelation that was given. there was an abundance of miracles given to the people… That they ignored. So their judgment was severe. </span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18 c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">There are so many people that are saying they’re saved… Why aren’t we seeing a change in the world? Is it a lack of true belief?</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If this is a supernatural activity… I should be able to see more change</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We live in a generation that lives with their eyes and thinks with their feelings</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Because of Christians we have many</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Universities</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Hospitals</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Shelters</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Food to the hungry</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Clothing the naked</span></li></ul><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c24" id="h.vk47absemi2" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c11 c19" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Proximate vs The Ultimate</span></span></h3><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Proximate is the earthly plane of human existence</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Romans 8:28 (NASB20) And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We interpret this as saying: there are bad things happening to us in the proximate realm. God is standing above the realm and has the power to make all of those things happen for your good. God will not allow anything to happen to you that is not for your ultimate good.</span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p>Unchained Discipleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11710595205237468334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6986426612019457751.post-55431221304627318642023-10-12T23:41:00.004-07:002023-10-14T10:40:47.778-07:00Why Does God Allow Suffering?<p><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjknxf5Wyw8pf4BaPERJx-C8-feQ5zixApPxUhyCCqsBAy9yYjugJnL0m8CtmYIbxGcc6e2OcKJPGBitXDVGG4VkPepBATZcvXAPfsM97-0YZ0lvdKN8gj2ebHApETs_XNgg_Il7B7aOO-rEaTTUODMM-CRZOzaQLqmxMS8Txsni4dx3SFZuGZi_blNvoRs/s1198/Why%20Does%20God%20Allow%20Suffering.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="674" data-original-width="1198" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjknxf5Wyw8pf4BaPERJx-C8-feQ5zixApPxUhyCCqsBAy9yYjugJnL0m8CtmYIbxGcc6e2OcKJPGBitXDVGG4VkPepBATZcvXAPfsM97-0YZ0lvdKN8gj2ebHApETs_XNgg_Il7B7aOO-rEaTTUODMM-CRZOzaQLqmxMS8Txsni4dx3SFZuGZi_blNvoRs/s320/Why%20Does%20God%20Allow%20Suffering.png" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">Why would a good God allow us to experience suffering?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">~~<a href="https://youtu.be/YpDv_X2VuQo" target="_blank">Watch the Video</a>~~</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Outline:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Introduction</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Traits of Wholeness</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Question: Why Does God Allow Suffering?</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Preventing Suffering</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Theological/Philosophical Views On Suffering and Evil</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Practical Views why bad things happen</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Region Beta Paradox</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Reasons We Go Through Trials from God</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Conclusion</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Scriptures:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Romans 5:3-5</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">1 Peter 4:1-2</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Romans 5:12</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Romans 3:5</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Ecclesiastes 9:11</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">1 Peter 5:8-9</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Matthew 4:1</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Luke 22:31-32</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Matthew 26:52</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Psalms 10:1-4</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">1 John 1:10</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Isaiah 45:6-7</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">James 1:2-4</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">1 Peter 1:6-7</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Matthew 26: 31-35</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Hebrews 12: 9-11</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Romans 8:18</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c23" id="h.jtfjo1wms76a" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Introduction</span></span></h1><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Romans 5:3-5</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"> 3 And not only this, but we also celebrate in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance; 4 and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope; 5 and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Who here celebrates their tribulations?</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Why does God allow suffering?</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Why do bad things happen to good people?</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Why does evil exist?</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">These questions arise..</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Lost a spouse</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Child</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Parent</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Cancer</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Cheated on</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Divorce</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Lost job or finances</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Why would God allow this?</span></span></p><h2 class="c12" id="h.c8zr8buowsxc" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c17" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">My Mother Died</span></span></h2><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I have asked…</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Why did my mother die?</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">She was only in her late 60s</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">She was chair lady of the deaconess board at church</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">She wrote sermons for some of the pastors</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">She was a stay at home mom who gave up her career to raise us?</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Why did she suffer?</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">—--</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Situations like these can make you lose faith … in God</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We will examine these questions of suffering and evil</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">from two perspectives</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Theologically</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Practically</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c23" id="h.wcyn6wv7a33j" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Traits of Wholeness</span></span></h1><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">We are in our series called <span class="c39" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">Seeking Wholeness</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c20" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How can we be:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Spiritually healthy</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Emotionally healthy</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Mentally healthy</span></span></li></ul><p class="c20 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Free from oppression of</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Our past</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Ourself</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Bad thinking</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Strongholds</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The enemy</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c20" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’re talking about</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">dealing with life’s current stresses</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">being healed from experiences/wounds of the past</span></span></li></ul><p class="c20 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c20" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’re not just promised eternal life</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">We’re supposed to have: joy, peace, patience, and self control here on earth</span></li></ul><h3 class="c33" id="h.foj7l4dozv34" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Traits of Wholeness</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Authenticity</span></span></li><li class="c2 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_qyms8t7od7zf-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Honesty</span></span></li><li class="c2 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_qyms8t7od7zf-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Kindness</span></span></li><li class="c2 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_qyms8t7od7zf-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not seeking external approval / validation</span></span></li><li class="c2 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_qyms8t7od7zf-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Living by values and principles</span></span></li><li class="c2 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_qyms8t7od7zf-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Setting Boundaries</span></span></li><li class="c2 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_qyms8t7od7zf-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Taking ownership of your responsibilities</span></span></li><li class="c2 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_qyms8t7od7zf-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Living with purpose and passion</span></span></li><li class="c2 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_qyms8t7od7zf-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Optimism</span></span></li><li class="c2 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_qyms8t7od7zf-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Confidence</span></span></li><li class="c2 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_qyms8t7od7zf-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Healthy relationships with others</span></span></li><li class="c2 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_qyms8t7od7zf-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not losing control of your emotions</span></span></li><li class="c2 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_qyms8t7od7zf-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Free from addictions</span></span></li><li class="c2 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_qyms8t7od7zf-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Addressing Conflict with truth and love</span></span></li><li class="c2 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_qyms8t7od7zf-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Vulnerability</span></span></li><li class="c2 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_qyms8t7od7zf-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not critical or Judgemental</span></span></li><li class="c2 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_qyms8t7od7zf-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not jealous of others</span></span></li><li class="c2 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_qyms8t7od7zf-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgive those who have wronged you in the past</span></span></li><li class="c2 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_qyms8t7od7zf-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Know that you’re worthy of receiving love</span></span></li><li class="c2 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_qyms8t7od7zf-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not afraid to fail</span></span></li><li class="c2 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_qyms8t7od7zf-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Able to manage irrational fear, worry, and anxiety</span></span></li><li class="c2 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_qyms8t7od7zf-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Selfless encounters with others</span></span></li><li class="c2 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_qyms8t7od7zf-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not manipulating others trying to control their actions/reactions</span></span></li><li class="c2 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_qyms8t7od7zf-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You care about how others feel</span></span></li><li class="c2 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_qyms8t7od7zf-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Patient</span></span></li><li class="c2 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_qyms8t7od7zf-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t give into peer/social pressure</span></span></li><li class="c2 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_qyms8t7od7zf-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Can communicate directly</span></span></li><li class="c2 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_qyms8t7od7zf-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t take responsibility for other people's emotions</span></span></li><li class="c2 c40 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_qyms8t7od7zf-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Take responsibility for your own emotions</span></span></li><li class="c2 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_qyms8t7od7zf-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Slow to anger</span></span></li><li class="c2 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_qyms8t7od7zf-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ability to maturely express your wants, needs and desires</span></span></li><li class="c2 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_qyms8t7od7zf-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Being led by the Spirit</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c23" id="h.lkhbldtfrlz6" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Question: Why Does God Allow Suffering?</span></span></h1><h2 class="c16 c19" id="h.sncggdncvlsw" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c17" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Why Shouldn’t God Allow Suffering?</span></span></h2><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">There are unstated assumption in this question</span></span></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Suffering is bad</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">That God shouldn’t allow it</span></span></li></ol><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">There’s an implied judgment inside of that question</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“ Why does God allow people to eat pineapple on pizza?”</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Why wouldn’t he?</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">There’s an implication behind the question.</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You would assume that I don’t like pineapple on pizza</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The question implies that God shouldn’t allow it by default</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">That He shouldn’t allow it unless He has a good reason</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: times;">Why shouldn’t God allow suffering?</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Why do you believe you shouldn’t be suffering?</span></span></p><ul class="c6 lst-kix_ldod5042ntav-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Why should God prevent you from suffering?</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">A lot of people think that God… A loving God… Would make sure that they are always happy</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Says who?</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God’s ultimate goal for your life isn’t that you be happy</span></span></p><ul class="c6 lst-kix_lx8u2guvmaim-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God’s goal for your life isn’t that you don’t suffer</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c18" style="font-weight: 700;">Example:</span><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> If you love your spouse and them spending all your money/savings on shoes makes them happy…do you do it?</span></span><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">What if they are suffering if you don’t</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Should you forgo your family’s future so that they don’t suffer today?</span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your happiness isn’t the measure of God’s goodness</span></span></p><h2 class="c12" id="h.hnqbga86z8qy" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c17" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God Allowed It</span></span></h2><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What does it mean when people say “God allowed it“?</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“That pastor was cheating on his wife”</span></span></p><ul class="c6 lst-kix_ai5b02ibsyya-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“God allowed it”</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What does this mean?</span></span></p><ul class="c6 lst-kix_voy77d6nk63a-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Does it mean He is in agreement with it?</span></span></li></ul><p class="c16 c22 c5" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c16 c22" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I assume that it means that God:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Knew about it</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Had the power to prevent it</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">But he chose not to</span></span></li></ul><p class="c16 c22" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">It doesn’t speak to the cause or whether He wanted it to happen</span></p><h2 class="c12" id="h.ftl77xlugowi" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c17" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“Suffering” is Subjective</span></span></h2><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c39" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Suffering - the state of undergoing pain, distress, or hardship</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c18" style="font-weight: 700;">Example:</span><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> doctors ask “on a scale from 1 to 10 how much pain are you having?“</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Your 10 might be a seven for me</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Or vice versa</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Suffering for you is different than suffering for me</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Who has heard of the term…”First world problems”?</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c33" id="h.t4fwwks9jrq0" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Bugatti Example</span></span></h3><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">A rich teenager got a $18M Bugatti for his birthday, but the rims weren’t color he wanted</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">He is suffering in agony because he didn’t get what he wanted</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">He cursed his dad out</span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c14" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c9" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.motor1.com/photo/3829441/bugatti-the-black-car/&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1697182195943061&usg=AOvVaw1_WWBPJNpfX6n8DFZ_WM--" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">Most Expensive Cars In The World (2023 Update) | Motor1.com</span></a></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Is he suffering?</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Why would a loving father allow his child to suffer like this?</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Why did God allow him to suffer?</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c33" id="h.v7p2i3hm73ei" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Coworker Example</span></span></h3><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Two people at the same job</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">One is whistling and happy the other was complaining all day</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Why does God allow the complaining person to suffer?</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c33" id="h.tnsvpf0wqj" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Drug addict brother Example</span></span></h3><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your brother is<span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> drug addict who says he’s suffering because he can’t get drugs</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If you love him you should give him the money for the drugs?</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">You can stop him from suffering if you make some financial sacrifices to give him money for the drugs.</span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Does the sufferer get to define what is suffering?</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your mindset impacts your suffering</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c12" id="h.d58tm1x4f7g" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c17" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Suffering For Christ</span></span></h2><p class="c1" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c10" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7 c2" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c26 c18" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 Peter 4:1-2</span></span></p><p class="c7 c2" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c10" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 Therefore, since Christ has suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same purpose, because the one who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, 2 so as to live the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for human lusts, but for the will of God.</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c10" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7 c2" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c10" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You can expect opposition as a Christian</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c10" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c23" id="h.sbtjxmtc1a20" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Preventing Suffering</span></span></h1><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If we’re honest… The reason that the question of “why does God allow suffering“ bothers us so much… Might be because the real question is</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">… “How can I keep from suffering“</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We want to know the formula</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How can I prevent pain for me or my loved ones?</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If I do everything right…</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If I’m a good person</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If I follow Jesus…</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If I do good works…</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If I have faith…</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ultimately many of us are concerned with knowing why there is suffering… So that we can prevent ourselves and our loved ones from suffering in the future</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">It’s ultimately trying to understand <span class="c18" style="font-weight: 700;">how I can </span><span class="c18 c43" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">control the future</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Maybe I can control the future</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">…if I pray</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">…if I have faith</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">…by giving money to the church</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">…by my good works</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">…by binding the devil</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">…by confessing my sins and saying hail marys</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">…with my relationship with God</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I can control the future</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">…by becoming self aware</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">…If I uncover and live as my true self</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I can control the future</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">…by manifesting</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">…saying affirmations</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">…with magic spells</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">…with blood oaths</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">…by aligning myself with the right spirits</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I can control future</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">…make enough money</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">…get in the room with the right people</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">…with a good education</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I can control the future</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">…by staying fit</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">…by eating the right food</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">…with vitamins</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I can control the future</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">… By calling Miss Cleo</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">We have a strong desire to reduce the mysteries of life into a formula</span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c23" id="h.9zolin52pt73" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Theological/Philosophical Views On Suffering and Evil</span></span></h1><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Why do we have?</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Suffering</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Sin</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Evil</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Now that we’ve analyzed the question…we can look at some answers…</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The theological debates on suffering and evil center around God’s</span></span></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Knowledge</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Power to prevent/stop</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Cause</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Will</span></span></li></ol><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Atheist argue a good God can’t be both:</span></span></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">All knowing</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">All powerful</span></span></li></ol><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Either he doesn’t know about the suffering, or he can’t do anything about it.</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We saw in the examples above, it just because you know about someone suffering and can do something about it doesn’t mean that you shoul</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c12" id="h.ts42no34qzq" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c17" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Fallen World</span></span></h2><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Evil exists because we live in a fallen world</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Romans 5:12</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all mankind, because all sinned—</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Suffering and evil are results of Adam and Eve‘s original sin</span></span></p><h2 class="c12" id="h.rps5t7ujqkp5" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c17" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God vs Satan</span></span></h2><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Some people view the universe as a cosmic battle between God and Satan</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Everything good comes from God</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Everything evil comes from Satan</span></span></p><h2 class="c12" id="h.yinx5xgcso6x" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c17" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Faith</span></span></h2><p class="c41 c34 subtitle" id="h.1vp10ngoukd6" style="break-after: avoid; color: #666666; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 16pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c21" style="font-size: 15pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Or lack of</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If you have enough faith… God will answer any prayer.</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If you have enough faith… you can prevent/stop suffering.</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If you have enough faith, you can …</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">heal any sickness</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">get material wealth</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">cast out any demon and bind satan</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">raise the dead</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">POV: Prosperity doctrine, Word of Faith</span></span></p><h2 class="c12" id="h.5781lcs8oz6p" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c17" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sovereignty of God</span></span></h2><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The sovereign God is the cause of everything</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">And therefore he caused evil</span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The sovereignty of God doctrine tells us that everything is…predetermined</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">…by an all knowing, all powerful God</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7 c2" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c26 c18" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God ordained evil for His own glory</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">God is made more glorious because evil exists - John McArthur</span></li><li><span class="c10" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We praise God because of what He’s done to overcome evil</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c10" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7 c2" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c26 c18" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Romans 3:5</span></span></p><p class="c7 c2" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c10" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? The God who inflicts wrath is not unrighteous, is He? (I am speaking from a human viewpoint.)</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c10" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7 c2" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c10" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">POV: Reformed, Calvinist, Lutheran</span></span></p><h2 class="c12" id="h.oy3hiqiri1y" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c17" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Works Doctrine</span></span></h2><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You suffer Because You Sinned</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God is punishing you for your sins</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Job’s friends</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You get what you deserve</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Related worldly beliefs</span></span></p><ul class="c6 lst-kix_16z3mbjextt3-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Karma</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c12" id="h.bryf25gr3fec" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c17" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Time and Chance</span></span></h2><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ecclesiastes 9:11</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I again saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift and the battle is not to the warriors, and neither is bread to the wise nor wealth to the discerning, nor favor to the skillful; for time and chance overtake them all.</span></span></p><ul class="c6 lst-kix_23hszz13k6dv-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Stuff just happens</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The sun rises on the just and the wicked</span></span></p><h2 class="c12" id="h.isd0vlvniafs" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c17" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Free Will</span></span></h2><h2 class="c12" id="h.73cw3m3v58oi" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God allows us to make bad choices</span></span></h2><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We suffer from our own bad choices</span></span></p><ul class="c6 lst-kix_95po51pbk12y-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">And the bad choices of others</span></li></ul><h2 class="c12" id="h.s5081m5l6fz7" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c17" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Order and Chaos</span></span></h2><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Both evil and good are necessary</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Yin Yang</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">POV: Kabbalah, the occult</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c23" id="h.22dqf4cw58sk" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Practical Views On Why bad things happen</span></span></h1><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Bible makes it clear that we have some agency in the events that happened to us in our lives</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God says “if you do this… I will do that“</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">We will focus on the cause from a practical viewpoint</span></p><h2 class="c7 c2 c8" id="h.35tuwbxzn871" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c17" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Caused by Satan (or demons):</span></span></h2><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 Peter 5:8-9</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"> <span class="c14" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c9" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/1_peter/5-8.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1697182195957134&usg=AOvVaw3O57ywUAOU48HLjLuO-tWC" style="text-decoration: inherit;">8</a></span>Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. <span class="c14" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c9" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/1_peter/5-9.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1697182195957630&usg=AOvVaw35DbGZW15joocY5nqtc-uV" style="text-decoration: inherit;">9</a></span><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> So resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same experiences of suffering are being accomplished by your brothers and sisters who are in the world.</span></span></p><ul class="c6 lst-kix_t99ooof3e30m-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We are told to resist the devil</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We saw Satan in action</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Garden of Eden</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Book of Job</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c7 c27" id="h.m23p953wvohv" style="background-color: white; border-style: solid; border-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: -11pt; margin-right: -11pt; padding: 18pt 11.2pt 6pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Satan Gets Permission From God</span></span></h3><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Book of Job</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7 c2" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c26 c18" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Matthew 4:1</span></span></p><p class="c7 c2" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c44" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c9" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/matthew/4-1.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1697182195958628&usg=AOvVaw3MI_xVgs6KWYzByLxe2hfS" style="text-decoration: inherit;">1</a></span><span class="c10" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.</span></span></p><ul class="c6 lst-kix_g475h7fkjcxs-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c7 c2 c4 li-bullet-0" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c10" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Satan’s temptation was part of the plan/process</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c10" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7 c2" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c26 c18" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Luke 22:31-32</span></span></p><p class="c2 c7" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c10" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">31 “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded permission to sift you like wheat;</span></span></p><p class="c7 c2" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c10" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">32 but I have prayed for you, that your faith may not fail; and you, when once you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.”</span></span></p><ul class="c6 lst-kix_g30yaaerphsp-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c16 c7 c4 li-bullet-0" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c10" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Satan requested permission to harm Peter</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c16 c7 c34" id="h.get7s4qveeyr" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Solution</span></span></h3><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God might have some involvement in Satan’s attack</span></span></p><ul class="c6 lst-kix_h4fi2g9276ek-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">But we are told to fight against it</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Paul gives us our defense against Satan in our spiritual battle</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c25 c18" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Armor of God</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Truthfulness</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Righteousness</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">The Gospel</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Faith</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">The Hope of Salvation</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">The Bible</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Following the Leading of the Holy Spirit</span></li></ul><h2 class="c7 c2 c8" id="h.opv7cviqlgbq" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">You Reap What You Sow</span></h2><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Matthew 26:52</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back into its place; for all those who take up the sword will perish by the sword.</span></span></p><ul class="c6 lst-kix_hwbz5pk5ofyp-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If you live by the sword… You die by the sword</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c18" style="font-weight: 700;">Example</span><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">: If you curse everyone out…You more likely to get punched</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your actions can result in natural consequences</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">You brought it on yourself</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">There was no divine intervention</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Example</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Throw rocks in the air</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Flip off someone and they beat you up</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c18" style="font-weight: 700;">Example:</span><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> Leave $1,000 in the car seat with window down at the mall</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c18" style="font-weight: 700;">Solution:</span><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> Read Proverbs</span></span></p><p class="c2 c22 c5 c24" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c7 c2 c8" id="h.d57x3b7aozl0" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c17" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">People Are Evil</span></span></h2><p class="c7 c2 c8 subtitle" id="h.q7see2t03gj5" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #666666; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 16pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c21" style="font-size: 15pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">free will</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Psalms 10:1-4</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 Why do You stand far away, LORD? Why do You hide Yourself in times of trouble? 2 In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the needy; Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised. 3 For the wicked boasts of his soul’s desire, And the greedy person curses and shows disrespect to the LORD. 4 The wicked, in his haughtiness, does not seek Him. There is no God in all his schemes.</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Why doesn’t God get rid of all the wicked people?</span></span></p><ul class="c6 lst-kix_nt5hll963j32-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If he did… You wouldn’t be here to see it</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We are all wicked compared to God</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We are all evil in the eyes of law</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 John 1:10</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar and His word is not in us.</span></span></p><h2 class="c19 c2 c24" id="h.jhzg6u22e157" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c17" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You perceive it as bad</span></span></h2><p class="c34 c41 subtitle" id="h.egvqr2xsro6n" style="break-after: avoid; color: #666666; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 16pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c21" style="font-size: 15pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your Mindset</span></span></p><ul class="c6 lst-kix_puseetekhk4f-0" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You made that judgment</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c32 c38" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c33" id="h.phizcjdkzst5" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Example: Spoiled 4 Year Old</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Has to go to sleep when doing good on video game</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Can’t eat cake for breakfast</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Crying and screaming</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Why does the parent allow him to suffer?</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Is the parent evil for not giving him what he wants</span></span></p><ul class="c6 lst-kix_sf108l3zoy5l-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What he things is best</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Is he suffering?</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Why did his parents make him suffer?</span></span></p><h2 class="c7 c2 c8" id="h.luxotx90q7by" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c17" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Initiated by God</span></span></h2><p class="c7 c2" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c26 c18" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Isaiah 45:6-7</span></span></p><p class="c7 c2" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c10" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">6 So that people may know from the rising to the setting of the sun That there is no one besides Me. I am the LORD, and there is no one else, 7 The One forming light and creating darkness, Causing well-being and creating disaster; I am the LORD who does all these things.</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c10" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Maybe God sent the tragedy in your life – Billy Graham.</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c14" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c9" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/shorts/kbIAzbsCh0I?si%3D5ff_9QHuIFYD4JyE&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1697182195965404&usg=AOvVaw0KWC83zVTO6MYvlrLhTeka" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/shorts/kbIAzbsCh0I?si=5ff_9QHuIFYD4JyE</span></a></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Strengthen your faith</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Change you or prepare you</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Revealing your heart</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Withhold a “blessing” that will hurt you</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">To Get Your Attention</span></li></ul><h1 class="c23" id="h.dmxo2nne5pn7" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Region Beta Paradox</span></span></h1><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I live 15 minute walk from the Santa Clara Caltrain station</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">If I don’t want to pay for parking I’ll walk</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">San Jose Diridon station is too far to walk</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">I can drive there in two minutes and would have to pay for parking</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">I live 10 minute drive to San Jose Dirodian station</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Because it’s further…I get there quicker</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This is a paradox that we often see in life</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sometimes we won’t take action until things get bad enough</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I didn’t use to exercise</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">I found out I had diabetes</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Has to stay in the hospital</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">I went to the gym and walk regularly now and lost 30 pounds</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">I’m off the diabetes medicine</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If I hadn’t have had a health issue I wouldn’t have gotten healthier</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If you have an unbearable situation with a horrible boss or violently toxic coworkers you’ll get another job</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If you have a sort of bad boss you’ll complain everyday and stay</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sometimes things need to get really bad in order for you to take action to improve</span></span></p><p class="c16 c7 c5" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7 c16" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c32"><span style="font-family: times;">Some people need to hit rock bottom</span></span></p><h1 class="c23" id="h.e2qlgzkpfi9b" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Reasons We Go Through Trials from God</span></span></h1><h2 class="c16 c19" id="h.1u4r92foejvs" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c17" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Making You Into Who You Need to Be</span></span></h2><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: times;">James 1:2-4</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">2 Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials,</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">4 And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Change you character</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Preparing you</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c16 c19" id="h.avia5aj2t1g0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Wilderness</span></span></h3><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">In other situations, he is making you into who you really can be.</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18 c25" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">40</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Jesus days</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Israelites years</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Noah days</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Pregnancy weeks</span></span></li></ul><p class="c16 c22 c5" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">psychology<span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">: Exposure therapy</span></span></p><ul class="c6 lst-kix_e6kwgoybs47p-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">People don’t get less fear when they face something. They become braver.</span></span></li></ul><p class="c16 c22 c5" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c18" style="font-weight: 700;">Story</span><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">: butterfly strengthens wings by fighting to get out of cocoon</span></span></p><h3 class="c16 c19" id="h.jqse2rqsfvrp" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Gateway to a Blessing</span></span></h3><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Giants in the Promised Land</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c14" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c9" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/shorts/gjgACTePNF8&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1697182195971666&usg=AOvVaw3Q_HAb-CwR9GQiT0Hpmvvw" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/shorts/gjgACTePNF8</span></a></span></p><h2 class="c16 c19" id="h.tdeqg5tcydq4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c17" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Strengthen Your Faith</span></span></h2><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 Peter 1:6-7</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">6 In this you greatly rejoice, even though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been distressed by various trials, 7 so that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold which perishes though tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ;</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You don’t have faith until it has been tested</span></span></p><p class="c16 c22 c5" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Fireproof Faith</span></span></p><p class="c16 c22" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c14 c32" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c9" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/shorts/1ewbTYptka8&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1697182195972895&usg=AOvVaw3IEcHOWLW1CSbnpIqVCQnG" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/shorts/1ewbTYptka8</span></a></span></p><p class="c16 c22 c5" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c16 c19" id="h.5245vn9nqfdd" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c17" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">To Reveal Your Faith</span></span></h2><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Matthew 26: 31-35</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">31 Then Jesus *said to them, “You will all fall away because of Me this night, for it is written: ‘I WILL STRIKE THE SHEPHERD, AND THE SHEEP OF THE FLOCK WILL BE SCATTERED.’ 32 But after I have been raised, I will go ahead of you to Galilee.” 33 But Peter replied to Him, “Even if they all fall away because of You, I will never fall away!” 34 Jesus said to him, “Truly I say to you that this very night, before a rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.” 35 Peter *said to Him, “Even if I have to die with You, I will not deny You!” All the disciples said the same thing as well.</span></span></p><p class="c16 c22 c5" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Do you think Peter believed what he was saying was true?</span></span></p><ul class="c6 lst-kix_qxsmc71qzbia-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God showed you who he really was</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When God tests you, it is not that he doesn’t know what you were going to do. You don’t know what you were going to do. He is revealing to you who you really are.</span></span></p><p class="c16 c22 c5" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c16 c22" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c18 c37" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You Are Here</span></span></p><p class="c16 c22" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c14 c32" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c9" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/shorts/tfgJdHQYw0A&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1697182195974544&usg=AOvVaw3ND4_bBVhkzjzbuX81H-h3" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/shorts/tfgJdHQYw0A</span></a></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c16 c19" id="h.5j09v7g67rc0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c17" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Blessing Would Be an Idol</span></span></h2><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">God gave you a blessing, but it took you away from God instead of bringing you closer to him</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">You worshiped the blessing</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">You were not mature enough to handle the blessing</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">So it was taken from you for your own good</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You were abusing (abnormal use) it</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c18" style="font-weight: 700;">Example:</span><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> Job promotion that draws you away from God</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c16 c19" id="h.6rn0wjfmmluz" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c17" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">To Get Us to Listen</span></span></h2><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Hebrews 12: 9-11</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"> <span class="c14" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c9" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/hebrews/12-9.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1697182195976289&usg=AOvVaw28YXXO8rri2bjfnkWfTKlU" style="text-decoration: inherit;">9</a></span> Furthermore, we had earthly fathers to discipline us, and we respected them; shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits, and live? <span class="c14" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c9" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/hebrews/12-10.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1697182195976692&usg=AOvVaw2wQeZKXhsImN9TqPhdoCOE" style="text-decoration: inherit;">10</a></span> For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but He disciplines us for our good, so that we may share His holiness. <span class="c14" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c9" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/hebrews/12-11.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1697182195976968&usg=AOvVaw2GUdpWp4c4hsNoJuKiARed" style="text-decoration: inherit;">11</a></span> For the moment, all discipline seems not to be pleasant, but painful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness.</span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c28" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Discipline Gets You to a Point Where You’ll Listen - Bill Johnson</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c14" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c9" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/CoqhD8jrBES/?igshid%3DYmMyMTA2M2Y%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1697182195977673&usg=AOvVaw3nSgBeee-_o74TM10inPS2" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/CoqhD8jrBES/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=</span></a></span></p><ul class="c6 lst-kix_590udunf6dpv-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The discipline removes the stronghold</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Join 15: 1-2</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c35 c18" style="background-color: white; color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c9" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/john/15-1.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1697182195978325&usg=AOvVaw3FO5hxTj7A4dooYXYsyq1P" style="text-decoration: inherit;">1</a></span><span class="c31" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;">“I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. </span><span class="c18 c35" style="background-color: white; color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c9" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/john/15-2.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1697182195978556&usg=AOvVaw2aU5alfzHQhKJM7VJp9ci1" style="text-decoration: inherit;">2</a></span><span class="c31" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;"> Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and every </span><span class="c30" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic;">branch</span><span class="c28" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> that bears fruit, He prunes it so that it may bear more fruit.</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c23" id="h.fvwnxk1ac9sj" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Conclusion</span></span></h1><p class="c7 c2" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18 c26" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ask God to use Your Suffering</span></span></p><p class="c7 c2" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c14" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c9" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxU0A_4JTjywNl3_8GeFEwRj6VCF4EVX_K?si%3DGsBFbP1rI3a7vHt5&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1697182195979228&usg=AOvVaw3hTMXv1a2t-qywuuiWUeGL" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxU0A_4JTjywNl3_8GeFEwRj6VCF4EVX_K?si=GsBFbP1rI3a7vHt5</span></a></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Genesis 1 - Let There Be Light</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c14" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c9" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cx8vYhxP6Id/?igshid%3DMzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1697182195979659&usg=AOvVaw1-0-xIRjAC2snrxJpB7GmE" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cx8vYhxP6Id/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==</span></a></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Romans 8:18</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us.</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><b>Instructor: </b>Michael Leadon</p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YpDv_X2VuQo" width="320" youtube-src-id="YpDv_X2VuQo"></iframe></div><br /><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><h1 class="c23" id="h.artv12mvgiev" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">References</span></span></h1><p class="c7 c2" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How to approach suffering as a Christian</span></span></p><p class="c7 c2" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c10" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Bill Johnston teaching</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c10" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7 c2" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The real answer to why god allow suffering</span></span></p><p class="c7 c2" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c10" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ascension presents</span></span></p><h1 class="c23" id="h.432uu0xwwf23" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Extra</span></span></h1><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7 c2" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c26 c18" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Job 33:14-18</span></span></p><p class="c7 c2" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c10" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">14 “Indeed God speaks once, Or twice, yet no one notices it. 15 “In a dream, a vision of the night, When deep sleep falls on people, While they slumber in their beds, 16 Then He opens the ears of people, And horrifies them with warnings, 17 So that He may turn a person away from bad conduct, And keep a man from pride; 18 He keeps his soul back from the pit, And his life from perishing by the spear.</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c10" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">John 9:1-41 ESV</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him. We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” …</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jeremiah 29:11 ESV</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Hebrews 12: 9-11</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"> <span class="c14" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c9" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/hebrews/12-9.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1697182195981271&usg=AOvVaw3F4Ybz7BRNDWBVUE8UXXcd" style="text-decoration: inherit;">9</a></span> Furthermore, we had earthly fathers to discipline us, and we respected them; shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits, and live? <span class="c14" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c9" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/hebrews/12-10.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1697182195981490&usg=AOvVaw1PhJwKcfdabySCSfq9DKUo" style="text-decoration: inherit;">10</a></span> For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but He disciplines us for our good, so that we may share His holiness. <span class="c14" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c9" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/hebrews/12-11.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1697182195981688&usg=AOvVaw0RCP6bg9Jfx7E47rdWCg4l" style="text-decoration: inherit;">11</a></span><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> For the moment, all discipline seems not to be pleasant, but painful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness.</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7 c2" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c26 c18" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Colossians 1:24</span></span></p><p class="c7 c2" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c10" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am supplementing what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions in behalf of His body, which is the church.</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c10" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7 c2" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c10" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">ii. “The term ‘afflictions of Christ’ is never associated with the redemptive suffering of Jesus upon the cross. It speaks, rather, of those ministerial sufferings which Paul bears because he represents Jesus Christ.” (Lane)</span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God’s Plan Isn’t on Our Timeframe</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c14" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c9" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/CrODq2Lg6SO/?igshid%3DYmMyMTA2M2Y%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1697182195982440&usg=AOvVaw22yxR0bLv0IlBf-6YFSK7v" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/CrODq2Lg6SO/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=</span></a></span></p><div><br /></div>Unchained Discipleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11710595205237468334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6986426612019457751.post-23188014286843557042023-09-30T11:14:00.001-07:002023-09-30T11:14:18.755-07:00Forgiving Your Father/Mother 3<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNDkvVhB_D4bhj8ry9hIO7fDpAd3CVScIR_Emacp2lj2BpNnpxi9hBOovKnXzMqwlbm0isFpsY37lExeqzAhwAbvW4ST-rlRGXpovh9BLYsbzQWaWSN3sCDLIx_gQ7_q7wVjwSmEJey4dspcf_RGQ9o3SKFpwFnTNAQIPptqEBh00-4Ey2jHg38X-VZpOq/s1198/Forgiving%20Your%20Father_Mother%203.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="674" data-original-width="1198" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNDkvVhB_D4bhj8ry9hIO7fDpAd3CVScIR_Emacp2lj2BpNnpxi9hBOovKnXzMqwlbm0isFpsY37lExeqzAhwAbvW4ST-rlRGXpovh9BLYsbzQWaWSN3sCDLIx_gQ7_q7wVjwSmEJey4dspcf_RGQ9o3SKFpwFnTNAQIPptqEBh00-4Ey2jHg38X-VZpOq/s320/Forgiving%20Your%20Father_Mother%203.png" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /> How do we honor and forgive parents who have wronged us?</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">~~ <a href="https://youtu.be/0kXuUQuuQ4I" target="_blank">Watch the Video</a> ~~</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><h2 class="c20" id="h.z2s6zvix37y0" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Outline</span></span></h2><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How Do You Honor Your Parents</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Traits of Wholeness</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Review</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">What is Forgiving?</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Barriers to Forgiveness</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Reasons to Forgive</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">What They Did Had 2 Consequences</span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">You Can’t Honor Your Parents Unless You Forgive</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Not Forgiving Your Parents Impacts Your Current Relationships</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">You Are the One Best Suited to Heal the Damage</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">What to Forgive</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">How to Forgive</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Forgiving Your Parent(s) For the Past Exercise</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Scriptures:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Ephesians 6:2-3</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Ephesians 4:32</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Proverbs 25:21-22</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Matthew 18:23-35</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ephesians 4:26 - 28</span></span></li></ul><h1 class="c23" id="h.fm6612m5uqf1" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c22 c14" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How Do You Honor Your Parents</span></span></h1><p class="c28 subtitle" id="h.8pezjzaeyffd" style="break-after: avoid; color: #666666; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 16pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c14 c26" style="font-size: 15pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Introduction</span></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ephesians 6:2-3</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">2 HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER (which is the first commandment with a promise), 3 SO THAT IT MAY TURN OUT WELL FOR YOU, AND THAT YOU MAY LIVE LONG ON THE EARTH.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How do you honor a parent who was not deserving of honor?</span></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You hurt me, but I still pray for you.</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c7" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/CxLgzn4AcGf/?igshid%3DMzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1696100630643915&usg=AOvVaw1pKUodBppEveSFSSZIOeyr" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/CxLgzn4AcGf/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==</span></a></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We prescribe value to the parenting based on</span></span></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Position</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Relationship</span></span></li></ol><h2 class="c20" id="h.cvio4ymlyf35" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Honor The Position</span></span></h2><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You need to honor the position of motherhood/fatherhood</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Honor them</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Pray for them</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Wish them well</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c20" id="h.q8yzzfkfn7yl" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Honor The Reality of the Relationship</span></span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The level of relationship you should have is based on the reality of the relationship you had growing up</span></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If they were good parents they deserve your</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Time</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Help</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Assistance</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If they weren’t in your life you don’t have a debt beyond honoring the position</span></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Honoring the reality of the relationship also means letting go of your fantasy of having a perfect parent</span></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Let Go of Your Fantasy Mother</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c7" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cxp-ocNLv2n/?igshid%3DMzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1696100630646003&usg=AOvVaw2cx0qIC8cfujoApLXIT4te" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cxp-ocNLv2n/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==</span></a></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c23" id="h.wcyn6wv7a33j" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c22 c14" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Traits of Wholeness</span></span></h1><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">We are in our series called <span class="c21" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">Seeking Wholeness</span></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How can we be:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Spiritually healthy</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Emotionally healthy</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Mentally healthy</span></span></li></ul><p class="c10 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Free from oppression of</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Our past</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Ourself</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Bad thinking</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Strongholds</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">The enemy</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’re talking about</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">dealing with life’s current stresses</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">being healed from experiences/wounds of the past</span></span></li></ul><p class="c10 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’re not just promised eternal life</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">We’re supposed to have: joy, peace, patience, and self control here on earth</span></li></ul><p class="c10 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c16" id="h.foj7l4dozv34" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Traits of Wholeness</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_7ura8k8vkmeb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Authenticity</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_7ura8k8vkmeb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Honesty</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_7ura8k8vkmeb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Kindness</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_7ura8k8vkmeb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not seeking external approval / validation</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_7ura8k8vkmeb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Living by values and principles</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_7ura8k8vkmeb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Setting Boundaries</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_7ura8k8vkmeb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Taking ownership of your responsibilities</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_7ura8k8vkmeb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Living with purpose and passion</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_7ura8k8vkmeb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Optimism</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_7ura8k8vkmeb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Confidence</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_7ura8k8vkmeb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Healthy relationships with others</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_7ura8k8vkmeb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not losing control of your emotions</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_7ura8k8vkmeb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Free from addictions</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_7ura8k8vkmeb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Addressing Conflict with truth and love</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_7ura8k8vkmeb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Vulnerability</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_7ura8k8vkmeb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not critical or Judgemental</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_7ura8k8vkmeb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not jealous of others</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_7ura8k8vkmeb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgive those who have wronged you in the past</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_7ura8k8vkmeb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Know that you’re worthy of receiving love</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_7ura8k8vkmeb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not afraid to fail</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_7ura8k8vkmeb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Able to manage irrational fear, worry, and anxiety</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_7ura8k8vkmeb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Selfless encounters with others</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_7ura8k8vkmeb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not manipulating others trying to control their actions/reactions</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_7ura8k8vkmeb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You care about how others feel</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_7ura8k8vkmeb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Patient</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_7ura8k8vkmeb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t give into peer/social pressure</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_7ura8k8vkmeb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Can communicate directly</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_7ura8k8vkmeb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t take responsibility for other people's emotions</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_7ura8k8vkmeb-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Take responsibility for your own emotions</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_7ura8k8vkmeb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Slow to anger</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_7ura8k8vkmeb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ability to maturely express your wants, needs and desires</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_7ura8k8vkmeb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">Being led by the Spirit</span></li></ul><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 20pt;">Review</span><br /><h2 class="c20" id="h.t9msl9lwx1td" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What is Forgiving?</span></span></h2><p class="c15" style="background-color: white; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 9pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="color: #080808; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgiveness means different things to different people. But in general, it involves an intentional decision to let go of resentment and anger.</span></span></p><p class="c15" style="background-color: white; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 9pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="color: #080808; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The act that hurt or offended you might always be with you. But working on forgiveness can lessen that act's grip on you. It can help free you from the control of the person who harmed you. Sometimes, forgiveness might even lead to feelings of understanding, empathy and compassion for the one who hurt you.</span></span></p><p class="c15" style="background-color: white; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 9pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="color: #080808; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgiveness doesn't mean forgetting or excusing the harm done to you. It also doesn't necessarily mean making up with the person who caused the harm. Forgiveness brings a kind of peace that allows you to focus on yourself and helps you go on with life.</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"> –Mayo Clinic</span></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What Does it Mean to Forgive?</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c7" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/bZGHUyzBxZk&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1696100630649196&usg=AOvVaw1Pa7-0kCNfrfPVObwTz6mR" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtu.be/bZGHUyzBxZk</span></a></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgiving is not</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Pretending that it never happened</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Forgetting what the person did</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Trusting them</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Letting them back in your life</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgiveness is not necessarily</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Reconciliation</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Restored relationship</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgiveness means</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">you no longer get angry when you think about it</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They don’t owe you anything</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You can still set boundaries</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Including no contact</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgiveness does not mean that I need to help you mistreat me</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">You need to get out of harm's way first</span></li></ul><h3 class="c16" id="h.kftn4yak3st4" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgiving Doesn’t Have Demands on the Person</span></span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They shouldn’t need to</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Apologize</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Admit they did it</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Take the blame</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">See it from your perspective</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c20" id="h.njfrlreidx0h" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Barriers to Forgiveness</span></span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What are some reasons that we don’t want to forgive people?</span></span></p><h3 class="c16" id="h.v80mx6ullkh" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We May Get Hurt Again</span></span></h3><h3 class="c16" id="h.xvom87dqjhg4" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Justice</span></span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“That’s not fair!!”</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">It’s not fair</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">And It’s not your fault</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We want justice to be done</span></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c16" id="h.atvz0lyyqmgo" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They don’t deserve it</span></span></h3><h3 class="c16" id="h.c705wtptzhg8" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Righteous anger</span></span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Righteous anger is often defined as “being angry about the same thing that God would be angry about”</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">We believe that our anger is justified if it is “righteous anger”</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Righteous anger that is not forgiven… becomes unforgiveness</span></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c16" id="h.v8o4odgyofcu" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Need for an Apology</span></span></h3><h3 class="c16" id="h.tcekiqbid79b" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">A Need For Them to Acknowledge What They Did Wrong</span></span></h3><h2 class="c20" id="h.io90sj89t8n7" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Reasons to Forgive</span></span></h2><h3 class="c16" id="h.io8iuploap64" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Bible Instructs Us to Forgive</span></span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You're Not forgiving them because they deserve to be forgiven</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">You are forgiving out of obedience to God</span></li></ul><h3 class="c16" id="h.zcujfpfc1mec" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Consider How much you Were Forgiven</span></span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ephesians 4:32</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c25 c31" style="background-color: white; color: #99d6ff; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c7" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/ephesians/4-32.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1696100630651625&usg=AOvVaw0hyAawJYeGI9CxTGirfY1J" style="text-decoration: inherit;">32</a></span><span class="c6 c14" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> Be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.</span></span></p><ul class="c4 lst-kix_d0ig2xryfqt8-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Bible tells us to forgive</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">“I can’t celebrate being forgiven and seek revenge at the same time”</span></p><h3 class="c16" id="h.cbau9cr1qng2" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God Rewards You for Forgiving</span></span></h3><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Proverbs 25:21-22</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">21 If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; And if he is thirsty, give him water to drink; 22 For you will heap burning coals on his head, And the LORD will reward you.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God reward you when you return good for evil</span></span></p><h3 class="c16" id="h.70kp5yihynbj" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Unforgiveness Affects Your Character</span></span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You can become like whoever you are angry at</span></span></p><ul class="c4 lst-kix_wp65hv6785x-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You take on their identity</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Hate destroys the hater</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c7" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/CxWCJR_uMyS/?igshid%3DMzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1696100630652726&usg=AOvVaw2pXS5lUEXYJ5TJn5iKDDH9" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/CxWCJR_uMyS/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==</span></a></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c16" id="h.638aaolnfu3i" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Emotional Triggers</span></span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We get tortured when</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Somebody says or does something similar</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We remember that event</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If You Have Unforgiveness You Don't Have the Mind of Christ</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c7" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxLSEy3QV-TeHNKCISCX1vUSQsUXSCAfYb?si%3DV_jOe1d3MszsWp7_&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1696100630653395&usg=AOvVaw0id7WreTrmZojdFWaYJg9N" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxLSEy3QV-TeHNKCISCX1vUSQsUXSCAfYb?si=V_jOe1d3MszsWp7_</span></a></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">To the extent that you have unforgiveness in your heart</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">You’re not conformed to the mind of Christ</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Your mind has not been renewed</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">You are conformed to the pattern of this earth</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Because every time you get triggered you feel just like you felt at the time you didn’t forgive</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c16" id="h.n7l8b3wytfv4" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Unforgiveness Gives satan access into your life</span></span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Parable of the unforgiving servant<span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> (Matthew 18:23-35)</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">God turns you over to Satan to be tortured</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The memory holds you in bondage</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c25" style="font-weight: 700;">Ephesians 4:26 - 27</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span class="c24" style="background-color: white; color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c7" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/ephesians/4-26.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1696100630654282&usg=AOvVaw3kW7OfRIOyJbIoBS8_aAap" style="text-decoration: inherit;">26</a></span><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;">BE ANGRY, AND </span><span class="c6 c29" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic;">YET</span><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;"> DO NOT SIN; do not let the sun go down on your anger, </span><span class="c24" style="background-color: white; color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c7" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/ephesians/4-27.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1696100630654465&usg=AOvVaw3tn5-S2j86bOhQCXXlO8Ax" style="text-decoration: inherit;">27</a></span><span class="c6 c14" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> and do not give the devil an opportunity.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">There is a time limit on (all) anger when it becomes unforgiveness</span></span></p><ul class="c4 lst-kix_sbyf8ptee3zf-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Regardless of whether your anger is “righteous“ or not</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c16" id="h.9ze7xex98ljq" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It Impacts Your Relationship With God</span></span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Impacts your obedience</span></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">You aren’t being led by the Holy Spirit</span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c16" id="h.uk6arwy9ufdk" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Trust that judgment will be done</span></span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God will settle the account for you by either:</span></span></p><ul class="c4 lst-kix_4wcvkmy43wyk-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Hell</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Christian Grace</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Give it to God</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“ I’m not gonna be the judge, jury, or executioner anymore“</span></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c23" id="h.11cwudk7wpk5" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c22 c14" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What They Did Had 2 Consequences</span></span></h1><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">The harm done to you</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Impacts Your current emotional state</span></span></li></ol><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What they did</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">They don’t deserve forgiveness</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">It’s not going to reverse the action</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Why should I let go of the debt?</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Why should I let go of my anger?</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your current Emotional state</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Emotional triggers</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Bitterness</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Not trusting anyone</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Inability to have intimacy</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If they said I’m sorry</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">If they admitted it…</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We want them to make it right</span></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgiveness is deciding that I’m going to take my healing upon myself</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">I need to be healed</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I don’t need you to heal me</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I don’t want to be dependent on them for my healing</span></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The first step to healing your emotional wounds… Is forgiving</span></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You don’t want your healing/obedience to be dependent on them</span></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c23" id="h.sazuzl6pr1pz" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c22 c14" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You Can’t Honor Your Parents Unless You Forgive</span></span></h1><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It is Impossible to Honor Unless You Forgive</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c7" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/z_5OkYUwYd4?si%3DNWCTvgVPgzBsl2LX%26t%3D306&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1696100630657207&usg=AOvVaw2VCXPIUn_LLuplUy7YdkF7" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtu.be/z_5OkYUwYd4?si=NWCTvgVPgzBsl2LX&t=306</span></a></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">~5:06 - 6:09</span></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c23" id="h.7igqtweb4p1b" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c22 c14" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not Forgiving Your Parents Impacts Your Current Relationships</span></span></h1><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When you get married your spouse replaces both your mother and your father</span></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You’re Mad at Your Parents Not Your Spouse</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c7" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxZYN43XGaBTlbod13QnMOGiDDKmBHsiO1&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1696100630657636&usg=AOvVaw0i7ekrgIKdxM5BN4AzJb2w" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxZYN43XGaBTlbod13QnMOGiDDKmBHsiO1</span></a></span></p><ul class="c4 lst-kix_vr5wkejjs8oi-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Many issues we have in life stem from unforgiveness of parents</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">most of our emotional triggers initiate from our relationship with our mother and father</span></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c25" style="font-weight: 700;">Example:</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> Bible study</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">2 People left our bible study</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I Reminded them of their father</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Whatever issues you have left over from your mother or father, When someone in a relationship with you says or does something similar to that, you get triggered with the same emotions that you felt when you were a child with your mother and father</span></span></p><ul class="c4 lst-kix_9bedalsy7zgx-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The deception is that you are angry with your spouse</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">That is a consequence of unforgiveness</span></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Now the memory of what they did causes us to be tortured for the rest of our lives</span></span></p><ul class="c4 lst-kix_ss7zy2raojo6-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If anyone else does something similar he will trigger those emotions over and over again</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Once you forgive the parent… the memory is no longer in spiritual jail and you’re no longer tortured</span></span></p><h1 class="c23" id="h.1nw21qh3ns2v" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c22 c14" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You Are the One Best Suited to Heal the Damage</span></span></h1><h3 class="c16" id="h.1d152c7f1hww" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Grown Kids</span></span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sometimes parents realize they messed up and try to pay back their grown kids</span></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Parents try to equip, train and encourage by being too controlling in their grown child’s life</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Take over your choices</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Control them</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The issue is… They are not the one who is best suited to heal the damage that was done…you are</span></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c16" id="h.4ro950i65c8q" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You’re The One Best Suited to Heal the Damage</span></span></h3><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You’re The One Best Suited to Heal the Damage</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c7" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkx9WfZWcCsls_C96dU080-aHlt5TrSeQoz&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1696100630659344&usg=AOvVaw38C5HLe9PI3IvLzBiLAV0-" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkx9WfZWcCsls_C96dU080-aHlt5TrSeQoz</span></a></span></p><ul class="c4 lst-kix_aavdomgvw2ft-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">…Doesn’t equate to welcoming them in with trust</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Boundaries need to be put in place</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When you try to have them fix it you are inviting codependency and criticism</span></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When you hold onto the resentment and the feeling that I need this debt to be paid</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">It creates codependent relationships were parents try to control your life</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Can build a desire for vengeance and revenge so you are provoking them</span></span></li></ul><h1 class="c23" id="h.hogeywwn3h3o" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c22 c14" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What to Forgive</span></span></h1><h2 class="c20" id="h.4pdd86vo3wo3" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It’s Based On Your Perception of What They Did Wrong</span></span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgiveness of your parent is not necessarily based on them actually doing something wrong</span></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It is based on your perception that they did something wrong</span></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We aren’t necessarily forgiving of truth</span></span></p><ul class="c4 lst-kix_6bxq1lhqi4v9-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We are Forgiving of our perception of truth</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><span class="c25" style="font-family: times; font-weight: 700;">Example:</span><span class="c1" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> Dad was never there</span><span style="font-family: times;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;">He was working two jobs</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">I need to forgive him for not being there</span></li></ul></span><h2 class="c20" id="h.c2ylwbvltyot" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgiveness is very specific</span></span></h2><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c25" style="font-weight: 700;">Don’t say: “</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">I forgive my dad for all the bad things he did in my life“</span></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c16" id="h.2d90jm3e20tx" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgiving Your Spouse Example</span></span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When your wife makes you mad you need to visualize her</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">“I forgive you for that tone of voice that you used“</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">“I forgive you for wrongly accusing me“</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">I forgive you for pointing your finger at me</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">I forgive you that you embarrassed me in front of your mom and your dad</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">I forgive you that you didn’t respect me and you didn’t honor me</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">I forgive you that you didn’t believe me when I told you the truth</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">And I release you of this in Jesus name</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c23" id="h.s53v5eimtemi" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c22 c14" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How to Forgive</span></span></h1><h2 class="c20" id="h.b0qk0anajwlw" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgiveness Can Be a Continuous Practice</span></span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c7" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxXFnQ35Ymk3LysENJ3ieDF0J-DFrua4V3?si%3D07_zZW2ueDPSBsG1&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1696100630661616&usg=AOvVaw0FRMn4HcaUNm2yyAntm785" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxXFnQ35Ymk3LysENJ3ieDF0J-DFrua4V3?si=07_zZW2ueDPSBsG1</span></a></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c20" id="h.fdlp3i2mhoca" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If You Forgive Them in Person</span></span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You don’t have to go to the person to forgive them</span></span></p><ul class="c4 lst-kix_9y7qpqj36w94-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">if they didn’t feel that they did anything wrong…<span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">It can cause a bigger problem</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c16" id="h.i8hur9ekcz1c" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t Depend on Their Response</span></span></h3><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You are going to the person to forgive them.</span></span></p><ul class="c4 lst-kix_1pwbaccyggpi-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not to get a specific reaction from them</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c4 lst-kix_1pwbaccyggpi-1 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">admit blame, apology, thank you, acknowledge wrong</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700;">Your only goal is to go there and forgive them</span><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">You are just getting it off your chest</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">You shouldn’t be seeking for agreement or apology</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t start or sustain a confrontation</span></span></p><h2 class="c20" id="h.jdggbybyidrl" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You Can Forgive in the Moment</span></span></h2><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don't Obey The Emotion</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c7" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxZ1ZmzHRfZ6PiyO4wshumwe0yusgk1dY3?si%3DyGpv8mYtdxLGMVh4&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1696100630663001&usg=AOvVaw1B1_jIOIep5NQJgNjxEOc1" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxZ1ZmzHRfZ6PiyO4wshumwe0yusgk1dY3?si=yGpv8mYtdxLGMVh4</span></a></span></p><h1 class="c23" id="h.ad1ycuju17pp" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c22 c14" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgiving Your Parent(s) For the Past Exercise</span></span></h1><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You have to forgive from the memory of wherever you received the pain</span></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c20" id="h.nh0v2jtg5vt" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgiveness Steps</span></span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Make a list of everything you need to forgive them for</span></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Holy spirit bring to their mind anything that was done</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Between the ages of one and six</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">6 - 12</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">12 - 18</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Prom night, first date, dates</span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">18 - 25</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">College, school, Not help you financially</span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">For anything that caused the most hurt</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">—-</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If you imagine yourself as the 6 or 7 year old boy/girl and you look at your parent how do you feel</span></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We are forgiving based on what is recorded in our minds as true</span></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Example of Forgiving Your Parents</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c7" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxpfuzF8Ib1wUFGot2qY2wtKIBbuw4btlX&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1696100630665022&usg=AOvVaw26OqreGhtw6x0DcqgyB-U7" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxpfuzF8Ib1wUFGot2qY2wtKIBbuw4btlX</span></a></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ask the Holy Spirit to take you back to that time in your memory</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Look at them as if you were that little boy or girl</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">I forgive you for spanking me so hard that you hurt me</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">I forgive you for being unjust with me</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">I forgive you that you didn’t come comfort me</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">I forgive you that you didn’t ask to be forgiven</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">I forgive you that you didn’t say I’m sorry</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">I forgive you that I felt like you hated me</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">And I release you of that in Jesus name</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Make a list of what your mom and dad did wrong</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">This will be not necessarily what they did wrong, but what you perceive them doing wrong</span></li></ul><h2 class="c20" id="h.k9hbalop2gdu" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Parental Forgiveness List</span></span></h2><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">We will go through a list, and you can say … <span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">“dad/mom I forgive you for that“</span></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Close your eyes and see your father/mother as if you are a child</span></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You won’t relate to all of these</span></span></p><h3 class="c16" id="h.52u3j9dviqkp" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I forgive my dad/mom for…</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I forgive you because, even though you provided for me and was there; I didn’t feel loved by you</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I don’t remember sitting in your lap with your arms around me feeling safe</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You didn’t play with me</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dress up</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Baseball</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You didn’t help me with</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Schoolwork</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sports</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Instrument</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You didn’t come to my sports events</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You didn’t come to my music recitals</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How I felt when I looked up and saw the empty seat at the game</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I saw all the other fathers/mothers there</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">But I didn’t see you</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You didn’t care</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You didn’t want me in your life</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I was not affirmed by you. You didn’t tell me I did a good job.</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You ignored me</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You were jealous of my relationship with my mom/dad</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I was afraid to talk to them when you are around</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I felt like I was betraying you if I had a relationship with them</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You were an alcoholic</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You used drugs</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I forgive you for how you behaved when you were drunk</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You and mom/dad were always yelling</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">That made me terrified and afraid</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When you and mom/dad would fight and yell so loud I had to put my hands over my ears</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You hit mom/dad</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You threatened them</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You pushed them against the wall</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When I wake up in the morning I would wonder if she/he would be dead</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How you reacted when I brought my schoolwork home</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">No matter how good my grade was it wasn’t good enough for you</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I felt like you rejected me</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You left us and went to a new family</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">And love them more Then you loved us</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You went to their school functions and didn’t come to mine</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You didn’t come back</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You didn’t call me</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You abandoned us</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You didn’t support us</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You didn’t check on us</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">On those special holidays there was an empty chair where you used to sit</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Thanksgiving</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Christmas</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Father’s/Mother’s Day was confusing when you were gone</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It’s hard to find a card to give to you on Father’s/Mother’s Day</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I forgot what you look like</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I had to keep looking at a picture to remember you</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I forgot the sound of your voice</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Every time a strange car parked in front of the house… I wondered if it might be you</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Every time someone knocked on the door or ring the doorbell I thought it might be you</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You didn’t come to visit me</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You forgot about me</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">That I felt it was my job to take care of dad/mom because you weren’t there</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">For the guilt I felt because I couldn’t do it</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I couldn’t take care of the house</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">All those nights I cried myself to sleep</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Wondering where you were and why you weren’t with us</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I felt like you loved my siblings more than me</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You bragged on them and affirmed them</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You didn’t bond to me as a child</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I never really felt that I was yours</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You never really made a spiritual or emotional connection with me</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I felt like everybody else and everything else was more important than me</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">For all those names you called me</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">All the names you call</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Mom/dad</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">My brothers</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">My sister</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">For touching me in ways you shouldn’t</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You exposed your nakedness to me</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">And I was confused</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I cried myself to sleep wondering why you didn’t love me</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">For allowing others to touch me in ways they shouldn’t and not protecting me</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">For not knowing what was going on</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">For not asking me what was wrong</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">For not noticing the change in me</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">that I have become withdrawn and depressed</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">That you weren’t safe to talk to</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">That I couldn’t come to you with the things that confuse me</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I forgive you that when I came to you you pushed me away</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Other things were more important</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The television</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You sshhhshed me</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I forgive you that you weren’t available</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">That you never really made time for me</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your sports were more important</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Work was more important</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">That you wanted to spend time with your friends</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">That I was afraid of you</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I was afraid when I heard your car</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When I heard the door open</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">That you came home and suddenly you were mad</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">That I had to go hide</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">That I was afraid that you would find me</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">No matter how hard I tried I never seem to be able to please you</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">for all those things that you asked me to do that I was too small to do</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">That you asked me to do things that you hadn’t taught me how to do</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">For punishing me for making mistakes</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Like I had done something wrong on purpose</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">For all the times that you said “you should’ve known“</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">But you never taught me</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I forgive you for the injustice of that</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I had so much anxiety and fear around you that I did it wrong</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">That I don’t have good memories like running and jumping into your arms when you came home</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">That I don’t have good memories of you being excited to see me and your eyes sparkling</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I don’t have a memory of you look at me in the eye and telling me that you love me</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">That I was special</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You were proud of me</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I never felt like you cared about me</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">That you never celebrated my birthday</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">As if you weren’t glad I am on this earth</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I feel like you would love me more if I had been a different sex</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You made me feel like I was a mistake</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">And I shouldn’t have been born</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">That I wanted somebody else to be my daddy/mommy</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">That I was envious of my friends for having the parent that they had</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I forgive you that you didn’t play with me</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Or interact with me</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">you made me feel like I was invisible to you</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">That you didn’t say my prayers with me at night</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">that you didn’t talk to me about Jesus</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I was afraid of you coming into my room</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When you walked into my room I would panic wondering what I had done wrong</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I never felt safe with you</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">That you weren’t there when I needed you</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">That you never understood me or accepted me for who I am</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">All I ever got was your leftovers</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I felt expendable to you</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">accusing me of lying</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You broke your promise to me… Often</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You didn’t come when you said you would come</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You didn’t visit when you said you would visit</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You didn’t</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Send a card</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sent a letter</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Send a present</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I wasn’t a priority for you</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Making me feel like I was a burden to you</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">for blaming me for the problems between you and mom/dad</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I felt like I was the one that had to fix you guys</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I had to be intermediary</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I had to comfort you guys to make it OK</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I had to grow up too fast and I lost my childhood</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I was always thinking about what I could do to make mom/dad feel better</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">That I wasn’t allowed to say no to you</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">For that certain look you would give me and I knew I was in trouble</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">For that voice tone</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">For all those times you embarrassed me over and over and over</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">That I couldn’t have friends at our home because of how you reacted</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">That our home was in such chaos and disorder that I felt embarrassed to invite anybody over</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">That when I did invite kids over you made fun of them and teased them</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You teased me and embarrassed me</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I lost so many friends because of you</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">they never wanted to come to our house and play</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">That deep down inside you taught me… To hate you</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">For the empty seat in the living room</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">That it was just never the same after you left</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">That the house just seemed empty</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">That I didn’t hear your voice anymore</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">that it was worse than if you had died because I knew you were still alive but you weren’t in my life</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">For all the nights I cried myself to sleep</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Wondering why you didn’t want me</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What was wrong with me</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Why was I so defective that you didn’t want me</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">For the hours I would lie in bed at night wondering about this</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I forgive you for how I feel when I see other mothers/father interacting with their children</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I forgive you when you left me alone and went to parties</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Left me all by myself</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When you came back you would look for stuff in the house that I didn’t do that needed to be done</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How you would be so angry</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">That I loved you and hate you at the same time</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">All the times I felt invisible</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When I wanted to talk to you you were in the kitchen and you sshhd me away</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgive you that I couldn’t interrupt you when you were on the phone</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">That I could not get your attention</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">That what I had to say to you was not important to you</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">that you didn’t teach me the things that I needed to know</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">how to make my bed</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">how to cook</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">the things adults need to do</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">about finances</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">about life</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">That you didn’t set a good example</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">As a mother… As a wife</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">A father…a husband</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">A person</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">That you never read stories to me or sung lullabies</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">That bedtime was not a safe time</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">For calling me those names</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Stupid</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dummy</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Worthless</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">For those times that I came home and there was nobody there</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">There was nothing to eat</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">That you were out</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">That you didn’t care</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">That I couldn’t talk to you about things that were on my mind</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">That you didn’t have time to listen</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">All the times you told me that I shouldn’t feel that way</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">That something was wrong with me</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">For all the broken promises</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Times that you said you would do things and we didn’t</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Places you said we would go and we never went</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">For all the times you said we play and we didn’t</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I forgive you that you didn’t spend special time with me</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You never grew up emotionally</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You still act like a child</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">that I did not want to grow up to be like you</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I want it to be the opposite of you</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">That there was nothing to brag about you</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">There was nothing honorable about you</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You weren’t respectable</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When I think about you there isn’t a warm fuzzy feeling there</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">That you never talk to me about who you are</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">That we were strangers when I was a child</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">That we still are</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">That you really don’t know who I am</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If we talk I have to be the one to call</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If we visit I have to come see you</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Even though you don’t call you are angry and complain if I don’t</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When we go to see you it is so awkward</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The children don’t know how to behave around you</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">That they have to be afraid to act like children around you</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Because you will be bothered</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You are not a grandfather/grandmother to your grandkids</span></span></li><li class="c0 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You aren’t in their lives</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We are not a family</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How awkward it is when you come to visit you</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4pbh9tgm9bc7-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">that you died before making any of this right</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Holy spirit bring to their mind whatever is not on this list</span></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You Are Now Forgiven For the Unforgiveness You Used to Have</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c7" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxV6epBjnXsi62h2_LiHPhaeus0YcLernv&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1696100630693320&usg=AOvVaw2UOkMP5Z9iCupjEBG30aGg" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxV6epBjnXsi62h2_LiHPhaeus0YcLernv</span></a></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><b>Instructor:</b> Michael Leadon</p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0kXuUQuuQ4I" width="320" youtube-src-id="0kXuUQuuQ4I"></iframe></div><br /><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><h1 class="c23" id="h.qoq8jb2dh9fu" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c22 c14" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">References</span></span></h1><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How to forgive your mother</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Gene Wagstaff</span></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">how to forgive your father</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Gene Wagstaff</span></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgiving your parents</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Matthius Jay Barker</span></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Why bad things happen to good people part two</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Gene Wagstaff</span></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Finding happiness: how forgive him my mother radically changed my life</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sonja weyers | TEDx talks</span></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c7" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/adult-health/in-depth/forgiveness/art-20047692%23:~:text%3DWhat%2520is%2520forgiveness%253F,that%2520act%2527s%2520grip%2520on%2520you.&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1696100630695111&usg=AOvVaw0KiyyJ3TNWdFundQGyj7Ad" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgiveness: Letting go of grudges and bitterness - Mayo Clinic</span></a></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How to hear God more clearly</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Gene Wagstaff</span></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c23" id="h.8g75nzf35vew" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c22 c14" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Extra</span></span></h1><h2 class="c20" id="h.cd8w9wje3t6" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Scriptures</span></span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Exodus 20:12</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be prolonged on the land which the LORD your God gives you.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Proverbs 22:6</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c18" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c7" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-6.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1696100630696316&usg=AOvVaw2cDf2daAXwUvTSNSjq13Nr" style="text-decoration: inherit;">6</a></span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Train up a child in the way he should go,</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Even when he grows older he will not abandon it.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c25" style="font-weight: 700;">1 Peter 2:18-20</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">18 Servants, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and gentle, but also to those who are harsh. 19 For this finds favor, if for the sake of conscience toward God a person endures grief when suffering unjustly. 20 For what credit is there if, when you sin and are harshly treated, you endure it with patience? But if when you do what is right and suffer for it you patiently endure it, this finds favor with God.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 Peter 2:21-23</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">21 For you have been called for this purpose, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you would follow in His steps, 22 HE WHO COMMITTED NO sin, NOR WAS ANY DECEIT found IN HIS MOUTH; 23 and while being abusively insulted, He did not insult in return; while suffering, He did not threaten, but kept entrusting Himself to Him who judges righteously;</span></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ephesians 5:25-27</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her, 26 so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, 27 that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy and blameless.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You Are Forgiven in the Name of Jesus</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c7" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxnHi7vGafhNkc7s77WuDsVerl2ZOvSe90&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1696100630697517&usg=AOvVaw13_puYR4JbhNi2l4DnRXeB" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxnHi7vGafhNkc7s77WuDsVerl2ZOvSe90</span></a></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How to Forgive in Person - Jesse Peterson</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c7" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxOoIF3oErdRhDTZWFoz8FmbF-AMSfop7D?si%3Djk_4u7FpwOhBuQyH&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1696100630697846&usg=AOvVaw3eHVkshlhZfz4SUKY_-tep" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxOoIF3oErdRhDTZWFoz8FmbF-AMSfop7D?si=jk_4u7FpwOhBuQyH</span></a></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c20" id="h.9s7rvnoen38w" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Misc</span></span></h2><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Rotten fruit Falls by itself</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c7" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/CwnCA_csY_T/?igshid%3DMzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1696100630698291&usg=AOvVaw0qKxz09XK_ZBBsI6a9szp1" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/CwnCA_csY_T/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==</span></a></span></p><p class="c0 c5" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dwyane Wade thinking his father</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c7" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/CwIdZ7vpB9C/?igshid%3DMzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1696100630698495&usg=AOvVaw3Js55X8VNb7lWAU4ol60RV" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/CwIdZ7vpB9C/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==</span></a></span></p><h1 class="c23 c30" id="h.vm6b6wtyd2u0" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; height: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c14 c22" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></h1>Unchained Discipleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11710595205237468334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6986426612019457751.post-54053910159508791472023-09-15T22:17:00.004-07:002023-09-15T23:10:59.502-07:00Forgiving Your Father/Mother 2<p><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQgPvA460QY20AFcaF_KSfh8Sl_GUuJqjKqWv62AT-9VIodql2ouPJYx60qVm_-d50mxDrbaBN7ORkaTOMnu6uji4Z6WBGIlCVRG6m7aGHZef7lBmlaFI4uIoLvyQ_VRc5HTsLhbkQoi1GuNE3Lyagl7VqUk9B_2GvNIuG2K6B5Hhnikmgr0EQZhp81TeI/s1198/Forgiving%20Your%20Father_Mother%202.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="674" data-original-width="1198" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQgPvA460QY20AFcaF_KSfh8Sl_GUuJqjKqWv62AT-9VIodql2ouPJYx60qVm_-d50mxDrbaBN7ORkaTOMnu6uji4Z6WBGIlCVRG6m7aGHZef7lBmlaFI4uIoLvyQ_VRc5HTsLhbkQoi1GuNE3Lyagl7VqUk9B_2GvNIuG2K6B5Hhnikmgr0EQZhp81TeI/s320/Forgiving%20Your%20Father_Mother%202.png" width="320" /></span></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">Do we need to honor parents who wronged us?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">~~ <a href="https://youtu.be/p9A3s0J6PI4" target="_blank">Watch the Video</a> ~~</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Worship: Heart that Forgives by Kevin LeVar</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Scriptures:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Exodus 20:12</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Proverbs 25:21-22</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ephesians 4:32</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Colossians 3:12-13</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Romans 12:19</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Matthew 5:43-45</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ephesians 6:2-3</span></span></li></ul><h1 class="c5" id="h.50gnd8k7w05v" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Introduction</span></span></h1><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Exodus 20:12</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be prolonged on the land which the LORD your God gives you.</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How do you honor parents who were horrible to you?</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Honor Your Parents Even If They Were Demonic</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c12" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c14" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/z_5OkYUwYd4?si%3DrH9Bnhu1cLrUzag6%26t%3D260&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1694844452976139&usg=AOvVaw2FR6cKyat26Q67OIckbebF" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtu.be/z_5OkYUwYd4?si=rH9Bnhu1cLrUzag6&t=260</span></a></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">4:20 - 6:09</span></span></p><ul class="c4 lst-kix_j72vz4o298ku-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c3 c7 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">… It’s impossible to honor them unless you forgive</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This is not about you as a parent</span></span></p><ul class="c4 lst-kix_aab6gs5anppj-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c3 c7 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It’s about you as a child of your parents</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Outline:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Introduction</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Traits of Wholeness</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Review</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">More Reasons to Forgive</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Barriers to Forgiveness</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">What They Did Had 2 Consequences</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">An Example of Forgiving</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">How Do You Honor Your Parents</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not Forgiving Your Parents Impacts Your Current Relationships</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">You Are the One Best Suited to Heal the Damage</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">How to Forgive</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgiving Your Parent(s) Exercise</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c5" id="h.wcyn6wv7a33j" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Traits of Wholeness</span></span></h1><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">We are in our series called <span class="c26" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">Seeking Wholeness</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How can we be:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Spiritually healthy</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Emotionally healthy</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Mentally healthy</span></span></li></ul><p class="c8 c17" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Free from oppression of</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Our past</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ourself</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Bad thinking</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Strongholds</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The enemy</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’re talking about</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">dealing with life’s current stresses</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">being healed from experiences/wounds of the past</span></span></li></ul><p class="c8 c17" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’re not just promised eternal life</span></span></p><ul class="c4 lst-kix_wnzkwaguo3c5-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c8 c7 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’re supposed to have: joy, peace, patience, and self control here on earth</span></span></li></ul><p class="c8 c17" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c15" id="h.foj7l4dozv34" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Traits of Wholeness</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Authenticity</span></span></li><li class="c3 c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_axe5xrhbyrb0-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Honesty</span></span></li><li class="c3 c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_axe5xrhbyrb0-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Kindness</span></span></li><li class="c3 c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_axe5xrhbyrb0-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not seeking external approval / validation</span></span></li><li class="c3 c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_axe5xrhbyrb0-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Living by values and principles</span></span></li><li class="c3 c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_axe5xrhbyrb0-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Setting Boundaries</span></span></li><li class="c3 c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_axe5xrhbyrb0-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Taking ownership of your responsibilities</span></span></li><li class="c3 c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_axe5xrhbyrb0-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Living with purpose and passion</span></span></li><li class="c3 c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_axe5xrhbyrb0-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Optimism</span></span></li><li class="c3 c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_axe5xrhbyrb0-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Confidence</span></span></li><li class="c3 c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_axe5xrhbyrb0-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Healthy relationships with others</span></span></li><li class="c3 c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_axe5xrhbyrb0-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not losing control of your emotions</span></span></li><li class="c3 c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_axe5xrhbyrb0-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Free from addictions</span></span></li><li class="c3 c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_axe5xrhbyrb0-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Addressing Conflict with truth and love</span></span></li><li class="c3 c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_axe5xrhbyrb0-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Vulnerability</span></span></li><li class="c3 c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_axe5xrhbyrb0-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not critical or Judgemental</span></span></li><li class="c3 c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_axe5xrhbyrb0-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not jealous of others</span></span></li><li class="c3 c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_axe5xrhbyrb0-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgive those who have wronged you in the past</span></span></li><li class="c3 c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_axe5xrhbyrb0-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Know that you’re worthy of receiving love</span></span></li><li class="c3 c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_axe5xrhbyrb0-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not afraid to fail</span></span></li><li class="c3 c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_axe5xrhbyrb0-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Able to manage irrational fear, worry, and anxiety</span></span></li><li class="c3 c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_axe5xrhbyrb0-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Selfless encounters with others</span></span></li><li class="c3 c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_axe5xrhbyrb0-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not manipulating others trying to control their actions/reactions</span></span></li><li class="c3 c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_axe5xrhbyrb0-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You care about how others feel</span></span></li><li class="c3 c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_axe5xrhbyrb0-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Patient</span></span></li><li class="c3 c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_axe5xrhbyrb0-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t give into peer/social pressure</span></span></li><li class="c3 c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_axe5xrhbyrb0-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Can communicate directly</span></span></li><li class="c3 c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_axe5xrhbyrb0-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t take responsibility for other people's emotions</span></span></li><li class="c3 c11 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_axe5xrhbyrb0-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Take responsibility for your own emotions</span></span></li><li class="c3 c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_axe5xrhbyrb0-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Slow to anger</span></span></li><li class="c3 c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_axe5xrhbyrb0-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ability to maturely express your wants, needs and desires</span></span></li><li class="c3 c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_axe5xrhbyrb0-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">Being led by the Spirit</span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c5" id="h.ya6h42fiwzlr" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Review</span></span></h1><h2 class="c10" id="h.nny2outsw29c" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Role of a Parent</span></span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The parenting you received impacts:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How you interact with the world</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your relationships</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your suffering</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">How much you suffer</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">What causes you to suffer</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Parents responsibilities include</span></span></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Create a sense of safety</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Nurture</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">To equip</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Encourage</span></span></li></ol><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c10" id="h.9a8026ucyimf" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Safety</span></span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not Feel like they aren’t constantly in threat</span></span></p><h2 class="c10" id="h.r5653dne8axo" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Nurture</span></span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Feed them</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Physically</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Spirituality</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Emotionally</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c10" id="h.ui45qehq00jy" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Equipping</span></span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Making sure that the child feels that they have the tools that they need to interact with the world get out of the world what they are seeking</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You experience suffering when you don’t have the tools to contend with the things you need to in the world</span></span></p><h2 class="c10" id="h.6s1wtvmgl65q" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Encouragement</span></span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Encouragement gives an indwelt sense of autonomy</span></span></p><ul class="c4 lst-kix_noywtx2uv7z8-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c3 c7 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not afraid to try/fail</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c10" id="h.5qvcml9554r2" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Methods</span></span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We discussed methods like</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Disciplining</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Etc.</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This isn’t a lesson on how to raise children</span></span></p><ul class="c4 lst-kix_qwkmuhbxyou6-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c3 c7 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We don’t need to come to agreement on parenting approaches today</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c23" style="font-weight: 700;">Example</span><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">: spanking</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We aren’t going to argue whether or not spanking is right, but if you hold it against your parents because they spanked you and that is what we are addressing.</span></span></p><h2 class="c10" id="h.3uvgviioglff" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Our Parents Influenced How We See the World</span></span></h2><h3 class="c15" id="h.uq6iqzz2sn3z" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Our Identity</span></span></h3><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We formulate our identity based off of what our parents thought about us</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">“You are a leader”</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“You’re so stupid”</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c15" id="h.iaprrqc1ernr" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Our World View</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">An place full of betrayal and suffering</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">cynical</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Deal with your problems nobly</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Think they must earn love</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c10" id="h.t9msl9lwx1td" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What is Forgiving?</span></span></h2><p class="c21" style="background-color: white; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 9pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="color: #080808; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgiveness means different things to different people. But in general, it involves an intentional decision to let go of resentment and anger.</span></span></p><p class="c21" style="background-color: white; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 9pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="color: #080808; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The act that hurt or offended you might always be with you. But working on forgiveness can lessen that act's grip on you. It can help free you from the control of the person who harmed you. Sometimes, forgiveness might even lead to feelings of understanding, empathy and compassion for the one who hurt you.</span></span></p><p class="c21" style="background-color: white; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 9pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="color: #080808; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgiveness doesn't mean forgetting or excusing the harm done to you. It also doesn't necessarily mean making up with the person who caused the harm. Forgiveness brings a kind of peace that allows you to focus on yourself and helps you go on with life.</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"> –Mayo Clinic</span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What Does it Mean to Forgive?</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c12" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c14" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/bZGHUyzBxZk&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1694844452983358&usg=AOvVaw1f_zV4Xkp-zqoTAJNP1AZG" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtu.be/bZGHUyzBxZk</span></a></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgiving is not</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Pretending that it never happened</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgetting what the person did</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Trusting them</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Letting them back in your life</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgiveness is not necessarily</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Reconciliation</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Restored relationship</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgiveness means</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">You no longer get angry when you think about it</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They don’t owe you anything</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You can still set boundaries</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Including no contact</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgiveness does not mean that I need to help you mistreat me</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">You need to get out of harm's way first</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c15" id="h.kftn4yak3st4" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgiving Doesn’t Have Demands on the Person</span></span></h3><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They shouldn’t need to</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Apologize</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Admit they did it</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Take the blame</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">See it from your perspective</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c10" id="h.i9l1qgjx8h5q" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Parable of the Unforgiving Servant</span></span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Matthew 18:23-35</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">23 “For this reason the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his slaves. 24 “And when he had begun to settle them, one who owed him ten thousand talents was brought to him. 25 “But since he did not have the means to repay, his master commanded that he be sold, along with his wife and children and all that he had, and repayment be made. 26 “So the slave fell to the ground and prostrated himself before him, saying, ‘Have patience with me and I will repay you everything.’ 27 “And the master of that slave felt compassion, and he released him and forgave him the debt. 28 “But that slave went out and found one of his fellow slaves who owed him a hundred denarii; and he seized him and began to choke him, saying, ‘Pay back what you owe!’ 29 “So his fellow slave fell to the ground and began to plead with him, saying, ‘Have patience with me and I will repay you.’ 30 “But he was unwilling, and went and threw him in prison until he would pay back what was owed. 31 “So when his fellow slaves saw what had happened, they were deeply grieved and came and reported to their master all that had happened. 32 “Then summoning him, his master said to him, ‘You wicked slave, I forgave you all that debt because you pleaded with me. 33 ‘Should you not also have had mercy on your fellow slave, in the same way that I had mercy on you?’ 34 “And his master, moved with anger, handed him over to the torturers until he would repay all that was owed him. 35 “My heavenly Father will also do the same to you, if each of you does not forgive his brother from your heart.”</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This is not warning of a future “hell”</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">There are two natures to the kingdom of God</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">The now – “within you“ here on earth today</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Future heaven</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Unforgiveness gives Satan an opportunity to be involved in your life</span></span></p><ul class="c4 lst-kix_h7my7791ydue-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c3 c7 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God will remove the “hedge of protection” from around you</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The memory holds you in bondage</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If we don’t forgive… Satan will come and torture you with a memory of what the other person did</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c15" id="h.638aaolnfu3i" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Emotional Triggers</span></span></h3><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We get tortured when</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Somebody says or does something similar</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">It triggers us</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We remember that event</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c10" id="h.buq9powzjt9y" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Why You Should Forgive</span></span></h2><h3 class="c15" id="h.cbau9cr1qng2" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God Rewards You for Forgiving</span></span></h3><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Proverbs 25:21-22</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">21 If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; And if he is thirsty, give him water to drink; 22 For you will heap burning coals on his head, And the LORD will reward you.</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God reward you when you return good for evil</span></span></p><h3 class="c15" id="h.70kp5yihynbj" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Unforgiveness Affects Your Character</span></span></h3><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You become like whoever you are angry at</span></span></p><ul class="c4 lst-kix_7v7qlo2y9tu1-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c3 c7 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You take on their identity</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c23" style="font-weight: 700;">Example</span><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">: a child of a loud drunk father who becomes a loud drunk father</span></span></p><h3 class="c15" id="h.9ze7xex98ljq" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It Impacts Your Relationship With God</span></span></h3><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Matthew 6:14-15</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">14 “For if you forgive other people for their offenses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 “But if you do not forgive other people, then your Father will not forgive your offenses.</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You aren’t being led by the Holy Spirit</span></span></p><h3 class="c15" id="h.g5rbmm7elmw4" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgiving Is For You…Not Them</span></span></h3><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If you don’t forgive… The pain that you feel when it happened is still there</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgiveness happens when you are done crying – Stephanie Lynn</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c12" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c14" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxEkzGlQ5GHQC7srVwpruEE69evlqS28dd?si%3DbsCKtgJk4ObYwrLU&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1694844452987539&usg=AOvVaw1ayPBj_nbXOTrK4lbvrlup" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxEkzGlQ5GHQC7srVwpruEE69evlqS28dd?si=bsCKtgJk4ObYwrLU</span></a></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Drinking poison waiting for them to die – Steve Harvey.</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c12" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c14" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/shorts/GmDSQDEr3Xo?si%3DENaRY7uuI5G79oCL&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1694844452987842&usg=AOvVaw30C_RFsWTRyT2dNl66EA_1" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/shorts/GmDSQDEr3Xo?si=ENaRY7uuI5G79oCL</span></a></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c5" id="h.io90sj89t8n7" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">More Reasons to Forgive</span></span></h1><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ephesians 4:32</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c13" style="background-color: white; color: #99d6ff; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c14" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/ephesians/4-32.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1694844452988192&usg=AOvVaw0Qtq4PLYQDlJoDtANpLGKY" style="text-decoration: inherit;">32</a></span><span class="c27" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span class="c22" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c22" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c22" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Bible tells us to forgive</span></span></p><h2 class="c10" id="h.io8iuploap64" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Being amazed at how much you were forgiven</span></span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Colossians 3:12-13</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">12 So, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience; 13 bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord forgave you, so must you do also.</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">In the moments of worship</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">I feel most guilty for my own sins</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I feel the magnitude of what it cost Jesus</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I am least likely to be angry in those moments</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I can’t celebrate being forgiven and seek revenge at the same time</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Linger long about the cost of Christ</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c10" id="h.uk6arwy9ufdk" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Trust that judgment will be done</span></span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God will settle the account for you</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Romans 12:19</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c12" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c14" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/romans/12-19.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1694844452989358&usg=AOvVaw3IsWr0Y7WDs2mi6cjJ-azP" style="text-decoration: inherit;">19</a></span><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Never take your own revenge, beloved, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written: “VENGEANCE IS MINE, I WILL REPAY,” says the Lord.</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c5" id="h.njfrlreidx0h" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Barriers to Forgiveness</span></span></h1><h2 class="c10" id="h.v80mx6ullkh" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Justice</span></span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“That’s not fair!!”</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">It’s not fair</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It’s not your fault</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We want justice to be done</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We are wired to want fairness</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Give it to God</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“ i’m not gonna be the judge, jury, or executioner anymore“</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Let God Settle the Injustice</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c12" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c14" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxWoBy0WC5XtI6Z6EKxhbf9KPX3JTCPrLl&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1694844452990248&usg=AOvVaw1C-ZkFI9X64o57E93FZNF8" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxWoBy0WC5XtI6Z6EKxhbf9KPX3JTCPrLl</span></a></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c10" id="h.atvz0lyyqmgo" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They don’t deserve it</span></span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You're Not forgiving them because they deserve to be forgiven</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">You are forgiving them because you were commanded to by God.</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You are forgiving out of obedience to God</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c15" id="h.1pjmlkjtz1t8" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You Deserve It</span></span></h3><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">You heard the saying “time heals all wounds”</span><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">It doesn’t …</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Time does not heal if you haven’t forgiven</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">You will have exactly the same pain and exactly the same anger</span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c10" id="h.c705wtptzhg8" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Righteous anger</span></span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Matthew 5:43-45</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR and hate your enemy.’ 44 “But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 so that you may prove yourselves to be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Righteous anger is often defined as “being angry about the same thing that God would be angry about”</span></span></p><ul class="c4 lst-kix_75f4t6oyj3c1-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c3 c7 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Would Jesus have been angry about it?</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Righteous anger that is not forgiven… becomes unforgiveness</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c23" style="font-weight: 700;">Ephesians 4:28</span><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> in your anger do not sin. Do not let the Sun go down on your anger and give the devil a foothold</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c23" style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: times;">There is a time limit on your anger when it becomes unforgiveness</span></span></p><h3 class="c15" id="h.58jm12vujvrr" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God is the Judge…Not You</span></span></h3><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“God executed judgment!”</span></span></p><ul class="c4 lst-kix_kebr42nv2ddy-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c3 c7 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You’re not God</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c10" id="h.v8o4odgyofcu" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Need for an Apology</span></span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You may never get an apology – Stephanie Lynn</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c12" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c14" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxcLszLA1u8ExHHq2udof8qOoUtGTjDvZx?si%3DXxXvL8dYI5CxF3yk&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1694844452991958&usg=AOvVaw0mgZ9QZfFTJ7aPW_QDWsOd" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxcLszLA1u8ExHHq2udof8qOoUtGTjDvZx?si=XxXvL8dYI5CxF3yk</span></a></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c10" id="h.tcekiqbid79b" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">A Need For Them to Acknowledge What They Did Wrong</span></span></h2><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Some people are caught up wanting their parents to acknowledge what they did</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I want my parents to Acknowledge it</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c12" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c14" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxHhTW3lM2ol1eaYrMO8-ViRN3z2r8qgiN&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1694844452992452&usg=AOvVaw3MBx07DEICTms_avFzYksq" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxHhTW3lM2ol1eaYrMO8-ViRN3z2r8qgiN</span></a></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You are asking your parents to provide safety and encouragement in domains where they failed to provide safety and encouragement</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">You are asking them to</span><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Show self-awareness</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Nurture you in an area they may feel the deepest shame</span></li></ul><h1 class="c5" id="h.11cwudk7wpk5" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">What They Did<span class="c16" style="font-size: 20pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> Had 2 Consequences</span></span></h1><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">The surface harm</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your emotional/mental state</span></span></li></ol><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If we see forgiveness in light of the act it doesn’t make sense</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">They don’t deserve it</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It’s not going to reverse the action</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your current Emotional state</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Emotional triggers</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Bitterness</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Not trusting anyone</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Inability to have intimacy</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If they said I’m sorry</span></span></p><ul class="c4 lst-kix_z1aiv9frmvcn-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c3 c7 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If they admitted it…</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgiveness is deciding that I’m going to take my healing upon myself</span></span></p><ul class="c4 lst-kix_ngkvyckffhan-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c3 c7 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I need to be healed</span></span></li><li class="c3 c7 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I don’t need you to heal me</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I don’t want to be dependent on them for my healing</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></span></p><h1 class="c5" id="h.x8gdu726fqk4" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">An Example of Forgiving</span></span></h1><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Agon hare | TEDx NTU</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">His father stole all the savings and left him when he was 3 years old</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">his mom started beating him</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">His mom died at age 11</span></span></p><ul class="c4 lst-kix_nfgxikbu2rpm-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c3 c7 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Father came to the funeral… Hugged him… And left</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">He became a really bad kid</span></span></p><h2 class="c10" id="h.3yblnwh9i6yb" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">He came to a Decision at 18</span></span></h2><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">At 18 he made three decisions</span></span></p><ol class="c4 lst-kix_svw8ynn9p1j1-0 start" start="1" style="counter-reset: lst-ctn-kix_svw8ynn9p1j1-0 0; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c3 c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_svw8ynn9p1j1-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">He changed his name</span></span></li><li class="c3 c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_svw8ynn9p1j1-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">He left home</span></span></li><li class="c3 c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_svw8ynn9p1j1-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Realize he had to leave the past behind</span></span></li></ol><ol class="c4 lst-kix_svw8ynn9p1j1-1 start" start="1" style="counter-reset: lst-ctn-kix_svw8ynn9p1j1-1 0; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c3 c11 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_svw8ynn9p1j1-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Including forgiving his father</span></span></li></ol><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“For me forgiveness was something that I deserved“</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c15" id="h.91fd38seowem" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sought to Understand His Dad</span></span></h3><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Often times the best way to forgive someone is to understand them</span></span></p><ul class="c4 lst-kix_p9zosalowa3i-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c3 c7 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">He started asking questions about his dad</span></span></li><li class="c3 c7 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I understand the story of what they went through</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c10" id="h.39m4xk9zeb2i" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Told Court He Didn’t Want Money Dad Owed Him</span></span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The court said that his father had to pay him back a lot of money</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">He signed a document to relieve him from working years to pay it off</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When his father came to pick it up from his grandparents, he didn’t say “thank you” or anything</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgiveness set him free</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c12" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c14" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxMSsr9Py-9lmKgJk1JQgsU7HhIu3x9iwR&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1694844452996203&usg=AOvVaw2Jwy8-sLHbE29fgBmNc5B7" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxMSsr9Py-9lmKgJk1JQgsU7HhIu3x9iwR</span></a></span></p><ul class="c4 lst-kix_38wfub2x22sd-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c3 c7 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">He was no longer controlled by his father’s</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c4 lst-kix_38wfub2x22sd-1 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c3 c11 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Memory</span></span></li><li class="c3 c11 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Actions</span></span></li><li class="c3 c11 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Lack of actions</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c5" id="h.m64tes2edqy1" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How Do You Honor Your Parents</span></span></h1><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ephesians 6:2-3</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">2 HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER (which is the first commandment with a promise), 3 SO THAT IT MAY TURN OUT WELL FOR YOU, AND THAT YOU MAY LIVE LONG ON THE EARTH.</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We prescribe value to the parenting based on</span></span></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Position</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Relationship</span></span></li></ol><h2 class="c10" id="h.cvio4ymlyf35" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Position</span></span></h2><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You need to honor the position of motherhood/fatherhood</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">As our parents we want to still</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Honor them</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Pray for them</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Wish them well</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It’s impossible to love them unless you forgive</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgiveness Doesn’t Mean Trust is Restored</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c12" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c14" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/z_5OkYUwYd4?si%3DB0Ct0BcL9WrdcF7_%26t%3D1062&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1694844452997728&usg=AOvVaw3VSiRnZjgap8mvYRIIfWMH" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtu.be/z_5OkYUwYd4?si=B0Ct0BcL9WrdcF7_&t=1062</span></a></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">17:23 - 21:03</span></span></p><ul class="c4 lst-kix_9q2tixpebzog-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c3 c7 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">… all of the things being equal you will die younger, so let go and it will be good for you</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c10" id="h.q8yzzfkfn7yl" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Relationship</span></span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The level of relationship you should have is based on the reality of the relationship you had growing up</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If they were good parents they deserve your</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Time</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Help</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Assistance</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Norm’s Didn’t Have a Relationship With His Dad</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c12" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c14" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/z_5OkYUwYd4?si%3D-dcyIrydo8OLXs6h%26t%3D1394&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1694844452998494&usg=AOvVaw0Pe80oVFk5DbtzAw3UCdFt" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtu.be/z_5OkYUwYd4?si=-dcyIrydo8OLXs6h&t=1394</span></a></span></p><ul class="c4 lst-kix_qpccdqdvlb5w-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c3 c7 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">23:14 - 24:14</span></span></li><li class="c3 c7 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">… there’s no reality there</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><b>Instructor:</b> Michael Leadon</p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><h1 class="c5" id="h.qoq8jb2dh9fu" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">References</span></span></h1><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How to forgive your mother</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Gene Wagstaff</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">how to forgive your father</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Gene Wagstaff</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How do I deal with Christian parents who don’t acknowledge that they abused me?</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Desiring God</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgiving your parents</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Matthius Jay Barker</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How forgiving my father liberated me</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Agon hare | TEDx NTU</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgiving your parents</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Matthius Jay Barker</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Finding happiness: how forgive him my mother radically changed my life</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sonja weyers | TEDx talks</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c12" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c14" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/adult-health/in-depth/forgiveness/art-20047692%23:~:text%3DWhat%2520is%2520forgiveness%253F,that%2520act%2527s%2520grip%2520on%2520you.&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1694844453000202&usg=AOvVaw0pBkFdfTI3CjkUDHMleF9-" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgiveness: Letting go of grudges and bitterness - Mayo Clinic</span></a></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How to honor your abusive parents?</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c12" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c14" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/z_5OkYUwYd4?si%3DX_GigaiiAYuUtSs8&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1694844453000484&usg=AOvVaw2TR1kevRzBZxwefPfwGP-5" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtu.be/z_5OkYUwYd4?si=X_GigaiiAYuUtSs8</span></a></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Barry Barnes</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">George Boyd</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgiving somebody when they are not sorry</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Stephanie Lynn coaching</span></span></p><h1 class="c5" id="h.8g75nzf35vew" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Extra</span></span></h1><h2 class="c10" id="h.cd8w9wje3t6" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Scriptures</span></span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Exodus 20:12</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be prolonged on the land which the LORD your God gives you.</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Proverbs 22:6</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c12" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c14" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-6.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1694844453001197&usg=AOvVaw1dWGx86yXEhLLyixmj7Iji" style="text-decoration: inherit;">6</a></span><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Train up a child in the way he should go,</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Even when he grows older he will not abandon it.</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 Peter 2:19-21 (NASB20) 19 For this finds favor, if for the sake of conscience toward God a person endures grief when suffering unjustly. 20 For what credit is there if, when you sin and are harshly treated, you endure it with patience? But if when you do what is right and suffer for it you patiently endure it, this finds favor with God. 21 For you have been called for this purpose, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you would follow in His steps,</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 Peter 2:21-23</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">21 For you have been called for this purpose, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you would follow in His steps, 22 HE WHO COMMITTED NO sin, NOR WAS ANY DECEIT found IN HIS MOUTH; 23 and while being abusively insulted, He did not insult in return; while suffering, He did not threaten, but kept entrusting Himself to Him who judges righteously;</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ephesians 5:25-27 (NASB20) 25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her, 26 so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, 27 that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy and blameless.</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c10" id="h.f2dq7xwh8s5" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Honor Your Father and Mother</span></span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The command is simple. Children are to obey their parents. This not only means that children have the responsibility to obey, but parents have the responsibility to teach their children obedience — one of the most important jobs for a parent.</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">i. We don’t need to teach our children how to disobey because they have each inherited an inclination to sin from Adam — but obedience must be taught.</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">ii. It is essential that a parent teach the child obedience, so that the child will grow up knowing how to obey God even when he doesn’t understand everything or doesn’t want to.</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">iii. This is what all a parent’s discipline for a child must come to. Disobedience must be punished, so that obedience can be learned.</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">—David Guzic commentary</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c10" id="h.is8hjcw2lw0r" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Leave Your Gift At the Altar</span></span></h2><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Matthew 5:23-25</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">23 “Therefore, if you are presenting your offering at the altar, and there you remember that your brother has something against you, 24 leave your offering there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and present your offering. 25 “Come to good terms with your accuser quickly, while you are with him on the way to court, so that your accuser will not hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the officer, and you will not be thrown into prison.</span></span></p><ul class="c4 lst-kix_eunrdgf7om1y-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c3 c7 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God puts more importance on us forgiving each other than he does on worship of himself</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I am not to worship God if someone has been offended by me</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I need to go to that person and attempt to make it right</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It takes a great deal of humility to go to someone asked to be forgiven… When you have done nothing wrong</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God doesn’t want the other person to be turned over to the devil and tortured</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The goal is not for you to be innocent… The goal is for them to be free</span></span></p><ul class="c4 lst-kix_1kd8njuff38n-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c3 c7 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You don’t need to give a bunch of Excuses why you weren’t in the wrong</span></span></li><li class="c3 c7 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You aren’t focusing on whether you are guilty or not</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Scripture does it say whether you have done anything wrong or not</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Example: “Jim walked right past me at church this morning“</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If you don’t go to him… And every time he thinks about you he’s going to get angry</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I love you walking to church and worship every Sunday when your spouse is mad at you</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Imagine how different the worship service would be if everyone in church did this</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p>Unchained Discipleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11710595205237468334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6986426612019457751.post-13935585120844697162023-09-01T23:15:00.004-07:002023-09-01T23:59:44.464-07:00Forgiving Your Father/Mother<p><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrLYQ8W27jV1fkFa25ShLzlW6fpr0b-PqW13AwOjRskJdfe1wY8SlrjEWKNXPKR10ckUptqj2KPI3-GH9Qao08gVKGz1OPT9EmzPNLY3WKx2RH7hlkH3ToIWPXv5yTuo_SxgtWyYZiO7B8ySTwLjAqZsbHAvXCXRRbMq3_84D2rnFfBcFitplRQSlDl4TR/s1198/Forgiving%20Your%20Father_Mother.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="674" data-original-width="1198" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrLYQ8W27jV1fkFa25ShLzlW6fpr0b-PqW13AwOjRskJdfe1wY8SlrjEWKNXPKR10ckUptqj2KPI3-GH9Qao08gVKGz1OPT9EmzPNLY3WKx2RH7hlkH3ToIWPXv5yTuo_SxgtWyYZiO7B8ySTwLjAqZsbHAvXCXRRbMq3_84D2rnFfBcFitplRQSlDl4TR/s320/Forgiving%20Your%20Father_Mother.png" width="320" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><span style="font-family: times;">We explore the impacts your parents had on your life and the impact of not forgiving harmful things they did to you</span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">~~<a href="https://youtu.be/s_NVnZMlGoQ" target="_blank">Watch the Video</a>~~</span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Outline:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Introduction</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Traits of Wholeness</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">The Role of a Parent</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Our Parents Influenced How We See the World</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">What is Forgiving?</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Parable of the Unforgiving Servant</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Why You Should Forgive</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Barriers to Forgiveness</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Not Forgiving Your Parents Impacts Your Current Relationships</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">You Are the One Best Suited to Heal the Damage</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">How to Forgive?</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">An Example of Forgiving</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Core Takeaway</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgiving You Parents Exercise</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Scriptures:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Ephesians 6:2-3</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Proverbs 22:6</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Matthew 18:23-35</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Ephesians 4:26-27</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Proverbs 25:21-22</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Matthew 6:14-15</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Colossians 3:12-13</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 Peter 2:21-23</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c14" id="h.50gnd8k7w05v" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Introduction</span></span></h1><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ephesians 6:2-3</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">2 HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER (which is the first commandment with a promise), 3 SO THAT IT MAY TURN OUT WELL FOR YOU, AND THAT YOU MAY LIVE LONG ON THE EARTH.</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Many of us had parents who weren’t worthy of honor</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We were failed by our parents in one way or another</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God is asking us to honor our parents</span></span></p><ul class="c2 lst-kix_fk4hjd43wj4p-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">With no conditions</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Many of us haven’t forgiven our mother or father</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We think that forgiveness is for them… But it is really for us</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">There are negative consequences in our lives for not forgiving our parents</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Our relationships</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Our character</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Our relationship with God</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The problem is…it’s not that easy</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c14" id="h.wcyn6wv7a33j" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Traits of Wholeness</span></span></h1><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">We are in our series called <span class="c16" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">Seeking Wholeness</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c24" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How can we be:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Spiritually healthy</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Emotionally healthy</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Mentally healthy</span></span></li></ul><p class="c13" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Free from oppression of</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Our past</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Ourself</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Bad thinking</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Strongholds</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The enemy</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c24" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’re talking about</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">dealing with life’s current stresses</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">being healed from experiences/wounds of the past</span></span></li></ul><p class="c13" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c24" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’re not just promised eternal life</span></span></p><ul class="c2 lst-kix_mn5glaaj8cya-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c17 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’re supposed to have: joy, peace, patience, and self control here on earth</span></span></li></ul><p class="c13" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c8" id="h.foj7l4dozv34" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Traits of Wholeness</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Authenticity</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_w7wp6cu3eyu8-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Honesty</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_w7wp6cu3eyu8-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Kindness</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_w7wp6cu3eyu8-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not seeking external approval / validation</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_w7wp6cu3eyu8-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Living by values and principles</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_w7wp6cu3eyu8-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Setting Boundaries</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_w7wp6cu3eyu8-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Taking ownership of your responsibilities</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_w7wp6cu3eyu8-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Living with purpose and passion</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_w7wp6cu3eyu8-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Optimism</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_w7wp6cu3eyu8-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Confidence</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_w7wp6cu3eyu8-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Healthy relationships with others</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_w7wp6cu3eyu8-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not losing control of your emotions</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_w7wp6cu3eyu8-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Free from addictions</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_w7wp6cu3eyu8-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Addressing Conflict with truth and love</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_w7wp6cu3eyu8-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Vulnerability</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_w7wp6cu3eyu8-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not critical or Judgemental</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_w7wp6cu3eyu8-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not jealous of others</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_w7wp6cu3eyu8-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgive those who have wronged you in the past</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_w7wp6cu3eyu8-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Know that you’re worthy of receiving love</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_w7wp6cu3eyu8-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not afraid to fail</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_w7wp6cu3eyu8-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Able to manage irrational fear, worry, and anxiety</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_w7wp6cu3eyu8-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Selfless encounters with others</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_w7wp6cu3eyu8-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not manipulating others trying to control their actions/reactions</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_w7wp6cu3eyu8-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You care about how others feel</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_w7wp6cu3eyu8-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Patient</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_w7wp6cu3eyu8-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t give into peer/social pressure</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_w7wp6cu3eyu8-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Can communicate directly</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_w7wp6cu3eyu8-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t take responsibility for other people's emotions</span></span></li><li class="c4 c15 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_w7wp6cu3eyu8-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Take responsibility for your own emotions</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_w7wp6cu3eyu8-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Slow to anger</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_w7wp6cu3eyu8-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ability to maturely express your wants, needs and desires</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_w7wp6cu3eyu8-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">Being led by the Spirit</span></li></ul><h1 class="c14" id="h.ya6h42fiwzlr" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Role of a Parent</span></span></h1><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The damage done by bad parenting impacts</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">how you interact with the world</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">your relationships</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your suffering</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Proverbs 22:6</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c10" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c21" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-6.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1693638334396895&usg=AOvVaw1b1hwZbqImG1p6cv0kA-RH" style="text-decoration: inherit;">6</a></span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Train up a child in the way he should go,</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Even when he grows older he will not abandon it.</span></span></p><ul class="c2 lst-kix_yi3zf1gs08jr-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If you train a child a certain way… He won’t abandon it when he gets older</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The parent has the ability to raise a child in a way that will ensure his behavior as an adult</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">But we were never taught how</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Many never saw it modeled</span></li></ul><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What is the role of a parent?</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c10" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c21" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxzTTyg_j5wWgHL7kUs3nMx9QGSXF1iiau?si%3DwVkCGwv_ZH1DMT4V&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1693638334397776&usg=AOvVaw3zEXSO9SmSyJMvL1IT2zL-" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxzTTyg_j5wWgHL7kUs3nMx9QGSXF1iiau?si=wVkCGwv_ZH1DMT4V</span></a></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Parents responsibilities</span></span></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Create a sense of safety</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Nurture</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">To equip</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Encourage</span></span></li></ol><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Making sure that the child feels that they have the tools that they need to interact with the world get out of the world what they are seeking</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c11" id="h.9a8026ucyimf" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Safety</span></span></h2><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Feel like they aren’t constantly in threat</span></span></p><h3 class="c8" id="h.643p8w7vmd89" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Learned Anxiety</span></span></h3><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c18" style="font-weight: 700;">Example:</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> Scared of Dogs</span></span></p><ul class="c2 lst-kix_f330ar8g0xwb-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">anxiety</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">A child responds to the mother’s facial responses</span></span></p><h2 class="c11" id="h.r5653dne8axo" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Nurture</span></span></h2><h3 class="c8" id="h.xkumzgfelju3" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Awareness of Needs</span></span></h3><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When you don’t experience nurture it is hard to have an awareness of your own needs</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">It is hard to distinguish between a healthy and an unhealthy environment</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This can result in A series of relationships that just fail out of the blue</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c8" id="h.m8wdyxuatjed" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Example: pulling dog's tail</span></span></h3><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c18" style="font-weight: 700;">Example</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">: Toddlers aren’t aware that they shouldn’t pull the dogs tail</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">I guess dogs aren’t safe</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Dogs don’t like me</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They come to conclusions that are true, but they needed some coaching to tell them not to pull the dogs tail</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Most of the time there were signals along the way they will let you know if there’s a situation is safe and trustworthy</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It is the parents job to raise their awareness and help them look for trustworthiness and reliability</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c8" id="h.c5th90terk9q" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Unaware of your own emotional needs</span></span></h3><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Because of the type of relationship you had with your parent you may be unaware of you emotional needs</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">For example, if you had to help regulate their emotional needs</span></span></p><ul class="c2 lst-kix_ojqzdbkchk1k-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“Don’t be sad mommy”</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c8" id="h.x4oaqy8y4eag" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This causes suffering</span></span></h3><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You experience suffering because you didn’t have the tools to contend with the things you needed to in the world</span></span></p><h2 class="c11" id="h.ui45qehq00jy" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Encouragement</span></span></h2><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Encouragement is an indwelt sense of autonomy</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c8" id="h.9nqtw5cn0rcw" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Response to Failure</span></span></h3><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If they fail to learn how to adjust their course and not feel defeated</span></span></p><ul class="c2 lst-kix_6g03qbnhibtr-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Instead of feeling that there’s something insufficient in them that is a irreparable</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c18" style="font-weight: 700;">A child should</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Have their needs met</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Feel nurtured</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">And not feeling like they are in constant threat</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c14" id="h.3uvgviioglff" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Our Parents Influenced How We See the World</span></span></h1><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Our Parents Gave Us Our Identity</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c10" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c21" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxN3PrsD9pV-EFM2zSa2Q_rY0TqhARD6Pz&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1693638334402797&usg=AOvVaw1X23z2MiAic7Z0d6g9GW3_" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxN3PrsD9pV-EFM2zSa2Q_rY0TqhARD6Pz</span></a></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c8" id="h.uq6iqzz2sn3z" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Our Identity</span></span></h3><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We formulate our identity based off of what our parents thought about us</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">The things that we saw and heard reflected back are the building blocks for what we saw of ourselves</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">You may have got encouragement and positivity</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You may have learned that you were irritating and an interruption</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“You are a leader”</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“You’re so stupid”</span></span></p><h3 class="c8" id="h.iaprrqc1ernr" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Our World View</span></span></h3><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">This is also how we got our view of the world</span><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">An arbitrary place full of betrayal and suffering</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">cynical</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">We expect betrayal and suffering I feel that it is futile</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Some parents believe that if you dealt with your problems nobly that there could be flourishing</span></li></ul><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This impacts who we are and how we deal with suffering</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Some people pitch forgiveness is pretending that those wounds didn’t matter</span></span></p><ul class="c2 lst-kix_wtplhjy4k6i6-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The reality is that those rooms mattered the most</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c8" id="h.mt6mobnfmso9" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Earning Love</span></span></h3><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If a child feels the need to earn their parents love… They may enter a relationship where they feel the need to earn their partners love</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c11" id="h.5hchqn945r06" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Reasons Parents Fall Short</span></span></h2><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They can’t read the children’s minds… They don’t know their needs</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">They were focused on a goal…</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Get good grades</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">go to college</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Do good in baseball</span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">In a hurry</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Irritable</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Tired</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Distracted</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">They are going through their own suffering</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Parental health crisis</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Sibling was going through crisis</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Knowingly doesn’t attend to child’s needs</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Seeking and her own comfort or pleasure</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Avoiding own pain (drug, serial dating, drinking, partying)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Taking delight and tormenting or abusing their children</span></li></ul><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c14" id="h.t9msl9lwx1td" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What is Forgiving?</span></span></h1><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgiving is not</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Pretending that it never happened</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Forgetting what the person did</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Trusting them</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Letting them back in your life</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c8" id="h.qwjnljmn0dt6" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Loaned Jacket Example</span></span></h3><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I borrow your jacket</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It gets stolen</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgiveness is the question of what to do about the $200</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">I could buy you a new one</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I could give you money</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If you chose to buy another one that is forgiveness</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If you forgave me…you shouldn’t bring up the jacket out of the blue</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If I asks to borrow it again and you say no because you don’t trust me...that’s a separate issue</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgiveness is not necessarily</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Reconciliation</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Restored relationship</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgiveness means</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">you no longer get angry when you think about it</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They don’t owe you anything</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgiveness does not mean that I need to help you miss treat me</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">You need to get out of harms way first</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You can forgive and still set boundaries</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c11" id="h.kftn4yak3st4" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgiving Doesn’t Have Demands on the Person</span></span></h2><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If they still need to do something in order for you to forgive…you haven’t forgiven</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Apologize</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Admit they did it</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Take the blame</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">See it from your perspective</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgiveness is not for sale - Creflo Dollar</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c10" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c21" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cvklz8Lokr4/?igshid%3DMzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1693638334409083&usg=AOvVaw2xNt3yN8XNMX45uSVuN-ZR" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cvklz8Lokr4/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==</span></a></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c14" id="h.i9l1qgjx8h5q" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Parable of the Unforgiving Servant</span></span></h1><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Matthew 18:23-35</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">23 “For this reason the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his slaves. 24 “And when he had begun to settle them, one who owed him ten thousand talents was brought to him. 25 “But since he did not have the means to repay, his master commanded that he be sold, along with his wife and children and all that he had, and repayment be made. 26 “So the slave fell to the ground and prostrated himself before him, saying, ‘Have patience with me and I will repay you everything.’ 27 “And the master of that slave felt compassion, and he released him and forgave him the debt. 28 “But that slave went out and found one of his fellow slaves who owed him a hundred denarii; and he seized him and began to choke him, saying, ‘Pay back what you owe!’ 29 “So his fellow slave fell to the ground and began to plead with him, saying, ‘Have patience with me and I will repay you.’ 30 “But he was unwilling, and went and threw him in prison until he would pay back what was owed. 31 “So when his fellow slaves saw what had happened, they were deeply grieved and came and reported to their master all that had happened. 32 “Then summoning him, his master said to him, ‘You wicked slave, I forgave you all that debt because you pleaded with me. 33 ‘Should you not also have had mercy on your fellow slave, in the same way that I had mercy on you?’ 34 “And his master, moved with anger, handed him over to the torturers until he would repay all that was owed him. 35 “My heavenly Father will also do the same to you, if each of you does not forgive his brother from your heart.”</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Kingdom of God is also referred to as the “now and not yet”</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Part of it arrived with Jesus and is here now</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Part of it is future</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jesus spoke mostly of that which is here now on earth</span></span></p><ul class="c2 lst-kix_vfywkzsee1w4-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“Righteousness, joy peace in the Holy Spirit”</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This is not warning of a future “hell”</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Who is the torturer?</span></span></p><ul class="c2 lst-kix_n3ig0l35359v-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Satan</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When does God turn you over to him?</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">When you don’t forgive</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">He gives Satan permission</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Removes the hedge of protection</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ephesians 4:26-27</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">26 BE ANGRY, AND YET DO NOT SIN; do not let the sun go down on your anger, 27 and do not give the devil an opportunity.</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Anger is not a sin</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Still being angry when the sun comes up is the sin</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Your anger can turn into unforgiveness</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">That will give the devil an opportunity</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When you hold unforgiveness in your heart… Is when you give opportunity to the devil</span></span></p><ul class="c2 lst-kix_g65f423gubdv-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Every time you think about the person in the act… You give opportunity to the devil</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God allows the devil to take the opportunity that you give him if you haven’t forgiven</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Satan keeps bringing the painful issue to your remembrance</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The memory holds you in bondage</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If we don’t forgive… Satan will come and torture you with a memory of what the other person did</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c8" id="h.638aaolnfu3i" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Emotional Triggers</span></span></h3><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We get tortured when</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Somebody says or does something similar</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">It triggers us</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We remember that event</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c18" style="font-weight: 700;">Example: </span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">your spouse is late coming from work</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">You haven’t forgiven your ex for cheating on you</span></li></ul><h1 class="c14" id="h.buq9powzjt9y" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Why You Should Forgive</span></span></h1><h2 class="c11" id="h.cbau9cr1qng2" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You Get Rewarded for Forgiving</span></span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Proverbs 25:21-22</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">21 If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; And if he is thirsty, give him water to drink; 22 For you will heap burning coals on his head, And the LORD will reward you.</span></span></p><ul class="c2 lst-kix_i3atlm3krslg-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You get blessed when you return good for evil</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c11" id="h.70kp5yihynbj" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Unforgiveness Affects Your Character</span></span></h2><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You become whoever you are angry at</span></span></p><ul class="c2 lst-kix_faj33gs0l33-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You take on their identity</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Once your truly forgive the person… The anger is gone</span></span></p><ul class="c2 lst-kix_qpx5ty444z58-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">And you’ll never feel that way again</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You become like your mother/father</span></span></p><ul class="c2 lst-kix_qlp54st01q74-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If you don’t forgive</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c8" id="h.9ze7xex98ljq" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It Impacts Your Relationship With God</span></span></h3><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Matthew 6:14-15</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">14 “For if you forgive other people for their offenses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 “But if you do not forgive other people, then your Father will not forgive your offenses.</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jesus teaches that an unforgiving heart is an unforgiven heart</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">– – John piper</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You will not enter into the kingdom of heaven within until you forgive her</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">It impacts your relationship with a Holy Spirit</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">You won’t have righteousness, joy and peace in your life</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I don’t believe this refers to salvation</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c11" id="h.g5rbmm7elmw4" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgiving Is For You…Not Them</span></span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You forgive for yourself</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c10" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c21" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/CuHzfqUgvMo/?igshid%3DMzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1693638334415601&usg=AOvVaw1d_2_Va0m1nLB7JNapE0yE" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/CuHzfqUgvMo/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==</span></a></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c8" id="h.ie6nplgt0u9h" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Pain Goes Away</span></span></h3><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If you don’t forgive… The pain that you feel when it happened is still there</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c14" id="h.njfrlreidx0h" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Barriers to Forgiveness</span></span></h1><h2 class="c11" id="h.v80mx6ullkh" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Justice</span></span></h2><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We want justice to be done</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We are wired to want fairness</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Give it to God</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“ i’m not gonna be the judge, jury, or executioner anymore“</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Let God Settle the Injustice</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c10" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c21" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxWoBy0WC5XtI6Z6EKxhbf9KPX3JTCPrLl&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1693638334416949&usg=AOvVaw00Ndf6caCks-pYK9oFrPR6" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxWoBy0WC5XtI6Z6EKxhbf9KPX3JTCPrLl</span></a></span></p><ul class="c2 lst-kix_ocjg9439oh5r-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">who’s ever send you forgive will be forgiven</span></li></ul><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c11" id="h.atvz0lyyqmgo" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They don’t deserve it</span></span></h2><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You're Not forgiving them because they deserve to be forgiven?</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">You are forgiving them because you were commanded to by God.</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You are forgiving out of obedience to God</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c8" id="h.1pjmlkjtz1t8" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You Deserve It</span></span></h3><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You heard the saying “time heals all wounds”</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">That’s a lie</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Time does not heal if you haven’t forgiven</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">You will have exactly the same pain and exactly the same anger</span></li></ul><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgiveness means that they no longer owe you anything</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Including an apology</span></li></ul><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You are not required to have relationship with people who are treating you the wrong way</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">But he does require us to forgive them</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your forgiveness is not based on them deserving it</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">—--------------------------------------- video ends here --------------------------------------------------------</span></span></p><h2 class="c11" id="h.c705wtptzhg8" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Righteous anger</span></span></h2><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Righteous anger is being angry about the same thing that God would be angry about</span></span></p><ul class="c2 lst-kix_2uss2zsw90wp-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Would Jesus have been angry about it?</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Righteous anger that is not forgiven… Is unforgiveness</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c18" style="font-weight: 700;">Ephesians 4:28</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> in your anger do not sin. Do not let the Sun go down on your anger and give the devil a foothold</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">There is a time limit on your anger when it becomes unforgiveness</span></span></p><h2 class="c11" id="h.v8o4odgyofcu" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They Owe Me</span></span></h2><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They don’t owe me anything… They owe God</span></span></p><h3 class="c8" id="h.st9njqafdfrr" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If They Wouldn’t Have…</span></span></h3><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We justify our own sins because of someone else’s behavior</span></span></p><ul class="c2 lst-kix_gi2y0mgeflf6-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If they wouldn’t have said this I wouldn’t have done that</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If you would’ve pay more attention to me I wouldn’t have cheated</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c11" id="h.tcekiqbid79b" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">A Need For Them to Acknowledge What They Did Wrong</span></span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Some people are caught up wanting their parents to acknowledge what they did</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I want my parents to Acknowledge it</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c10" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c21" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxHhTW3lM2ol1eaYrMO8-ViRN3z2r8qgiN&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1693638334420545&usg=AOvVaw27J0G6ioWqkfpHlWucHVUt" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxHhTW3lM2ol1eaYrMO8-ViRN3z2r8qgiN</span></a></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You are asking your parents to provide safety and encouragement in domains where they failed to provide safety and encouragement</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You are asking them to</span></span></p><ul class="c2 lst-kix_lwcurqre6u9o-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Show self-awareness</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Nurture you in an area they may feel the deepest shame</span></span></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">Instructor: Michael Leadon</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/s_NVnZMlGoQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="s_NVnZMlGoQ"></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><br /></span></span></div><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c14" id="h.qoq8jb2dh9fu" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">References</span></span></h1><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How to forgive your mother</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Gene Wagstaff</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">how to forgive your father</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Gene<span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> Wagstaff</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How do I deal with Christian parents who don’t acknowledge that they abused me?</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Desiring God</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgiving your parents</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Matthius Jay Barker</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How can I forgive my parents for childhood abuse?</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Desiring God</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Why bad things happen to good people part two</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jean Wagstaff</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Finding happiness: how forgive him my mother radically changed my life</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sonja weyers | TEDx talks</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c14" id="h.8g75nzf35vew" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Extra</span></span></h1><h2 class="c11" id="h.cd8w9wje3t6" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Scriptures</span></span></h2><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Exodus 20:12</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be prolonged on the land which the LORD your God gives you.</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 Peter 2:19-21 (NASB20) 19 For this finds favor, if for the sake of conscience toward God a person endures grief when suffering unjustly. 20 For what credit is there if, when you sin and are harshly treated, you endure it with patience? But if when you do what is right and suffer for it you patiently endure it, this finds favor with God. 21 For you have been called for this purpose, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you would follow in His steps,</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ephesians 5:25-27 (NASB20) 25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her, 26 so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, 27 that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy and blameless.</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c11" id="h.f2dq7xwh8s5" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Leave Your Gift At the Altar</span></span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Matthew 5:23-25</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">23 “Therefore, if you are presenting your offering at the altar, and there you remember that your brother has something against you, 24 leave your offering there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and present your offering. 25 “Come to good terms with your accuser quickly, while you are with him on the way to court, so that your accuser will not hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the officer, and you will not be thrown into prison.</span></span></p><ul class="c2 lst-kix_unie44maszp6-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God puts more importance on us forgiving each other than he does on worship of himself</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I am not to worship God if someone has been offended by me</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I need to go to that person and attempt to make it right</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It takes a great deal of humility to go to someone asked to be forgiven… When you have done nothing wrong</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God doesn’t want the other person to be turned over to the devil and tortured</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The goal is not for you to be innocent… The goal is for them to be free</span></span></p><ul class="c2 lst-kix_c2etdh4u3hre-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You don’t need to give a bunch of Excuses why you weren’t in the wrong</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You aren’t focusing on whether you are guilty or not</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Scripture does it say whether you have done anything wrong or not</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Example: “Jim walked right past me at church this morning“</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If you don’t go to him… And every time he thinks about you he’s going to get angry</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I love you walking to church and worship every Sunday when your spouse is mad at you</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Imagine how different the worship service would be if everyone in church did this</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c11" id="h.l16fl1wwteig" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Being Friends With the Kids Isn’t the Goal</span></span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Matthew 19: 4-5</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c20" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span class="c22 c18" style="background-color: white; color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c21" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/matthew/19-4.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1693638334426786&usg=AOvVaw2lTIsTAi4ZQrcOUKKHrWZi" style="text-decoration: inherit;">4</a></span><span class="c20" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;"> And He answered and said, “Have you not read that He who created </span><span class="c20 c26" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic;">them</span><span class="c20" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;"> from the beginning MADE THEM MALE AND FEMALE, </span><span class="c18 c22" style="background-color: white; color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c21" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/matthew/19-5.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1693638334427186&usg=AOvVaw0gTydXyZyWt9IZ5v58lCyk" style="text-decoration: inherit;">5</a></span><span class="c20" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;"> and said, ‘FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND HIS MOTHER AND BE JOINED TO HIS WIFE, AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH’?</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The goal isn’t that you can hang out with your kids when they get grown</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The goal is that your kids will have healthy (non-toxic) relationships and successful life in Christ</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p><br /></p>Unchained Discipleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11710595205237468334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6986426612019457751.post-30609455354607098982023-08-02T22:58:00.002-07:002023-08-13T23:54:13.989-07:00Crucifying the Flesh<p><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcfbriUNBRJ9Ju5InGwX183mIJkJ47FL1g5wEYhf5degPZI1frniu_IDxF5gv6z39ZY-LmdgwNC1XGqGyTQ0bTnHGfb5SGc07sjG7VhtsKbAlUJfHfCxLHA8EIuMh3w7eciytE_HMNIQvJ1CigPe227ME7h9gczWt6m7oC20n6yOtXNeZBAyc4Xt2H4xHW/s1280/Crucifying%20Your%20Flesh-1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcfbriUNBRJ9Ju5InGwX183mIJkJ47FL1g5wEYhf5degPZI1frniu_IDxF5gv6z39ZY-LmdgwNC1XGqGyTQ0bTnHGfb5SGc07sjG7VhtsKbAlUJfHfCxLHA8EIuMh3w7eciytE_HMNIQvJ1CigPe227ME7h9gczWt6m7oC20n6yOtXNeZBAyc4Xt2H4xHW/s320/Crucifying%20Your%20Flesh-1.png" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">Is our flesh already dead or do we need to crucify it daily? God will do it if you don't.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">~~<a href="https://youtu.be/bNtFWISJ-Q4" target="_blank">Watch the Video</a>~~</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Outline:</span></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Introduction</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Traits of Wholeness</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Our 3 Enemies/Opposition</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Two Dimensions of Our Flesh Nature</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">What does Crucifying the flesh look like?</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">4 agendas that enliven the flesh</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">City building</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Fire lighting</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Wall Whitewashing</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Honey Eating</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">God will help you kill your flesh</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How We Crucify the Flesh</span></span></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><br /></span></span></div><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Scriptures:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Romans 7:14-19</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 John 2:15</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">John 3:16</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Romans 12:2</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Galatians 5:24</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Romans 6:11</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Genesis 4:10-12</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Isaiah 50:10-11</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Isaiah 30:9-11</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Judges 14:8-9</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Philippians 1:6</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ezekiel 13:10-11</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">John 8:36</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Galatians 5:16-17</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Colossians 3:1-2</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c29 c9" id="h.7vc1ccuxn0z7" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Introduction</span></span></h1><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Romans 7:14-19</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">14 For we know that the Law is spiritual, but I am fleshly, sold into bondage to sin. 15 For I do not understand what I am doing; for I am not practicing what I want to do, but I do the very thing I hate. 16 However, if I do the very thing I do not want to do, I agree with the Law, that the Law is good. 17 But now, no longer am I the one doing it, but sin that dwells in me. 18 For I know that good does not dwell in me, that is, in my flesh; for the willing is present in me, but the doing of the good is not. 19 For the good that I want, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want.</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Who can relate to that..“the good I want to do…I don’t do”</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Paul still has urges that he needs to overcome</span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Isn’t This the same Paul that told us that we “died to the flesh” a couple chapters ago</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Why doesn’t he just “Kill His Flesh”?</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Is our flesh already dead or do we need to kill it daily?</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4 c42" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px 0px 0px 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Is the “old man” dead?</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Do we need to crucify our flesh?</span></span></p><ul class="c13 lst-kix_f696fqs626b4-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What does it mean to crucify the flesh daily?</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How do we kill the urges that we have?</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Does God help us to kill them if we refuse to?</span></p><p class="c15 c8" style="background-color: white; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c19" style="color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 20pt;">Traits of Wholeness</span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">We are in our series called <span class="c40" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">Seeking Wholeness</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c38" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How can we be:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Spiritually healthy</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Emotionally healthy</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Mentally healthy</span></span></li></ul><p class="c38 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Free from oppression of</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Our past</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ourself</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Bad thinking</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Strongholds</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The enemy</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c38" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’re talking about</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">dealing with life’s current stresses</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">being healed from experiences/wounds of the past</span></span></li></ul><p class="c8 c38" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c38" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’re not just promised eternal life</span></span></p><ul class="c13 lst-kix_w1pdnye4eotn-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c18 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’re supposed to have: joy, peace, patience, and self control here on earth</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c17 c9" id="h.foj7l4dozv34" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Traits of Wholeness</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_kdp3247mx7rz-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Authenticity</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_kdp3247mx7rz-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Honesty</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_kdp3247mx7rz-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Kindness</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_kdp3247mx7rz-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not seeking external approval / validation</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_kdp3247mx7rz-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Living by values and principles</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_kdp3247mx7rz-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Setting Boundaries</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_kdp3247mx7rz-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Taking ownership of your responsibilities</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_kdp3247mx7rz-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Living with purpose and passion</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_kdp3247mx7rz-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Optimism</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_kdp3247mx7rz-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Confidence</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_kdp3247mx7rz-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Healthy relationships with others</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_kdp3247mx7rz-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not losing control of your emotions</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_kdp3247mx7rz-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Free from addictions</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_kdp3247mx7rz-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Addressing Conflict with truth and love</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_kdp3247mx7rz-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Vulnerability</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_kdp3247mx7rz-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not critical or Judgemental</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_kdp3247mx7rz-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not jealous of others</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_kdp3247mx7rz-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgive those who have wronged you in the past</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_kdp3247mx7rz-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Know that you’re worthy of receiving love</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_kdp3247mx7rz-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not afraid to fail</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_kdp3247mx7rz-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Able to manage irrational fear, worry, and anxiety</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_kdp3247mx7rz-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Selfless encounters with others</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_kdp3247mx7rz-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not manipulating others trying to control their actions/reactions</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_kdp3247mx7rz-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You care about how others feel</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_kdp3247mx7rz-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Patient</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_kdp3247mx7rz-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t give into peer/social pressure</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_kdp3247mx7rz-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Can communicate directly</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_kdp3247mx7rz-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t take responsibility for other people's emotions</span></span></li><li class="c4 c21 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_kdp3247mx7rz-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Take responsibility for your own emotions</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_kdp3247mx7rz-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Slow to anger</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_kdp3247mx7rz-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ability to maturely express your wants, needs and desires</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_kdp3247mx7rz-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">Being led by the Spirit</span></li></ul><div><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 20pt;">Our 3 Enemies/Opposition</span><br /></span><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Bible speaks of three enemies that we have</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Satan and the satanic</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">The world</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The flesh</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c32 c9" id="h.3kb6kyypje76" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c23" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Satan</span></span></h2><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">There is a spiritual reality that is actually working against us</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">satan</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">fallen angels</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">demons</span></span></li></ol><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We can get trapped by</span></span></p><ul class="c13 lst-kix_vwxehf7goc99-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c3 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Overestimating the influence of the devil</span></span></li><li class="c3 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c30"><span style="font-family: times;">Underestimating the influence of the devil</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">During the Spiritual Warfare series we had lessons on:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Satan</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Demons</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Witchcraft</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Curses</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Occult</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Various spiritual warfare tactics - Distraction, Accusation, Deception, etc.</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">There are three access points for Satan and demons</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Covenants</span></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Making a deal with the devil (occult)</span></span></li></ul><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ignorance</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Disobedience</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We fight the enemy with the armor of God</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Truth</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Righteousness</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Gospel</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Faith</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Hope of Salvation</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Bible</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Hearing from God</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c32 c9" id="h.jt9tv5z1w0eq" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c23" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The World</span></span></h2><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">As Christians, should we love the world?</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c37" style="font-weight: 700;">1 John 2:15</span><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c17 c9" id="h.6mtah19rav5i" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“The world” is used in different ways</span></span></h3><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">John 3:16</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life.</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This seems contradictory.</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">God loves the world.</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Yet he tells us not to love the world.</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Paul uses “the world” to refer to:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">The cosmos… The entire created order</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">All mankind</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jews and gentiles alike</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">That which is opposed to God</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c6 c9" id="h.2l0v0bwzmswr" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The World System</span></span></h3><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We are not to love…the world system</span></span></p><ul class="c13 lst-kix_yryrtgq3c1dq-0" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Any system of thought without Christ at the center</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We are to love the world's people, but not its program.</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The world includes</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">The media</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">The entertainment industry</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">The educational system</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">The legal system</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your political party</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The world is</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">The system that we are in</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">The lenses we have over our eyes</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">A picture of reality that is portrayed for us</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c25" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Romans 12:2</span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.</span></span></p><h3 class="c6 c9" id="h.3roaipwywrf" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God vs Mammon</span></span></h3><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We shouldn’t get from the world</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Our priorities</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Our goals</span></span></li><li><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Our 5 year plan</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c9 c32" id="h.90qa708lzt60" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c23" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Flesh</span></span></h2><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The term Flesh is used to mean:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Our physical bodies</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">All mankind</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Our sinful nature</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We are talking about our sinful nature</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">from Adam</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c37" style="font-weight: 700;">It is not as if we only want to follow God and we have these two enemies against us.</span><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></span></p><ul class="c13 lst-kix_bnuizs1v2in5-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Our very nature craved sin</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“The flesh” is what the devil tempts</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“The flesh” is what is attracted to the world</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sometimes…You don't get defeated… You got disobedient</span></span></p><ul class="c13 lst-kix_relo7rtciqhh-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It was a deliberate conscious willful sin</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c17 c9" id="h.w62b66hzfvhp" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Only One That God Told us to Kill…Is the Flesh</span></h3><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">many charismatics believe that deliverance will fix everything</span></span></p><ul class="c13 lst-kix_c9dh8yet9ha-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We believe that everything is a demon</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c30"><span style="font-family: times;">The Amish emphasize on escaping from the world. </span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We are never told to kill either the world nor the devil.</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">But he has told us to kill the flesh. </span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Galatians 5:24</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c31 c26" style="background-color: white; color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c20" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/galatians/5-24.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1691044510134438&usg=AOvVaw3IP6mj5_Yj8ATFYViYJXDC" style="text-decoration: inherit;">24</a></span><span class="c27 c26" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;">Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.</span></span></p><h1 class="c29 c9" id="h.bzgm7w2xb880" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Two Dimensions of Our Flesh Nature</span></span></h1><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Is the flesh already dead based on the finished works of Christ?</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Do we need to kill our flesh daily?</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your sin nature</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your self nature</span></span></li></ol><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Romans 6:11</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">So you too, consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jesus removed the power of sin… But not the presence</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c32 c9" id="h.x9cdmttga9l" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c23" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Sin Nature</span></span></h2><h3 class="c17 c9" id="h.9cwsj99t5ecc" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“ The old man“</span></span></h3><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This is the flesh before you are saved</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The sin nature is against the word of God</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This was the nature that came upon man by reason of his fallen state</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This is what the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus defeated</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c17 c9" id="h.lfiej2fv3psb" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Temple of the Holy Spirit</span></span></h3><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Once you become a Christian</span></span></p><ul class="c13 lst-kix_g1l20wos4abt-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your body becomes a temple of the Holy Spirit</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Demons can no longer reside in your body</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c13 lst-kix_g1l20wos4abt-1 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c4 c21 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Their influence is now from the outside</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c32 c9" id="h.463v7sjwimle" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c23" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Nature of Self</span></span></h2><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">But the Holy Spirit doesn’t renew your mind</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We still have</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Pride</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Strongholds</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Independence from God</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This is the nature that a believer struggles with</span></span></p><ul class="c13 lst-kix_9wgmhx2veb3-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Bible also refers to this as “the flesh”</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“Self“ is the inability to intentionally live your life with the consciousness that everything about you should glorify the Lord</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c37" style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: times;">Even though Satan didn’t have a flesh body… He still had pride</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c17 c9" id="h.rguah83ulpz4" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Pride</span></span></h3><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It includes “pride”</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Motivated by</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Self-centeredness</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Vainglory</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Self exaltation</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This does not negate the victory of Christ</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c17 c9" id="h.x2vtwncdh9jp" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Strongholds</span></span></h3><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">A stronghold is The lie we tell ourselves to justify our sin</span></span></p><ul class="c13 lst-kix_doo77aoubczq-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The reasoning that we give ourselves to explain why God is wrong</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Examples</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">As long as I’m happy and not hurting anyone that’s all that matters</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Bible was written a long time ago and doesn’t apply to today</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">As long as we love each other it’s OK</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">The bible was written in a patriarchal society, we have evolved as a society since then</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">They aren’t meeting my needs, so it’s OK for me to sin</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Everybody does it</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I’m not as bad as them, so my little sin isn’t that bad</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c29 c9" id="h.oyayzfsy7vz0" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What does Crucifying the flesh look like?</span></span></h1><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“The flesh” is:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Trying to make life work without dependence on God</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Giving higher priority to my satisfaction than God’s pleasure.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">A commitment to find joy for my soul outside of God.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">A belief that there is something truly good that God does not provide.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Self dependence.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Self preoccupation</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Self-centeredness.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Attitudes that look to other people and things for satisfaction.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Independence.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">A rebellion against God’s authority</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Independence that creates agendas in our lives that run directly counter to God’s</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dying to the flesh means dying to self</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Crucifying the flesh is to:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Die to the mindset of the system</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">prioritize the kingdom over worldly goals and desires</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">resist the temptation of the devil</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">put God’s truth above all other truths</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“Death” means to die to your</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ego</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Plans</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ambitions</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What you have built</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">A dead man is not easily offended</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c29 c9" id="h.n8peez5zmq15" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">4 agendas that enliven the flesh</span></span></h1><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">All of these agendas take God out of the equation</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><ol class="c13 lst-kix_f0brtfnuw0hb-0 start" start="1" style="counter-reset: lst-ctn-kix_f0brtfnuw0hb-0 0; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_f0brtfnuw0hb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Depending on your own talents and resources to make life work.</span></span></li></ol><ul class="c13 lst-kix_f0brtfnuw0hb-1 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c4 c21 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Idol: Adequacy / Independence</span></span></li><li class="c4 c21 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Fear: Failure</span></span></li><li class="c4 c21 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Biblical analogy: City Building</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><ol class="c13 lst-kix_f0brtfnuw0hb-0" start="2" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_f0brtfnuw0hb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Reducing the mysteries of life to manageable strategies that we can follow.</span></span></li></ol><ul class="c13 lst-kix_f0brtfnuw0hb-1 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c4 c21 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Idol: Control/Confidence</span></span></li><li class="c4 c21 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Fear: Confusion</span></span></li><li class="c4 c21 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Biblical analogy: Fire lighting</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><ol class="c13 lst-kix_f0brtfnuw0hb-0" start="3" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_f0brtfnuw0hb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Making it a priority to minimize personal risk.</span></span></li></ol><ul class="c13 lst-kix_f0brtfnuw0hb-1 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c4 c21 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Idol: Safety</span></span></li><li class="c4 c21 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Fear: Disaster</span></span></li><li class="c4 c21 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Biblical analogy: Wall Whitewashing</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><ol class="c13 lst-kix_f0brtfnuw0hb-0" start="4" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_f0brtfnuw0hb-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Finding satisfaction wherever you can</span></span></li></ol><ul class="c13 lst-kix_f0brtfnuw0hb-1 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c4 c21 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Idol: Comfort / Pleasure / Freedom</span></span></li><li class="c4 c21 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Fear: Responsibility</span></span></li><li class="c4 c21 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Biblical analogy: Honey Eating</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c29 c9" id="h.c4xru0i41gow" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">City building</span></span></h1><p class="c9 c34 subtitle" id="h.ifvazmgq48di" style="break-after: avoid; color: #666666; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 16pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c33" style="font-size: 15pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dependent On Your Own Talent/Resources (Adequacy)</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Genesis 4:10-12</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c24" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c20" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/genesis/4-10.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1691044510142546&usg=AOvVaw2WsxmzCZUBmRFvjjHOcYiR" style="text-decoration: inherit;">10</a></span>“What have you done?” replied the LORD. “The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground. <span class="c24" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c20" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/genesis/4-11.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1691044510142861&usg=AOvVaw3AeQYEZy6h_7s10wQafs5L" style="text-decoration: inherit;">11</a></span> Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand. <span class="c24" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c20" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/genesis/4-12.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1691044510143044&usg=AOvVaw37eg69E6WhtuAQb5rfGen2" style="text-decoration: inherit;">12</a></span><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">When you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c19 c26" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The earth would no longer bear fruit for Cain</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The result of this was that he could not create a farm and stay put. He was sentenced to wander the earth eating fruit and vegetation where he could find it.</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">He was at God’s mercy of food being available.</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How many of you grow your own fruit, vegetables and meat?</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">So as a solution, Cain <span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> built the first city.</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">He could trade things for food and didn’t need to rely on God for it</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">He created a community where they could rely on each other instead of God</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Cain was a “City Builder”</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">City Builders draw from their own efforts, in order to secure the advantages of life that God refuses to provide</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">City builders depend on their own resources to bring a sense of control into their lives.</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They are instantly consumed with doubts about our adequacy. </span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If they’re successful… they call it happiness.</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If they fail… they learn to hate</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">themselves</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">others For not helping</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God for his indifference</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c17 c9" id="h.3elftjb3vc3u" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Traits of City Builders</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jealousy</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Enjoyment of another’s misfortune.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dependence on complements.</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Hypersensitivity to criticism.</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c9 c17" id="h.3jikt9puz8o" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Fear of City Builders</span></span></h3><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">City builders are terrified of failure.</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They hate their own weaknesses. </span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They are preoccupied by their own adequacy or inadequacy. </span></span></p><ul class="c13 lst-kix_r9asxjip44k7-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Feeling either smug or empty. </span></span></li></ul><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">They are coiled to erupt in fury against anyone who increases their fear. </span></p><h1 class="c6 c9" id="h.xrzph5d3yvl" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Fire lighting</span></span></h1><p class="c6 c9 subtitle" id="h.87ryil7rk8r0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #666666; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 16pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c33" style="font-size: 15pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Trust in Their Own Plan</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">want to be right</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Want control</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Commitment to confidence</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Reducing the mysteries of life to manageable strategies that they can follow.</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c35" style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: times;">Isaiah 50:10-11</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">10 Who is among you who fears the LORD, Who obeys the voice of His servant, Who walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the LORD and rely on his God. 11 Behold, all you who kindle a fire, Who encircle yourselves with flaming arrows, Walk in the light of your fire And among the flaming arrows you have set ablaze. This you will have from My hand: You will lie down in torment.</span></span></p><ul class="c13 lst-kix_ckv91xhryob6-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c3 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When you walk in darkness…you should trust in the Lord</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“Fireligthers” would rather light their own fire</span></span></p><ul class="c13 lst-kix_wg11hdhg168s-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c3 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They don’t want to depend on God for anything</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">For those who trust God… Mystery doesn’t pose a problem. </span></span></p><ul class="c13 lst-kix_xkn7mnw7z3in-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c3 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">For those who live by their own plans… Mystery is offensive. </span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If we walk confident in the light of our own torches… We are not dependent on God. </span></span></p><p class="c5" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They don’t trust God</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They want to be in control</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c25" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Fire lighters.</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Love formulas</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Work too hard.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">They trust their models</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">They don’t want to listen for God’s voice</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Follow the theory too closely</span></span></li><li><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Depend too much on approved techniques</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They view the Bible as</span></span></p><ul class="c13 lst-kix_462n1hs7d5sv-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c3 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">A rulebook</span></span></li><li class="c3 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">A collection of principles to follow when life gets rough</span></span></li></ul><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">…rather than a revelation of God's heart.</span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Fire lighters hate</span></span></p><ul class="c13 lst-kix_20a2hc7ooriu-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c3 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Uncertainty.</span></span></li><li class="c3 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">confusion</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Fire lighters demand.</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Clear answers.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Practical instructions.</span></span></li><li><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Actionable solutions.</span></span></li></ul><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Life is livable if they feel confident in their plans</span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They blindly follow what the experts recommend</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c6 c9" id="h.pz6uldsde1tg" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Fear</span></span></h3><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Their nagging question is.</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Am I right?</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Am I doing this properly?</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Am I making big mistakes?</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Is there a better way of handling this situation?</span></span></li><li><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Who would know that might tell me?</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c6 c9" id="h.nyr7efggl3n4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c23" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They’re urges to be killed are:</span></span></h2><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">The demand to be right.</span></span></li><li><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The insistence that we find confidence in a strategy because of its guaranteed outcome</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c25" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They replace a trust in God with confidence and a system that they can follow. </span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c6 c9" id="h.5csshc4hlykb" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Wall Whitewashing</span></span></h1><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">A commitment to safety</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">priority to minimize risk</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">People Hate uncertainty. They are scared to death.</span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">There must be a way to live that lowers the probability of bad things happening. </span></span></p><p class="c5" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ezekiel 13: 10 -11</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c24" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c20" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/ezekiel/13-10.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1691044510150144&usg=AOvVaw2RkzFgjLxl1obMwMk7GanE" style="text-decoration: inherit;">10</a></span>It is definitely because they have misled My people by saying, ‘Peace!’ when there is no peace. And when anyone builds a wall, behold, they plaster it over with whitewash; <span class="c24" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c20" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/ezekiel/13-11.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1691044510150356&usg=AOvVaw2UfP2dECvKJopFyap7EN0L" style="text-decoration: inherit;">11</a></span><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">so tell those who plaster it over with whitewash, that it will fall. A flooding rain will come, and you, hailstones, will fall, and a violent wind will break out.</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The prophets prophesied peace just to make them feel good</span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They built flimsy walls around the city.</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">They desperately wanted to believe that these walls could keep them safe. </span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">They painted the walls with white wash to make them look sturdier. </span></span></li><li><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They had a false sense of protection. </span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Wall WhiteWashers want to protect themselves at all costs against whatever difficulties might frustrate their plans. </span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When we hear of tragedies happening to other people… We throw white wash on our walls to explain why it could not happen to us.</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They focus on:</span></span></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Am I safe?</span></span></li><li><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If not, what can I do to guarantee my safety?</span></span></li></ol><p class="c5" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Wall white washers hate uncertainty more than trusting God. </span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They demand protection.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">They provide it for themselves when God doesn’t. </span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c35" style="font-weight: 700;">Fear</span><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">: disaster</span></span></p><h1 class="c6 c9" id="h.1dhfagea5hzs" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Honey Eating<span class="c14" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></span></h1><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Judges 14:8-9</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c24" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c20" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/judges/14-8.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1691044510152046&usg=AOvVaw35EcssYeXySQVpFvR_lhTY" style="text-decoration: inherit;">8</a></span>When Samson returned later to take her, he left the road to see the lion’s carcass, and in it was a swarm of bees, along with their honey. <span class="c24" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c20" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/judges/14-9.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1691044510152209&usg=AOvVaw2sMYnPqKhvuV6pyHSmEnlI" style="text-decoration: inherit;">9</a></span><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">So he scooped some honey into his hands and ate it as he went along. And when he returned to his father and mother, he gave some to them and they ate it. But he did not tell them that he had taken the honey from the lion’s carcass.</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Because at that time in Israel’s history, touching the carcass of a dead animal was considered unclean (Leviticus 11). But Samson ate the honey anyway, gave some to his parents, and so defiled himself and his parents.</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c25" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Honey eating highlights our urge for immediate satisfaction on demand and on terms that we can control</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They want pleasure that they can control to fill them with joy. </span></span></p><p class="c5" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">With obvious things like.</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Pornography</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Over-eating</span></span></li><li><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Money</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">And less obvious things like.</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Prestige.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Competence.</span></span></li><li><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Power.</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Honey Eaters are driven by the urge to feel good right now.</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">There’s question is</span></span></p><ul class="c13 lst-kix_4v5g9jb6ec3n-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c3 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Am I fulfilled?</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">That is how they evaluate their.</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Relationships.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Bank accounts.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Careers.</span></span></li><li><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Day-to-day activities.</span></span></li></ul><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">… Do these things satisfy me?</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They find themselves, answering no because our souls were built for satisfaction that only Heaven can provide.</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Change jobs.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Leave spouses.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Change churches.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Live for bigger ministries.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Eat too much.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Indulge in more increasingly perverted, sexual urges</span></span></li><li><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Do whatever gives momentary satisfaction</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They don’t like being at the mercy of an unpredictable God</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Honey Eaters have the urge to.</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Feel completely good now.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Be able to arrange for intense satisfaction whenever they want it.</span></span></li><li><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Depend on no one who might refused to cooperate</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c6 c9" id="h.huhh61q39vhl" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Fear:</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Emptiness</span></span></li><li><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Responsibility</span></span></li></ul><h1 class="c29 c9" id="h.dub2m6svjt6q" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God will help you kill your flesh</span></span></h1><p class="c6 c9 subtitle" id="h.vffi7hv26d1m" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #666666; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 16pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700;">Philippians 1:6</span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work among you will complete it by the day of Christ Jesus.</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The good news is that God will help us kill our flesh</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The bad news is … God will help you kill your flesh</span></span></p><ul class="c13 lst-kix_4kryqtpqfxgy-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">… You got to go through some stuff</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c25" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God shows us that the passions of the flesh don’t lead to life and happiness as they promised. </span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They lead to.</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Misery</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Unhappiness.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Despair.</span></span></li><li><span class="c30" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Futility.</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c6 c9" id="h.l0le15qyvid7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c23" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How God Cures City Builders: The Wilderness</span></span></h2><div><span class="c23" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><p class="c6 c9 subtitle" id="h.vffi7hv26d1m" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #666666; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 16pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c33" style="font-size: 15pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The wilderness of personal inadequacy</span></span></p><div><br /></div></span></span></div><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">City builders depend on their own talent instead of depending on God</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God will take them to “The Wilderness”.</span></span></p><ul class="c13 lst-kix_99zcfl3yjy25-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c3 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">A place where their talents aren’t enough to bring them success</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c25" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The city builder gets taken to the wilderness... where he has no idea how to plan for the next stage in his life.</span></span></p><ul class="c13 lst-kix_kmdghti5n137-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c3 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c30"><span style="font-family: times;">Takes us to the desert where our claims for adequacy are proven false.</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The wilderness.</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Unpredictable uncontrollable times of life.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Things that used to work… No longer works.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">You realize that without God… All of your resources are useless</span></span></li><li><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">you lose the urge to prove your adequacy?</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c6 c9" id="h.mf3f7zdvddf" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Outcome</span></h3><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Change the question from.</span></span></p><ul class="c13 lst-kix_5i4ehvkfscq7-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c3 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Am I adequate?</span></span></li></ul><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">To</span></span></p><ul class="c13 lst-kix_poge6evyh4rp-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c3 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What can I do;give for God’s purpose?</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c6 c9" id="h.ckxrlkcxl14x" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c23" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How God Cures Fire Lighting: Deep Darkness</span></span></h2><div><span class="c23" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><p class="c6 c9 subtitle" id="h.1r4kri9s4tt9" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #666666; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 16pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c33" style="font-size: 15pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The darkness of unresolvable confusion.</span></span></p></span></span></div><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Fire lighters want to be in control</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c6 c9" id="h.1ufyj5t27gk3" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c23" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Difficulties that make us feel unsafe.</span></span></h2><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God will leave them with two options.</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Trust God</span></span></li><li><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sinking to despair</span></span></li></ul><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c25" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The fire lighter gets plunged into darkness… he can’t understand why things fell apart after so many years of faithful and fruitful service</span></span></p><ul class="c13 lst-kix_kmdghti5n137-0" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c3 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c30">God </span><span class="c30">places us in darkness where our hopes of confidence and clear strategies are dashed</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Deep darkness can cause you to fear God more than confusion</span></span></p><h3 class="c6 c9" id="h.e30k1432varr" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Outcome</span></h3><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Question Changes from</span></span></p><ul class="c13 lst-kix_bjee3tbfej8i-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c3 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“Am I right”</span></span></li></ul><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">To</span></span></p><ul class="c13 lst-kix_twsigtxqdidh-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c3 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“Whom do I trust”?</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c6 c9" id="h.4mp09cooyxl4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c23" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How God Cures Wall WhiteWashers: Shattered Dreams</span></span></h2><p class="c34 c9 subtitle" id="h.ho0uto4ucrqz" style="break-after: avoid; color: #666666; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 16pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Introducing difficulties that cannot be protected against.</span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Wall Washers want safety</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c25" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ezekiel 13:11-12</span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">11 so tell those who plaster it over with whitewash, that it will fall. A flooding rain will come, and you, hailstones, will fall, and a violent wind will break out. 12 “Behold, when the wall has fallen, will you not be asked, ‘Where is the plaster with which you plastered it?’”</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c25" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sometimes God allows The wall white washer to experience difficulties he thought he would never encounter…</span></span></p><ul class="c13 lst-kix_kmdghti5n137-0" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c3 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Introduces difficulties into our lives, that we thought we had protected ourselves against</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God will bring unavoidable hardship.</span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sometimes God allows seasons of trouble to come and knock down our walls.</span></span></p><h3 class="c6 c9" id="h.n47xw7gq8tmd" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Outcome</span></h3><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Questions changes from:</span></span></p><ul class="c13 lst-kix_ys3iicxpb4dt-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"> “am I safe?” </span></span></li></ul><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">To</span></span></p><ul class="c13 lst-kix_5v8zx7ljoc0-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"> “Am I in good enough hands to aggressively move into life?”</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c32 c9" id="h.4jegecy057kv" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c23" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How God Cures Honey Eaters</span></span></h2><div><span class="c23" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><p class="c34 c9 subtitle" id="h.ho0uto4ucrqz" style="break-after: avoid; color: #666666; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 16pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">The damage caused by our selfishness </span></p></span></span></div><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God often helps Honey Eaters get over it by showing them the damage their pursuit of pleasure causes to others. </span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="background-color: white; color: #242424; font-size: 12pt;">Repentance for </span><span class="c30">Honey Eaters</span><span class="c1 c46" style="background-color: white; color: #242424; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> occurs when they face the impact their selfish demand for personal fulfillment has had in harming others.</span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c25" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Exposing the damage in others, that selfishness can cause</span></span></p><ul class="c13 lst-kix_kmdghti5n137-0" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c3 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forcibly opens our eyes to how indulgent living hurts others… thus spoiling our pleasure in sin</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c6 c9" id="h.20ozyi91gbnh" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Outcome</span></h3><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Question changes from:</span></span></p><ul class="c13 lst-kix_7xju46a3x0hz-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c3 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“How can I be satisfied”</span></span></li></ul><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">to</span></span></p><ul class="c13 lst-kix_7xju46a3x0hz-0" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c3 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="background-color: white; color: #242424; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">“how can I bless?”</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c29 c9" id="h.ue8pyon7p7g9" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How We Crucify the Flesh</span></span></h1><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">John 8:36</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">“So if the Son sets you free, you really will be free.</span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c32 c9" id="h.va1t9rl9mekm" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c23" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Self Control / Discipline</span></span></h2><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Discipleship</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Devotion</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Discipline</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How to crucify your flesh</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c24" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c20" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/CthIpKhvpXi/?igshid%3DMzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1691044510166356&usg=AOvVaw2OSxwB78yly2h5MbKKPMSM" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/CthIpKhvpXi/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==</span></a></span></p><ul class="c13 lst-kix_44ib4w59f3yl-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Never give the body all that it wants</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How to kill the flesh – profit Lovey</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c24" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c20" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/shorts/AQ6PPU1d1WQ?feature%3Dshare&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1691044510166986&usg=AOvVaw12AKwy96cApctFetu8dl4v" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/shorts/AQ6PPU1d1WQ?feature=share</span></a></span></p><ul class="c13 lst-kix_h9zknrxpru3d-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">Feed something else, and starve the flesh</span></li></ul><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c32 c9" id="h.puo6pjpeus40" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c23" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Spend time in the presence of God</span></span></h2><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c32 c9" id="h.yo2rroyfyari" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c23" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Be Led by the Spirit</span></span></h2><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The presence of the Holy Spirit doesn’t remove the conflict… It creates it</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Galatians 5:16-17</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh. 17 For the desire of the flesh is against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are in opposition to one another, in order to keep you from doing whatever you want.</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c17 c9" id="h.ymamp5fwrtnp" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The flesh is at war with the Holy Spirit</span></span></h3><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You won’t have victory because you have the Holy Spirit</span></span></p><ul class="c13 lst-kix_uk3fsbu3t8bg-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You have victory because you yield to the Holy Spirit</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">~ having the Holy Spirit means you will know what the right choice is</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c17 c9" id="h.bpvsbzjki9of" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sword of the Spirit: Hearing From God</span></span></h3><ul class="c13 lst-kix_7f066mwzre05-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Obeying the Holy Spirit</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></p><h2 class="c32 c9" id="h.8ps7vnd12uu5" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c23" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Prioritize God over mammon</span></span></h2><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Colossians 3:1-2</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 Therefore, if you have been raised with Christ, keep seeking the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on the things that are above, not on the things that are on earth.</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Set</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your affinity</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your desire</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your longings</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Many people are focused on where they are going to go after they die</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jesus was focused on… How you are living right now</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Are you living in the kingdom of God in this moment or are you living in the kingdom of darkness</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c35" style="font-weight: 700;">Practical</span><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">: Focus on the kingdom when you wake up and before you go to sleep</span></span></p><ul class="c13 lst-kix_oh2enip7ll7-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c3 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t check your text and email first thing in the morning</span></span></li><li class="c3 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t watch the news first thing in the morning</span></span></li><li class="c3 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Spend time with God first</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c13 lst-kix_oh2enip7ll7-1 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c6 c21 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 72pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Worship</span></span></li><li class="c6 c21 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 72pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Scripture</span></span></li><li class="c6 c21 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 72pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Study</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c37" style="font-weight: 700;">Your Attention</span><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">: what you focus on</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c5" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c6 c9" id="h.14v3t4emhyb1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c23" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Summary</span></span></h2><h3 class="c6 c9" id="h.15d9j2so13rk" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">City building.</span></span></h3><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Core agenda: I will make my life work through resources I can control.</span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Preoccupying question: am I adequate?</span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Deep fear: inadequacy.</span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Angry demand: affirm me.</span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Opportunity. for false connection: working with people whose mutual competencies allow them to achieve a common for goals.</span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Related urges:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Jealousy.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Enjoyment of another’s misfortune.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Dependence on complements.</span></li><li><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Hypersensitivity to criticism.</span></span></li></ul><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God’s strategy for helping: time in the desert</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c6 c9" id="h.n5a17jg6zqvm" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Fire lightIng</span></span></h3><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Core agenda: I will find a plan that I know will work</span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Preoccupying question: am I right?</span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Deep fear: confusion</span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Angry demand:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Agree with me.</span></li><li><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Tell me what will work</span></span></li></ul><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Opportunity for false connecting: finding people who agree with us, and dogmatically asserting the wisdom of our understanding while judging others who see things differently</span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Related urges:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Desire to divide</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Eagerness to criticize.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Love of argument.</span></li><li><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Condescending spirit.</span></span></li></ul><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God’s strategy for helping: deepening the darkness.</span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The message of connection:</span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">To trust him?</span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">New question: whom can I trust?</span></span></p><h3 class="c6 c9" id="h.pk96hfk8qiz2" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Wall white washing.</span></span></h3><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Core agenda: I will protect myself against the difficulties of life.</span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Preoccupying question: am I safe?</span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Deep fear : disaster.</span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Angry demand:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Align with me</span></li><li><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Help me protect myself.</span></span></li></ul><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Opportunity for false connection: living in community with folks who emphasize only the blessings in life and attribute those blessings to something they have done</span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Related urges:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">obsessive tendencies</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Shallow spirituality</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Disciplined habits.</span></li><li><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">adventurous?</span></span></li></ul><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God's Strategy for help: introducing difficulties that cannot be protected against.</span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The message of connection: I see courage in you.</span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">New question: am I in good enough hands to aggressively move into life?</span></span></p><h3 class="c17 c9" id="h.dhnjwvcta376" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Honey Eaters.</span></span></h3><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Core agenda: I want to feel good when I want to.</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">In a way that eliminates all pain.</span></li><li><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If only for a moment.</span></span></li></ul><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Preoccupying question: am I fulfilled?</span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Deep fear: emptiness.</span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Angry demand: acquiescence.</span></span></p><ul class="c13 lst-kix_mtltdkuen63o-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c3 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Cooperate with my efforts to feel good and don’t judge me</span></span></li></ul><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Opportunity for false connection: associating with superficial people who have no higher goal than enjoying life.</span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Related urges:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Impatience.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Insensitivity.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Indulgence.</span></li><li><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Greed.</span></span></li></ul><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Gods strategy for help: Exposing the damage in others, that selfishness can cause</span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The message of connection: you are forgiven</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bNtFWISJ-Q4" width="320" youtube-src-id="bNtFWISJ-Q4"></iframe></div><br /><p class="c5" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><br /></p><h1 class="c6 c9" id="h.n9875l75y4z9" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">References</span></span></h1><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Connecting</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Larry Crabb</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The world, the flesh, and the devil</span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Voddie bauchum</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The flesh</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Apostle Joshua Selman</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This is what do if you keep struggling with the flesh - lust</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Apostle Joshua‘s Selman</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The mystery of dying to the flesh and its glory</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Apostle Joshua Selman</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Victory over the flesh</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Vlad Savchuk</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">AMISH & TECHNOLOGY</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Discover Lancaster</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c29 c9" id="h.m27jmr3pwb52" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c14" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Extra</span></span></h1><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Galatians 5</span></span></p><p class="c15" style="background-color: white; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c31" style="color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c20" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/galatians/5-19.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1691044510179019&usg=AOvVaw21vebIQ5Uzp0l5CABgg494" style="text-decoration: inherit;">19</a></span><span class="c27" style="color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;">The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery; </span><span class="c31" style="color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c20" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/galatians/5-20.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1691044510179365&usg=AOvVaw01rDudnnNuw8mfI8VMsHXB" style="text-decoration: inherit;">20</a></span><span class="c27" style="color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;">idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions, </span><span class="c31" style="color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c20" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/galatians/5-21.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1691044510179565&usg=AOvVaw0dSU3PMu4IKn7sANugMoPR" style="text-decoration: inherit;">21</a></span><span class="c19" style="color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.</span></span></p><p class="c15" style="background-color: white; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c31" style="color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c20" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/galatians/5-22.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1691044510179831&usg=AOvVaw345ExOeuImVc0TSsbVJmah" style="text-decoration: inherit;">22</a></span><span class="c27" style="color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;">But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, </span><span class="c31" style="color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c20" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/galatians/5-23.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1691044510180028&usg=AOvVaw1_JlZGNpu_LTQ4LeuFUR9L" style="text-decoration: inherit;">23</a></span><span class="c19" style="color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.</span></span></p><p class="c15" style="background-color: white; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c31" style="color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c20" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/galatians/5-24.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1691044510180283&usg=AOvVaw2mn0EYc5MI15oe-EL2MbJa" style="text-decoration: inherit;">24</a></span><span class="c27" style="color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;">Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. </span><span class="c31" style="color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c20" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/galatians/5-25.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1691044510180480&usg=AOvVaw334evRjxcrLkG9OyIhC_nL" style="text-decoration: inherit;">25</a></span><span class="c19" style="color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Since we live by the Spirit, let us walk in step with the Spirit.</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ephesians 2:1-3 (NASB20) 1 And you were dead in your offenses and sins, 2 in which you previously walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience. 3 Among them we too all previously lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the rest.</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Romans 8:14-17</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">14 For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons and daughters of God. 15 For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons and daughters by which we cry out, “Abba! Father!” 16 The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God, 17 and if children, heirs also, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him.</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c26 c47" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 0pt solid rgb(34, 34, 34); border-right: 0pt solid rgb(34, 34, 34); border-top: 0pt solid rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c28" style="color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Job 33:14-18</span></span></p><p class="c4 c16" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c39" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">14 “Indeed God speaks once, Or twice, yet no one notices it. 15 “In a dream, a vision of the night, When deep sleep falls on people, While they slumber in their beds, 16 Then He opens the ears of people, And horrifies them with warnings, 17 So that He may turn a person away from bad conduct, And keep a man from pride; 18 He keeps his soul back from the pit, And his life from perishing by the spear.</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Understanding the radical depravity of our sin not only gives us a sensitivity towards those who are lost, not only helps us to understand the magnitude of our salvation, but it also reminds us that we are still in desperate need because the world in the flesh and the Devil are still there.</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">– <span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Voddie bauchum</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Amish</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Similar to <span class="c24" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c20" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.discoverlancaster.com/amish/lifestyle/&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1691044510182050&usg=AOvVaw38_S4bIFu2L3LdRx_cTjMG" style="text-decoration: inherit;">transportation</a></span><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">, though, it is just the ownership of telephones that is forbidden, not the use of them.</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If you’re dealing with defeat… You have to get stronger</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If you’re dealing with disobedience… You have to repent</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c32 c9" id="h.53mra8ad81zg" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c23" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Connecting</span></span></h2><h3 class="c6 c9" id="h.bz8eeql3ez6y" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">City Builders</span></span></h3><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“ I will find others with whom I can moan. I will share my struggle with people who, like me… depend for life on their personal adequacy. If we discover areas of mutual competence… We will start a joint venture and call it fellowship.</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c16 c4 c22" style="background-color: white; border-style: solid; border-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding: 0pt;"><span class="c44" style="color: #242424; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">City builders have a hard time connecting with someone else because they are looking for affirmation of themselves, not what is good in another. They can work together with other people towards a common goal but only if it increases their sense of adequacy.</span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We often feel that training is required in order to respond to someone correctly. Maybe the problem is that we feel inadequate for the situation. City building is the problem. </span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c30"><span style="font-family: times;">City builders don’t connect. They require others to confirm there adequacy. When someone does… A bond develops… False connection occurs</span></span></p><h3 class="c6 c9" id="h.utxcaqwrgyds" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Firelighters</span></span></h3><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“I will find people who agree with me on how life should work”.</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Agreement and conformity are more valuable than debate, and diversity in their communities</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Telling firelighters to “trust in God“ doesn’t sound like a good plan to them. Only darkness will make the idea of trust attractive. </span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c6 c9" id="h.qjixbpigf0b9" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Wall Whitewashers</span></span></h3><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They connect with people who provide the apparent means of protecting their lies from whatever they fear. Christian communities bond together by agreeing that certain certain actions and attitudes have persuaded God to preserve them from disaster. </span></span></p><p class="c5" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“I will hang with people who are terrified of Real risks, but have the social competencies to successfully function without meaningful vulnerability… And I will feel safe relating to them“</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Their commitment to safety restricts the freedom that connection requires.</span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When connecting, A wall white washer would feel the pressure to make things better… Or at least make them look better… As soon as possible. Maybe</span></span></p><ul class="c13 lst-kix_bs7xsqi5s1ze-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c3 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Prayer.</span></span></li><li class="c3 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Strong rebuke.</span></span></li><li class="c3 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Warm words and a big hug.</span></span></li></ul><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Real engagement is out of the questionL… Too risky.</span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c30"><span style="font-family: times;">They want everyone to feel a little better, and no big risk to be taken. </span></span></p><h3 class="c6 c9" id="h.g1udl22wqkcy" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Honey Eaters</span></h3><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“ I will bond with others who share my appetite for immediate relief. We will bond over.</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">The Chicago bulls.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">A great restaurant.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Golf</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Something worse</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">That lack of concern of their impact gets in the way of connecting. </span></span></p><p class="c4 c8" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We must never insist that our involvement creates a deep spiritual work. We must never demand a response to our intervention. We used to the Holy Spirit role and find ourselves in the middle of a power struggle. </span></span></p><p class="c5" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c30"><span style="font-family: times;">The message you want to convey is… “I believe in you“</span></span></p>Unchained Discipleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11710595205237468334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6986426612019457751.post-24040446761211447562023-06-25T23:48:00.003-07:002023-06-25T23:48:51.871-07:00Nightmares and Evil Dreams<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw4_95NhjaXyUMpsUrG2qTrk1U9-M7w7N7X48zyq6g6roOafnYC3ZQ16PrB5tqDaTSw3olWROU7FHst5Bn5ZuMu2jCubiB06PXe_vcv8CsH2wU-Bc8OzIVNbW9o445EmrL_awblytc02k9i_5vwN_aoKg_B1CeI4k92IXKoue5LDWgY-NfvzUqsWdx4Fn2/s1280/Nightmares-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw4_95NhjaXyUMpsUrG2qTrk1U9-M7w7N7X48zyq6g6roOafnYC3ZQ16PrB5tqDaTSw3olWROU7FHst5Bn5ZuMu2jCubiB06PXe_vcv8CsH2wU-Bc8OzIVNbW9o445EmrL_awblytc02k9i_5vwN_aoKg_B1CeI4k92IXKoue5LDWgY-NfvzUqsWdx4Fn2/s320/Nightmares-1.png" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /> What causes nightmares and how can you stop them?</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">~~ <a href="https://youtu.be/lpHXcLVVn6E" target="_blank">Watch the Video</a> ~~</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Worship</span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I will Not Fear</span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c20" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c6" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/KFa0vfGhsFc&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1687764981933493&usg=AOvVaw0qTmn8X4J_YxTwzTMbMXTs" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtu.be/KFa0vfGhsFc</span></a></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Outline:</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Introduction</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Traits of Wholeness</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Review</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">What Are Nightmares?</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Causes of Nightmares</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Night Terrors</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sleep paralysis</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sexual Demonic Dreams</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Do Demons Cause Nightmares?</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Frightening Dreams From God</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Summary</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Solutions for Nightmares</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Scriptures for Nightmares</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Scriptures:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Proverbs 3:24</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Job 33:14-18</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Matthew 2:21-22</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Genesis 15:12-14</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Job 33:14-18</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Romans 8:26-27</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Isaiah 38:1-5</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Psalms 91:5-13</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Psalms 4:8</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jeremiah 31:26</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 John 4:4</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">2 Timothy 1:7</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Psalms 27:2</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c1 c18" id="h.rngxnlxr1rgw" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c22" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Introduction</span></span></h1><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Proverbs 3:24</span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When you lie down, you will not be afraid; When you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Who has ever had a nightmare?</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Can satan/demons cause nightmares?</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Many Christians believe Christians can be possessed by demons, so demons can definitely influence your dreams</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Most Christians believe Christians can’t be possessed, but still believe Satan can influence dreams</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c28" style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: times;">Does God cause nightmares?</span></span></p><h2 class="c1 c18" id="h.ggyzly4dfrlh" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Nightmares From God</span></span></h2><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c9" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Job 33:14-18</span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">14 “Indeed God speaks once, Or twice, yet no one notices it. 15 “In a dream, a vision of the night, When deep sleep falls on people, While they slumber in their beds, 16 Then He opens the ears of people, And horrifies them with warnings, 17 So that He may turn a person away from bad conduct, And keep a man from pride; 18 He keeps his soul back from the pit, And his life from perishing by the spear.</span></span></p><p class="c1 c19" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">There is no such thing as evil/demonic dreams - Prophet Lovy</span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c20" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c6" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxBLMhln3fp-FTidoI0vYge6TjSHht3q_5&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1687764981936878&usg=AOvVaw26JgPqw-lG3O3QZp4dcCxB" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxBLMhln3fp-FTidoI0vYge6TjSHht3q_5</span></a></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">No one ever prayed against or rebuked dreams in scripture</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">There are no Bible verses or examples of Satan or demons influencing dreams</span></span></p><h2 class="c11" id="h.2l606br1a8qr" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">All Nightmares Aren’t Supernatural</span></h2><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Some Christians believe all nightmares are satanic/demonic</span></span></p><ul class="c2 lst-kix_dc06mkr7whwe-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c7 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Other Christians believe all dreams (including nightmares) are from God</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I believe that not all dreams are supernatural</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Example: scary movie dreams</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We will talk about both natural and supernatural reasons for nightmares</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c33 c18" id="h.nuwz121xmhui" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c22" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Traits of Wholeness</span></span></h1><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">We are in our series called <span class="c26" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">Seeking Wholeness</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c29" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How can we be:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Spiritually healthy</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Emotionally healthy</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Mentally healthy</span></span></li></ul><p class="c29 c19" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Free from oppression of</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Our past</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ourself</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Bad thinking</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Strongholds</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The enemy</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c29" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’re talking about</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">dealing with life’s current stresses</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">being healed from experiences/wounds of the past</span></span></li></ul><p class="c29 c19" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c29" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’re not just promised eternal life</span></span></p><ul class="c2 lst-kix_9ssjnx9omub-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c29 c16 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’re supposed to have: joy, peace, patience, and self control here on earth</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c17" id="h.ctkm7fq9wiw1" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Traits of Wholeness</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Authenticity</span></span></li><li class="c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_sn25sr7nxgpm-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Honesty</span></span></li><li class="c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_sn25sr7nxgpm-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Kindness</span></span></li><li class="c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_sn25sr7nxgpm-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not seeking external approval / validation</span></span></li><li class="c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_sn25sr7nxgpm-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Living by values and principles</span></span></li><li class="c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_sn25sr7nxgpm-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Setting Boundaries</span></span></li><li class="c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_sn25sr7nxgpm-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Taking ownership of your responsibilities</span></span></li><li class="c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_sn25sr7nxgpm-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Living with purpose and passion</span></span></li><li class="c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_sn25sr7nxgpm-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Optimism</span></span></li><li class="c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_sn25sr7nxgpm-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Confidence</span></span></li><li class="c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_sn25sr7nxgpm-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Healthy relationships with others</span></span></li><li class="c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_sn25sr7nxgpm-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not losing control of your emotions</span></span></li><li class="c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_sn25sr7nxgpm-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Free from addictions</span></span></li><li class="c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_sn25sr7nxgpm-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Addressing Conflict with truth and love</span></span></li><li class="c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_sn25sr7nxgpm-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Vulnerability</span></span></li><li class="c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_sn25sr7nxgpm-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not critical or Judgemental</span></span></li><li class="c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_sn25sr7nxgpm-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not jealous of others</span></span></li><li class="c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_sn25sr7nxgpm-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgive those who have wronged you in the past</span></span></li><li class="c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_sn25sr7nxgpm-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Know that you’re worthy of receiving love</span></span></li><li class="c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_sn25sr7nxgpm-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not afraid to fail</span></span></li><li class="c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_sn25sr7nxgpm-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Able to manage irrational fear, worry, and anxiety</span></span></li><li class="c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_sn25sr7nxgpm-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Selfless encounters with others</span></span></li><li class="c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_sn25sr7nxgpm-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not manipulating others trying to control their actions/reactions</span></span></li><li class="c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_sn25sr7nxgpm-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You care about how others feel</span></span></li><li class="c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_sn25sr7nxgpm-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Patient</span></span></li><li class="c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_sn25sr7nxgpm-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t give into peer/social pressure</span></span></li><li class="c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_sn25sr7nxgpm-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Can communicate directly</span></span></li><li class="c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_sn25sr7nxgpm-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t take responsibility for other people's emotions</span></span></li><li class="c10 c23 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_sn25sr7nxgpm-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Take responsibility for your own emotions</span></span></li><li class="c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_sn25sr7nxgpm-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Slow to anger</span></span></li><li class="c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_sn25sr7nxgpm-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ability to maturely express your wants, needs and desires</span></span></li><li class="c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_sn25sr7nxgpm-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Being led by the Spirit</span></span></li></ul><h1 class="c33 c18" id="h.yl32gjygh4rt" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c22" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Review</span></span></h1><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Everyone has several dreams each night</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Each one typically lasts for between 5 to 20 minutes.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Even for people who claim that they don’t dream</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They just don’t remember</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c1 c18" id="h.fjybfpvz0hi0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What Are Dreams?</span></span></h2><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dreams are stories and images that our minds create while we sleep.</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dreams occur in your unconscious (nonconscious) mind</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">dreams</span></span></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Can be</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Messages from God</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your unconscious (nonconscious) mind trying to tell you something</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Window into what is on your mind</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Foretelling the future</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">How we learn/store new information</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Help us sort out your thoughts</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Solve problems</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Threat simulation</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Emotional consolidation</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Spiritual Warfare ??</span></span></li></ol><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c11" id="h.i88umonscfaq" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How God Uses Dreams</span></span></h2><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">In the Bible, God used dreams to:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li class="c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_a54oipajynla-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Warn of negative future/current events</span></span></li><li class="c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_a54oipajynla-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Reveal His will and give direction</span></span></li><li class="c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_a54oipajynla-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Reveal Mysteries</span></span></li><li class="c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_a54oipajynla-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">To Change Your Character/Behavior</span></span></li><li class="c10 c23 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Correction</span></span></li><li class="c10 c23 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Warning</span></span></li><li class="c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_a54oipajynla-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">To accomplish His plan</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">God uses dreams to communicate with unbelievers too</span></p><h2 class="c11" id="h.cb224cinu6tj" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Lessons From Dreams in the Bible</span></span></h2><h3 class="c17" id="h.jr8o58uu6s35" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Joseph’s Dreams of Sheafs and Stars Bowing Down</span></span></h3><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">(Genesis 37: 5 - 11)</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><ol class="c2 lst-kix_b6hig96205rt-0 start" start="1" style="counter-reset: lst-ctn-kix_b6hig96205rt-0 0; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c16 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_b6hig96205rt-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t reveal the dream prematurely</span></span></li></ol><h3 class="c17" id="h.exx5033jz277" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Cupbearer’s and Baker’s Dreams</span></span></h3><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">(Genesis 40:5-8)</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><ol class="c2 lst-kix_p6cc8xte26jv-0 start" start="1" style="counter-reset: lst-ctn-kix_p6cc8xte26jv-0 0; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c16 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_p6cc8xte26jv-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">All Interpretations Come From God</span></span></li><li class="c1 c16 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_p6cc8xte26jv-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Each dream has its own interpretation</span></span></li></ol><ul class="c2 lst-kix_p6cc8xte26jv-1 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c23 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 72pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t use symbol dictionary</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c1 c18" id="h.vjgl9cnaca6r" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Pharaoh's dream</span></span></h3><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">(Genesis 41:17-27)</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li class="c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_bthu8xamv29o-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God Gives the Dream to the Person Who Can Do Something About it</span></span></li><li class="c10 c23 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Joseph had the prophetic gift of dream interpretation</span></span></li><li class="c10 c23 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God didn’t give the dream to Joseph</span></span></li><li class="c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_bthu8xamv29o-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dreams are often given to you in allegory or in symbolism</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c1 c18" id="h.x74sotqrjev7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Recurring Dreams</span></span></h2><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You have recurring dreams when it’s important</span></span></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your unconscious mind is trying to tell you something</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God is trying to get the message to you</span></span></li></ol><h2 class="c11" id="h.wkil6niug1n5" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Steps to Dream Interpretation</span></span></h2><h3 class="c1 c18" id="h.hjo8a2ebapf3" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Write Down the Details</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your Initial Interpretation</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">How Did You Feel?</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Recall Any Reference</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">What were your thoughts?</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Pay attention to symbols, colors, numbers, and objects</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c17" id="h.d15lzkxkdf06" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Pray to God For an Interpretation</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Is this dream giving me information or instruction?</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Understand there is timing involved</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c33 c18" id="h.cw21oc6fic8f" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c22" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What Are Nightmares?</span></span></h1><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Nightmares are defined as dreams that produce a strong negative emotional response, such as fear or horror.</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Nightmares may be:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Frightening</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sexual</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Violent</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c1 c18" id="h.ctd40ggd3ul2" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">50% of dreams are Negative</span></span></h2><ul class="c2 lst-kix_1ham0m9h5qsv-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c16 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Even for emotionally healthy people</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The most common emotions in dreams are</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Anxiety</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Fear</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sadness</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Anger</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Embarrassment</span></span></li><li><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Insecurity</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The most common emotion felt in dreams is anxiety</span></span></p><h2 class="c1 c18" id="h.tfhzulyr9s33" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Common Nightmares</span></span></h2><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c9" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Common Nightmares:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Being followed or chased by malevolent people</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Falling</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Our partner cheating on us</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Fighting</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Death of a loved one</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">being humiliated in front of others</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Being caught in an inescapable disaster</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Otherworldly beings (demons, aliens, vampires, etc.)</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dark places</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Creepy things</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Being Attacked</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">frozen/immobilized</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Arriving late</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Appearing naked</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c1 c18" id="h.ud4lp6jec27d" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Who Has Nightmares?</span></h2><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Studies to suggest that some people are more prone to have nightmare</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Children</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Mental illness</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Unhealthy social live</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Excessive stress</span></span></li><li><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Trauma victims</span></span></li></ul><h1 class="c1 c18" id="h.gqr8zqltwyuu" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c22" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Causes of Nightmares</span></span></h1><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">All nightmares are not supernatural</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">All nightmares are not demonic</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Nightmares can be caused by</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Anxiety</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Depression</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Medication</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Eating right before going to bed</span></span></li><li><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Traumatic experiences</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1 c19" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When your non-conscious mind tries to route out our toxic issues it results in</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dreams</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Nightmares</span></span></li><li><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Night terrors</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c1 c18" id="h.wyxl4rmspdyn" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Why We Forget Our Dreams</span></span></h3><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We suppressed thoughts that are</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Too painful</span></span></li><li><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We are not ready to face</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1 c19" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We forget our dreams because the processing has completed</span></span></p><h3 class="c1 c18" id="h.kc5iqmromw9y" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dreams Can be a Sign of Anxiety or Stress</span></h3><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">These dreams can often be connected to feelings of anxiety or stress</span></span></p><h3 class="c1 c18" id="h.j474db85lv6t" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Threat Rehearsal</span></h3><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Some researchers feel that nightmares can help the body prepare for “threat rehearsals.” In other words, the brain runs us through some worst case scenarios, so when we encounter them, we’ll know how to act.</span></span></p><p class="c1 c19" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c30 c43" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“Most nightmares we experience prepare us for situations which will never take place. They test our fight or flight responses and help us to work through anxieties that inhibit our day to day activities.”</span></span></p><h2 class="c1 c18" id="h.lhh7geh0bf8t" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Misperceptions</span></span></h2><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c9" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Some of your perceptions are based on narratives that are not true</span></span></p><ul class="c2 lst-kix_1mwx3tnszige-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c16 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your perceptions always need to be questions</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You have toxic perceptions that aren’t true</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">—these cause nightmares</span></span></p><p class="c1 c19" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c30 c28" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700;">Example:</span><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> walking on the wrong side of the sidewalk</span></span></p><ul class="c2 lst-kix_uwmp07f1muso-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c16 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They think I should get out of their way because…</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c1 c18" id="h.b0ileio5sd40" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Children and Nightmares</span></span></h2><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We should pay attention to nightmares of children</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dreams are messengers…don’t invalidate them</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If they’re bedwetting there is some type of embedded trauma going on</span></span></p><h2 class="c11" id="h.7nmajjkqb9p" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You Dream About What You Focus On</span></span></h2><h3 class="c17" id="h.3bmy6vm40qnc" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Nightmares From Scary Movies</span></h3><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c9" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What if I told you I had a dream that someone was chasing me and trying to kill me… What do you think could be happening?</span></span></p><ul class="c2 lst-kix_qksbkxbg00x5-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c16 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Is it demonic?</span></span></li></ul><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What if I told you that I had just finished binge watching a scary movie series?</span></span></p><ul class="c2 lst-kix_dbhzlh56gq0n-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c7 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It’s natural</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">So we know that what you give your attention to impacts what you dream</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">These are not supernatural dreams</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c28" style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: times;">If you focus on demons you are more likely to have nightmares</span></span></p><h3 class="c17" id="h.wak8qdmq74yt" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your perception changes based on what you focus on</span></span></h3><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You will only hear the word you’re reading</span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c20" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c6" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRws4QHh/&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1687764981951436&usg=AOvVaw1ec2rGEeJqepKRrMGAQGen" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRws4QHh/</span></a></span></p><ul class="c2 lst-kix_oe2grmjm4x05-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c7 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Example of how your mind is susceptible to influence</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Imagine how susceptible you’d be without logic and reason</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c1 c18" id="h.jsz7z4fv78vo" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Trauma</span></span></h2><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Nightmares are common in people who have had a traumatic experience</span></span></p><ul class="c2 lst-kix_22wkra89zcdo-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c16 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They are usually recurring with the same series of events or the same theme</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1 c19" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c9" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dreams are challenging us to sort out our thought life</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Trauma</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Things that are threatening our balance</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1 c19" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c41" style="font-size: 11pt; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Things you experienced that you never processed</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your non-conscious mind is telling you that you need to address</span></span></p><ul class="c2 lst-kix_xpd1zgb1sakm-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c16 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c30" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Even though you are suppressing it</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c2 lst-kix_i76fgib9nof3-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c16 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Telling you that there is something affecting the way you are functioning: mentally and physically</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c1 c18" id="h.1o8dmdljq55t" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">PTSD</span></span></h3><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Recurring dreams are common for people with PTSD</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">These dreams often focus on the events through which they suffered</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">71% of people with PTSD suffer from regular nightmares</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">This may be the way that the brain tries to solve problems in REM</span></span></li><ul><li><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Solving emotional problems</span></span></li></ul></ul><h3 class="c1 c18" id="h.i8wd336prx25" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">A<span class="c8" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">ntidepressants Cause Vivid Dreams</span></span></h3><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Antidepressants suppress REM sleep</span></span></li><li><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Because of that you have REM rebound that causes intense dreams</span></span></li><li><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This isn’t causing anything that is permanent damage</span></span></li><li><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">it may not happen with a different medication</span></span></li></ul><p></p><h1 class="c18 c33" id="h.jg47btjcpug3" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c22" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Night Terrors</span></span></h1><h2 class="c11" id="h.hbcz8l4cm61p" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What Are Night Terrors?</span></span></h2><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Night terrors = sleep terrors</span></span></p><p class="c1 c19" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">During night terrors you wake up from a deep sleep</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">You are disoriented</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Screaming</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sweating</span></span></li><li><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Heart racing</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1 c19" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Night terrors are when it’s so embedded in your physical body that your body goes into fight or flight</span></span></p><ul class="c2 lst-kix_px3qy19h9yq4-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c16 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You are manifesting these physical representations</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c1 c18" id="h.1vfysj9bg2j9" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not Nightmares</span></span></h3><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">During the first part of sleep cycle you get deep sleep</span></span></p><ul class="c2 lst-kix_mpyhs5bwqozc-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c16 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c30" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">during the ladder portion you get more lighter REM sleep</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1 c19" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Night terrors happen in deep (non-REM) sleep</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Night terrors usually occur within 2 to 3 hours of going to sleep</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">You often don’t remember but you wake up disturbed</span></span></li><li><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Common for people who have had PTSD or extreme levels of trauma</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c1 c18" id="h.8k76vcjwtynu" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not From A Dream</span></span></h2><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Some people dream here, but dreams are less vivid and story like</span></span></p><p class="c1 c19" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It is more like</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Thinking</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Remembering things</span></span></li><li><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">going through things</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1 c19" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c9" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This is an involuntary nervous system reaction</span></span></p><ul class="c2 lst-kix_n9vct3yadkbe-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c16 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c30 c28" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700;"> </span><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;">It is not a reaction to a bad dream</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1 c19" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You stay in the state longer if someone tries to wake you up or talk to you</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dangerous because you could Thrash around</span></span></p><h3 class="c1 c18" id="h.wm39d465qgq9" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Common In Children</span></span></h3><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Night terrors are common in children</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Remember children don’t usually remember the incident</span></span></p><p class="c1 c19" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Night Terrors - Dr. Caroline leaf</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c20" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c6" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxOQM-AlVXNkiHtiHbmgW3YR9ouFLI98XJ&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1687764981956581&usg=AOvVaw3nkzqcafZIwX9XD94lQLOO" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxOQM-AlVXNkiHtiHbmgW3YR9ouFLI98XJ</span></a></span></p><ul class="c2 lst-kix_l0zy5erniyuq-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c7 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">Memories are stored in: mind, body,</span></li></ul><h2 class="c1 c18" id="h.k29g3194cyq2" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Causes of Night Terrors</span></h2><h3 class="c1 c18" id="h.abu0ouls63l6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">In adults</span></h3><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sleep terrors sometimes can be triggered by underlying conditions that interfere with sleep:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sleep-disordered breathing</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"> sleep apnea</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Restless legs syndrome</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Some medications</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Mood disorders, such as depression and anxiety</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Stress</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">pain</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Alcohol</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sleep deprivation</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sleep schedule disruptions, travel or sleep interruptions</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Fever</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sleep terrors are more common if family members have a history of sleep terrors or sleepwalking.</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">In children, sleep terrors are more common in females.</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Night terrors are not caused by bad dreams - Dr Tracy Marks</span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c20" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c6" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkx4r2s8BYip0wtYss6VcDL_UQ-kqwK_7FZ&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1687764981958413&usg=AOvVaw26ATMjDE5vgUXmW4FsdlvH" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkx4r2s8BYip0wtYss6VcDL_UQ-kqwK_7FZ</span></a></span></p><ul class="c2 lst-kix_l1jq2ylfbd3w-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c7 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Night terrors are not triggered by having an upsetting dream</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c17" id="h.r7icnrnpyfbu" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">In Children</span></span></h3><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">In children…</span></span></p><ul class="c2 lst-kix_g9ts2kfaaw8x-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c16 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c30" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Perhaps brain immaturity</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c11" id="h.q61fv17abv6x" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Preventing Night Terrors</span></span></h2><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How to avoid night terrors – Dr. Tracey Marks</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c20" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c6" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/shorts/earmpgfqc8Y?feature%3Dshare&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1687764981959481&usg=AOvVaw2O4cCxSqJSrZcUoKpJ0Err" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/shorts/earmpgfqc8Y?feature=share</span></a></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c1 c18" id="h.upso93rmhm41" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Steps To Prevent Night Terrors</span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c30" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;">G</span><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;">o to bed at a regular time each night</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Limit food or drinks before going to bed</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t drink one hour before going to bed. </span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Empty your bladder just before going to sleep.</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1 c19" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If you have them regularly and at the same time</span></span></p><ul class="c2 lst-kix_be8sjfirqro-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c16 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Wake up 30 minutes before it usually happens to break up the pattern</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c2 lst-kix_be8sjfirqro-1 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c23 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 72pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Alarm</span></span></li><li class="c1 c23 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 72pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c30" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Someone else wake you</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1 c19" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c1 c18" id="h.a92fpusqby66" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Night terrors are not supernatural</span></span></h2><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Demons</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">God</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1 c19" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c39" style="background-color: white; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c26" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You may be right in assuming that some cases of night terrors can be traced to demonic activity. But we suspect such instances are extremely rare. Most episodes of this nature are caused by a disordered arousal from deep sleep (non-REM sleep). Night terrors affect two to four percent of children (more commonly boys) during the toddler to preschool years. They tend to run in families, and the first episode generally occurs sometime between the ages of two and four years.</span></span></p><p class="c39" style="background-color: white; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c26" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It’s always a good idea to pray for a child who suffers from night terrors. But it’s equally important for parents to recognize that the problem is relatively common and easy to understand. The best way to handle it is to remain calm and patiently soothe the child until the disturbance passes. In our view, it’s unnecessarily alarmist to jump to the conclusion that demons are involved is.</span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"> –Focus on the Family</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c33 c18" id="h.jf8468vhbmn1" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c22" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sleep paralysis</span></span></h1><p class="c1 c18 subtitle" id="h.hyy6u4rwqj6x" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #666666; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 16pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c27 c37" style="font-size: 15pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">REM Atonia</span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Have you ever woken up and can’t move your body or speak?</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">That’s sleep paralysis or REM atonia</span></p><h2 class="c11" id="h.k8b2poodps0m" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Cause of Sleep Paralysis</span></span></h2><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">A naturally occurring phenomenon</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">While we dream our body becomes paralyzed so that we don’t harm ourselves</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">you wake up before your body has gained its functioning back</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sleep paralysis occurs when you partially awaken during REM sleep</span></span></p><h2 class="c1 c18" id="h.3ucn8enzh9l" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sleep Paralysis Facts</span></span></h2><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">usually only last a few minutes,</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">but it may seem like it lasted the whole night</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">It usually affects people under the age of 25</span></span></li><li><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">1/3 of the population may experience it during their lives</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c1 c18" id="h.jehos230qzsw" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Supernatural Experiences</span></h3><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Some people Experience dream like hallucinations on the semi awake mind</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Alien abduction</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ghosts</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Vampires</span></span></li><li><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Demonic activity</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1 c19" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c9" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">3 main reported sensations</span></span></p><ol class="c2 lst-kix_7ale31v8xq4c-0 start" start="1" style="counter-reset: lst-ctn-kix_7ale31v8xq4c-0 0; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c16 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_7ale31v8xq4c-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Feeling or seeing a dark malevolent presence in the room</span></span></li><li class="c1 c16 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_7ale31v8xq4c-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">seeing an evil being sitting on top of your chest preventing you from breathing</span></span></li><li class="c1 c16 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_7ale31v8xq4c-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">A form of levitation</span></span></li></ol><ol class="c2 lst-kix_7ale31v8xq4c-1 start" start="1" style="counter-reset: lst-ctn-kix_7ale31v8xq4c-1 0; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c23 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_7ale31v8xq4c-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 72pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Being raised by a ghost</span></span></li><li class="c1 c23 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_7ale31v8xq4c-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 72pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Bing lift it into a spaceship</span></span></li></ol><h3 class="c1 c18" id="h.w53d2v8zqxr" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">A dark or evil figure enters your room</span></span></h3><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You wake up at 3 AM</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">You can’t move</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">You can’t breathe</span></span></li><li><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">you see a dark figure sitting in your room</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c1 c18" id="h.xw6odwh6skob" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Evil Spirit?</span></span></h3><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Some say the enemy take this opportunity to frighten you</span></span></p><ul class="c2 lst-kix_8hqe3f4rjuzp-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c16 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The enemy puts a lie into your head by showing you a demonic figure in the corner</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Demons Scare You During Sleep Paralysis</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c13" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c6" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/CtwUd38Azpn/?igshid%3DMzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1687764981963435&usg=AOvVaw0eGk6LrVZ_oDEl4TAkUepB" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/CtwUd38Azpn/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==</span></a></span></p><p class="c1 c19" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c1 c18" id="h.5n9pbkwbil49" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c22" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sexual Demonic Dreams</span></span></h1><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">A Demon Had Sex With Her</span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c20" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c6" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxHXOmU8MZp3XkY0JCqiD-IA5qi9CGSDx2&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1687764981963940&usg=AOvVaw18DjmKUfm0UCOGvhmrA956" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxHXOmU8MZp3XkY0JCqiD-IA5qi9CGSDx2</span></a></span></p><h3 class="c17" id="h.5kl3w83mf5r3" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Oxford Study</span></span></h3><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The cross-cultural recurrence of this theme strongly suggests that the “sleeping body/waking mind” dynamics of sleep paralysis play a generative role in cases of demonic seduction in dreaming.</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">In many cultures around the world people have come to believe that specific demons are responsible for causing sleep paralysis—the incubus and succubus of early European folklore, for instance. The “Old Hag” belief of the early settlers of Newfoundland is another example.</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dreams of seductive demons can happen to anyone, but they are more likely to occur to socially and economically marginalized people, especially young women, and to sexually constrained people like ascetic monks.</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Beliefs about demonic seduction in dreams have a basis in real psychological experience and real biological concerns about potential threats to procreation. These dreams are not simply the products of irrational ignorance, misplaced fear, or religious conditioning, but are instead expressions of innately creative powers of the imagination in sleep, powers shared by all members of our species.</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">–Oxford study</span></span></p><p class="c1 c19" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c17" id="h.3ktcaj2tznkt" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Are Sexual Dreams a Sin?</span></span></h3><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c26" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dreams and their “details are beyond the volitional control of the dreamer” (Craig Heller, Secrets of Sleep Science, 78).You are not choosing your dreams, nor are you morally culpable for things that you visualize while sleeping.</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c26" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">no</span></p><h1 class="c1 c18" id="h.oo4y56u3lgji" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Do Demons Cause Nightmares?</span></h1><h3 class="c1 c18" id="h.5tfzgn756d8m" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This is a historical experience</span></span></h3><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Nightmare (Oxford Dictionary)</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 A terrifying or extremely upsetting dream (1), or figuratively an event or experience resembling such a dream.</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">2 An evil spirit believed to torment and suffocate sleepers.</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"> [From night + Old English maere an evil spirit or incubus]</span></span></p><p class="c1 c19" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c9" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The word “nightmare” is based on the belief that evil spirits attack us while dreaming</span></span></p><p class="c1 c19" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c9" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c43 c30" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">People in many different religious traditions throughout history have regarded dreams as a potential source of interaction with evil spirits and seductive demons. This is truly a cross-cultural phenomenon, and possibly a universal feature of human communities.</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">–Oxford study</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Many cultures believe nightmares and spiritual attacks can happen in dreams</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Witches</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Demons</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jinn</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c17" id="h.vt44hbldx96o" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Occult Activity</span></span></h3><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It seems that most Christian demonic dreams happen to people who have/are involved in:</span></span></p><ul class="c2 lst-kix_6vrh2m6hfkq7-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c7 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The occult</span></span></li><li class="c7 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Charismatic Christian movements that focus on demons</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You can have demonic dreams if you have been involved in the occult</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c17" id="h.rmjb4xpsm76u" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Many of the dreams that people claim are demonic sound like they could be from God</span></span></h3><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">He saw a demon in his room after he gave up porn</span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c20" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c6" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/shorts/1rGoes68YmU?feature%3Dshare&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1687764981966348&usg=AOvVaw2cv-NgPFUQ6APHhLfMPL0B" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/shorts/1rGoes68YmU?feature=share</span></a></span></p><ul class="c2 lst-kix_to9l6d2ra2e1-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c7 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Drew him closer to God</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">4 reasons nightmares are not from Satan.</span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c20" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c6" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/eTunErDjGYQ&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1687764981966746&usg=AOvVaw0D4p15yFPoSaMp0kZ3H2ja" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtu.be/eTunErDjGYQ</span></a></span></p><h3 class="c17" id="h.krffpelw0h5r" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Demonology</span></span></h3><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“ if you ride you gonna fall“</span></span></p><ul class="c2 lst-kix_3ou2dd444nrf-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c7 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Motorcycle ride quote</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It doesn’t matter how good you are riding a motorcycle… The fact that you ride one all the time means that you will eventually fall</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If you are constantly focused on demons… You will eventually encounter them</span></span></p><h3 class="c17" id="h.sm81f06xuw9e" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“Natural” nightmares can be influenced by demons/satan</span></span></h3><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c26" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Some people think Satan or demons are infiltrating their minds during nightmares, but there is no passage in the Bible to directly substantiate this.</span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">–GotQuestions.org</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The enemy influences what you give your attention to which influences what you dream about</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The enemy influences you while you are awake</span></span></p><ul class="c2 lst-kix_ph9pbtsjg6g1-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c7 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You dream about what you were focusing on when you were awake</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Demons can’t directly control a believer’s mind</span></span></p><h1 class="c1 c18" id="h.h214n42t7e1r" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c22" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Frightening Dreams From God</span></span></h1><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">People frightened by dreams from God</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Nebuchadnezzar (Daniel 6-12)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">The Egyptian Pharaoh (Genesis 41)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Pilate’s wife (Matthew 27:19)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">“<span class="c34 c42" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;">I suffered greatly in a dream because of Him (Jesus)”</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c30 c28" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: times;">These were all dreams from God and foretold the future</span></span></p><h2 class="c11" id="h.j25bt31a29zk" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God uses dreams to warn us</span></span></h2><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Matthew 2:21-22</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">21 So Joseph got up, took the Child and His mother, and came into the land of Israel. 22 But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. Then after being warned by God in a dream, he left for the regions of Galilee</span></span></p><h3 class="c17" id="h.vasw2zd60j7z" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God Can Use Nightmares to Warn Us of Future Events</span></span></h3><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sometimes the warnings need to be frightening for us to actually pay attention</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c41" style="font-size: 11pt; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Abraham</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c9" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Genesis 15:12-14</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">12 Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, terror and great darkness fell upon him. 13 Then God said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, where they will be enslaved and oppressed for four hundred years. 14 “But I will also judge the nation whom they will serve, and afterward they will come out with many possessions.</span></span></p><ul class="c2 lst-kix_x7pjwv3856f4-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c16 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">There was nothing that Abraham could do about this</span></span></li><li class="c1 c16 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God even said “know for certain“</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c9" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">All dreams from God do not invoke peace</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Terror</span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">from the same as H366; fright; concrete, an idol (as a bugbear):—dread, fear, horror, idol, terrible, terror.</span></p><h3 class="c1 c18" id="h.mq3cwjlyspdg" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God’s Disturbing Dreams Reveal What’s Already Happening In Your Life</span></span></h3><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c9" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your scary dreams may be Revelations about what’s going on</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c25" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When a dream scares you it is telling you that this needs the utmost attention</span></span></p><ul class="c2 lst-kix_hz2stsndsza6-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c16 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c25" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It is simply God bringing your attention to something</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1 c19" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c25" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c9" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Job 33:14-18</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">14 “Indeed God speaks once, Or twice, yet no one notices it. 15 “In a dream, a vision of the night, When deep sleep falls on people, While they slumber in their beds, 16 Then He opens the ears of people, And horrifies them with warnings, 17 So that He may turn a person away from bad conduct, And keep a man from pride; 18 He keeps his soul back from the pit, And his life from perishing by the spear.</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God can give you warnings in your dreams</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c25" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dreams are a revelation of what’s already happening in your life</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c25" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It is a window into what is happening spiritually</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Some people rebuke the dream instead of rebuking the influencing that are happening in your physical life</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">That’s the only time you moved from the physical to the spiritual</span></li></ul><p class="c1 c19" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Demonic Dreams Are God Revealing That You Are Being Attacked</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c13" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c6" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxRB02-6meAopWMSFv6uvs9Uc0Bps1-fcm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1687764981970015&usg=AOvVaw0jxxDZMuc_v3lK6biEw2tC" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxRB02-6meAopWMSFv6uvs9Uc0Bps1-fcm</span></a></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You only see the attacks at night because you can’t see in the spirit… But the devil has already got you</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">God is showing you in dreams so that you know how to pray</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Just because a dream is scary doesn’t mean it is from the devil</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">The scarier the dream… The more God is trying to get your attention</span></li></ul><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c24" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Story of Lovy Casting Out Demon</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c20 c32" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c6" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxykZONvIUT7-lMhJ8K3axB6u7hE4m_Zct&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1687764981970590&usg=AOvVaw2AynvtpcH-aCMDMLPUOLzl" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxykZONvIUT7-lMhJ8K3axB6u7hE4m_Zct</span></a></span></p><p class="c1 c19" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Caused by</span></span></p><ul class="c2 lst-kix_lrt37ljx8kxu-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c16 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God</span></span></li><li class="c1 c16 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your unconscious mind = your spirit</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c24" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You’ll never see anyone rebuking dreams in scripture</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c32"><span style="font-family: times;">No one prayed against dreams</span></span></p><h1 class="c1 c18" id="h.6walfgq9gye2" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c22" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Summary</span></span></h1><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sources of Nightmares</span></span></p><ol class="c2 lst-kix_u5kl1efw6g0h-0 start" start="1" style="counter-reset: lst-ctn-kix_u5kl1efw6g0h-0 0; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_u5kl1efw6g0h-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God</span></span></li><li class="c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_u5kl1efw6g0h-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Nonconscious mind / your spirit</span></span></li><li class="c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_u5kl1efw6g0h-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Biochemical / food</span></span></li><li class="c7 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_u5kl1efw6g0h-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Demonic suggestion while awake</span></span></li></ol><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Causes</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">You are giving too much attention to frightening things</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">You have a wrong perception of an event (or the world)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">You need to realistically/objectively process a traumatic event</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">God is warning you (future/current event)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">You need to address something in your life</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Biochemical</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Eating before bed</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Medication</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Alcohol</span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Sleep pattern disruption</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Get regular sleep pattern</span></li></ul><h1 class="c1 c18" id="h.27rleqtsaohx" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Solutions for Nightmares</span></h1><h2 class="c1 c18" id="h.39r1mlpzfmgb" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">No Screens an hour before bed</span></span></h2><h2 class="c1 c18" id="h.vn1ysidnwyh5" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Renounce and Halt Any Occult Involvement</span></span></h2><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Stop all involvement with occult activity</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Psychics / palm reading</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Witchcraft</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Other religions</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">New Age activity</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Secret Societies</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Ouija boards</span></li></ul><h2 class="c1 c18" id="h.bo0siusm4gqd" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Pray</span></span></h2><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Romans 8:26-27</span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">26 Now in the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know what to pray for as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words; 27 and He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.</span></span></p><ul class="c2 lst-kix_rkyvhzo780zy-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c7 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Even when you don’t understand…the Spirit does</span></span></li><li class="c7 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Pray in tongues</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Isaiah 38:1-5</span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him and said to him, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Set your house in order, for you are going to die and not live.’” 2 Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, 3 and said, “Please, LORD, just remember how I have walked before You wholeheartedly and in truth, and have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept profusely. 4 Then the word of the LORD came to Isaiah, saying, 5 “Go and say to Hezekiah, ‘This is what the LORD, the God of your father David says: “I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; behold, I will add fifteen years to your life.</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Even if you see something negative prophesied… Pray that God will work it for your good</span></span></p><h2 class="c1 c18" id="h.hgrs5i12taf6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Fasting</span></span></h2><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t eat anything after 6:00pm</span></span></p><ul class="c2 lst-kix_z649dcd5errm-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c7 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Just drink water</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Skip a day of eating if feasible</span></p><h2 class="c1 c18" id="h.t6ckzjneuq2" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Exposure relaxation and rescripting therapy</span></span></h2><ul class="c2 lst-kix_1s0yxdt4yg4z-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c7 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This is best done with the assistance of a trained therapist</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c1 c18" id="h.dmxutd72cyeb" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Engage in some form of relaxing activity</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-family: times; font-size: 10pt;">meditation</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-family: times; font-size: 10pt;">Progressive muscle relaxation</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-family: times; font-size: 10pt;">Guided relaxation</span></li><li><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Breathing</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c1 c18" id="h.e06ay3421d4z" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Choose a nightmare that you want to address</span></span></h3><ul class="c2 lst-kix_i9mu9ulf5hsb-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c16 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Give it a title</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1 c19" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Or a recurring theme</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-family: times; font-size: 10pt;">Being trapped</span></li><li><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Being chased</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c1 c18" id="h.vps3r2c34fx2" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Write out the script of the nightmare</span></span></h3><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">As if you were going to make it a movie</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Include as much detail as possible so that if someone was reading it they could actually picture it in their mind</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-family: times; font-size: 10pt;">How did start/end</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-family: times; font-size: 10pt;">Who else was there?</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-family: times; font-size: 10pt;">Where where you</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-family: times; font-size: 10pt;">Smell, sound, taste</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-family: times; font-size: 10pt;">Thought you had during your dream</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-family: times; font-size: 10pt;">Where are you</span></li><ul><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-family: times; font-size: 10pt;">Afraid</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-family: times; font-size: 10pt;">Angry</span></li><li><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sad</span></span></li></ul></ul><h3 class="c1 c18" id="h.kce8laj3wfrn" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What was the worst point of the dream?</span></span></h3><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How did you feel at that moment?</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How did your body feel?</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-family: times; font-size: 10pt;">Did you wake up in sweat?</span></li><li><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Did you have trouble breathing?</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1 c19" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">A point where are you saw something to meet you you felt powerless</span></span></p><h3 class="c1 c18" id="h.6626aosvhgf6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Write your desired emotion</span></span></h3><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Write down how you would like to feel instead</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If you felt powerless… Would you rather have felt in control</span></span></p><ul class="c2 lst-kix_qxo7v9dicjr-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c16 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Or had the answers at the time</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c1 c18" id="h.ff0l7ror17pw" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Change the moment</span></span></h3><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Rewrite your script that you made in step three. just before you get to the worst moment, change the story so that you end up feeling the way you said you wanted to feel and step five. You don’t have to limit yourself to realistic scenarios. anyone could be part of your story to help you rewrite the outcome.</span></span></p><h3 class="c1 c18" id="h.2br2vdaw9cwz" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Read your script out loud repeatedly</span></span></h3><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Read it multiple times throughout the day. you are basically brainwashing yourself to make yourself believe that this is the way it happened. </span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Record yourself reading the script… And listen to it.</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Creating this visual in your mind helps turn it into a new memory</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It is a fake memory</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-family: times; font-size: 10pt;">This memory can be pulled into your mind when you are dreaming</span></li></ul><h3 class="c1 c18" id="h.oxjlcmc53smz" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Practice the script just before going to bed</span></span></h3><h3 class="c1 c18" id="h.2rbbf5cozg8c" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">And then return to your relaxing activity and step one</span></span></h3><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">—---------</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If this doesn’t work try tweaking your new script</span></span></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Maybe there’s a different part of the dream that is really the worst part</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-family: times; font-size: 10pt;">Write a different ending</span></li></ol><h2 class="c1 c18" id="h.f8dievvxx59i" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Imagery Rehearsal Therapy</span></span></h2><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c3" style="background-color: white; color: #434343; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">For the believer, the potential effectiveness of this treatment can go up when we remember who our God is and the power and love He demonstrates in our lives. If we can alter the script of our nightmares by including reminders of the presence of God we can tap into a greater truth that provides our brains with new content for dreams.</span></span></p><p class="c1 c19" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3 c27" style="background-color: white; color: #434343; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c27 c3" style="color: #434343; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When you wake up from a nightmare write down or record quickly the scary details of the dream (you may leave a light and a pen and pad next to your bed). Acknowledge what has happened and what the intense or terrifying parts of the dream were. You do not need to try and process everything at that moment if it is too intense. If you want to wait to process the dream simply practice breathing and meditation to calm yourself down.</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #434343; font-family: times; font-size: 12pt;">When you are ready, try to remember the narrative of your dream. Write out a script of what the nightmare was. You can add to the dream by writing a short story (try to keep this to a paragraph or two in length).</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #434343; font-family: times; font-size: 12pt;">Then rewrite the narrative drawing on key similarities, but this time bring God into the picture. Allow Him, His truth, His power, and His love to reframe the script. Perhaps think of a Biblical story that could serve as a parallel to your situation which show God’s intervention, care, and presence.</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #434343; font-family: times; font-size: 12pt;">Rehearse this script multiple times throughout the day. Allow this story to sink into your mind.</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #434343; font-family: times; font-size: 12pt;">Don’t be discouraged if this exercise doesn’t prove immediately effective in eliminating nightmares. Try it again.</span></li></ol><h1 class="c33 c18" id="h.yhqd9g508q42" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c22" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Scriptures for Nightmares</span></span></h1><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Psalms 91</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Psalms 91:5-13</span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">5 You will not be afraid of the terror by night, Or of the arrow that flies by day; 6 Of the plague that stalks in darkness, Or of the destruction that devastates at noon. 7 A thousand may fall at your side And ten thousand at your right hand, But it shall not approach you. 8 You will only look on with your eyes And see the retaliation against the wicked. 9 For you have made the LORD, my refuge, The Most High, your dwelling place. 10 No evil will happen to you, Nor will any plague come near your tent.</span></span></p><p class="c38" style="background-color: white; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px 23pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c14" style="color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c6" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/psalms/91-11.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1687764981977662&usg=AOvVaw2SDUgRXbsNDcVCW2kMbErG" style="text-decoration: inherit;">11</a></span><span class="c21" style="color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">For He will give His angels orders concerning you,</span></span></p><p class="c38" style="background-color: white; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px 23pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="c21" style="color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">To protect you in all your ways.</span></span></p><p class="c38" style="background-color: white; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px 23pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c14" style="color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c6" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/psalms/91-12.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1687764981977932&usg=AOvVaw08r9EfNEahygOuj8WOZ7v7" style="text-decoration: inherit;">12</a></span><span class="c21" style="color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">On their hands they will lift you up,</span></span></p><p class="c38" style="background-color: white; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px 23pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="c21" style="color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">So that you do not strike your foot against a stone.</span></span></p><p class="c38" style="background-color: white; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px 23pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c14" style="color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c6" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/psalms/91-13.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1687764981978180&usg=AOvVaw0y06u4lPZoIP97jmIQ3zIO" style="text-decoration: inherit;">13</a></span><span class="c21" style="color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">You will walk upon the lion and cobra,</span></span></p><p class="c38" style="background-color: white; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px 23pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c34" style="color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;">You will trample the young lion and the </span><span class="c45" style="color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt;"><a class="c6" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/nasb_/psalms/91.htm%23fn&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1687764981978374&usg=AOvVaw2F8szIU2r4xpA5zzGNrqLt" style="text-decoration: inherit;">[d]</a></span><span class="c21" style="color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">serpent.</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Psalms 4:8</span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"> In peace I will both lie down and sleep, For You alone, LORD, have me dwell in safety.</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jeremiah 31:26</span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"> At this I awoke and looked, and my sleep had been pleasant to me.</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 John 4:4</span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You are from God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">2 Timothy 1:7</span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline.</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Psalms 27:2</span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When evildoers came upon me to devour my flesh, My adversaries and my enemies, they stumbled and fell.</span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b>Instructor:</b> Michael Leadon</span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lpHXcLVVn6E" width="320" youtube-src-id="lpHXcLVVn6E"></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c1 c18" id="h.alt3wg60czkh" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c22" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">References</span></span></h1><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Nightmares</span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">GotQuestions.org</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c20" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c6" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/sleep-terrors/symptoms-causes/syc-20353524%23:~:text%3DSleep%2520terrors%2520are%2520a%2520disorder,Sleep%2520deprivation%2520and%2520extreme%2520tiredness&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1687764981979635&usg=AOvVaw2BchKcJEcuiOtwF5VMy8BI" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sleep terrors (night terrors) - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic</span></a></span></p><p class="c1 c19" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c13" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c6" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.focusonthefamily.com/family-qa/night-terrors-and-satanic-strongholds/&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1687764981979904&usg=AOvVaw01XATWxqqtUhw4jt6QO79g" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">"Night Terrors" and Satanic Strongholds - Focus on the Family</span></a></span></p><p class="c1 c19" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c20" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c6" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.delreychurch.com/blog/post/demons-and-dreams-&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1687764981980134&usg=AOvVaw09kxFvFrGIJwf7Q-LFS8S1" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.delreychurch.com/blog/post/demons-and-dreams-</span></a></span></p><p class="c1 c19" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c31" style="background-color: white; border-style: solid; border-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">WHY YOU HAVE NIGHTMARES! // REVEALED // DR. LOVY L. ELIAS</span></span></p><p class="c31" style="background-color: white; border-style: solid; border-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding: 0pt;"><span class="c20" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c6" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/live/ASBP5FHA7Ys?feature%3Dshare&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1687764981980426&usg=AOvVaw38iCsAiC-0PqOE1kb6j81f" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.youtube.com/live/ASBP5FHA7Ys?feature=share</span></a></span></p><p class="c31 c19" style="background-color: white; border-style: solid; border-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Oxford study on demonic dreams</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c20" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c6" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://academic.oup.com/book/11111/chapter/159541734&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1687764981980715&usg=AOvVaw1I67BoEe3Z0KdmJXzst5uc" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://academic.oup.com/book/11111/chapter/159541734</span></a></span></p><p class="c1 c19" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I had sex with a sleep paralysis demon</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Summer fox</span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Incubus and succubus by demons of depravity</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Mythology unleashed</span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Understanding dreams and their meanings</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Vlad Savchuk</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">4 reasons nightmares are not from Satan – short</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Lionheart church</span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Why do antidepressants cause vivid dreams?</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c30" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dr. Tracy Marx</span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Night terrors versus nightmares – how to tell the difference</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dr. Tracie Mark</span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Is There a Deeper Biblical Meaning to My Nightmares?</span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Biblestudytools.com</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1 c19" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c13" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c6" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://pastordaveonline.org/2022/08/18/the-terrors-of-night-god-our-nightmares/&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1687764981981733&usg=AOvVaw1x1fGfpQ5dTrLn0gTQRTSH" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Terrors of Night: God & Our Nightmares – Pastor Dave Online</span></a></span></p><p class="c1 c19" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How to deal with nightmares | Pastor Bobby Chandler </span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Authentic church</span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The neuroscience of dreams and nightmares</span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dr. Caroline Leaf</span></span></p><p class="c1 c19" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c1 c18" id="h.niziiapbcoe2" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c22" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Extra</span></span></h1><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Prayer for nightmares, night terrors, insomnia, or torment in your sleep</span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c20" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c6" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cou5lVYjb-X/?igshid%3DYmMyMTA2M2Y%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1687764981982470&usg=AOvVaw10uyrSP9VkzhJtYT20BZ-X" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cou5lVYjb-X/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=</span></a></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Kris Vallotton</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1 c19" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c30" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Lamentations 3:37-37 (NASB20) Who is there who speaks and it comes to pass, Unless the Lord has commanded it?</span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jude 1:6-9</span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">6 And angels who did not keep their own domain but abandoned their proper dwelling place, these He has kept in eternal restraints under darkness for the judgment of the great day, 7 just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, since they in the same way as these angels indulged in sexual perversion and went after strange flesh, are exhibited as an example in undergoing the punishment of eternal fire. 8 Yet in the same way these people also, dreaming, defile the flesh, reject authority, and speak abusively of angelic majesties. 9 But Michael the archangel, when he disputed with the devil and argued about the body of Moses, did not dare pronounce against him an abusive judgment, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Metaphorically, to be beguiled with sensual images and carried away to an impious course of conduct: Jude 1:8.</span></span></p><p class="c1 c19" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Eliphaz’s Dream</span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Job 4:12-19 (NASB20)</span></p><h1 class="c1 c18" id="h.7ffcwtie8xs7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c22" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">got questions.org</span></span></h1><p class="c1 c19" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">There is no doubt that nightmares can be extremely disturbing, but is there any spiritual significance to nightmares? Dreams and visions are mentioned in the Bible, and God sometimes used the dream state to communicate with His prophets and others. God spoke to Abimelech in Genesis 20, warning him not to touch Abraham’s wife, Sarah. Other dreams include Jacob’s ladder (Genesis 28), Joseph’s dream that his brothers would serve him that led to his captivity in Egypt (Genesis 37), as well as his interpretation of Pharaoh’s dreams (Genesis 40-41) that led to his being made the second most powerful man in Egypt. The Lord or His angel appeared to others in the Bible, including Solomon (1 Kings 3), Nebuchadnezzar (Daniel 2), Joseph (Matthew 2), and Pilate’s wife (Matthew 27). None of these dreams, however, with the possible exception of Pilate’s wife’s dream, can really be called a nightmare. So it would appear that God does not usually speak to people through nightmares.</span></span></p><p class="c1 c19" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Some people think Satan or demons are infiltrating their minds during nightmares, but there is no passage in the Bible to directly substantiate this. With the possible exception of a dream Eliphaz claimed to have, there are no biblical incidents of demonic forces communicating with people during dreams or nightmares. Most likely, nightmares are nothing more than the brain’s way of contending with our fears and concerns as it continues to function during sleep cycles. If a Christian experiences continual, frequent nightmares that are interrupting sleep and causing emotional disturbance on a regular basis, perhaps medical help is in order. But, as in all things, prayer is our most potent weapon against any kind of emotional or spiritual distress. Praying for fifteen or twenty minutes prior to sleep is the most effective way to calm the mind and heart and prepare for restful sleep. As in all things, God grants wisdom to those who seek it from Him (James 1:5), and He has also promised His peace to all who seek it. “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:6–7).</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">——-</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">People with borderline personality disorder</span></span></p><ul class="c2 lst-kix_8izs7z8udfsz-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c16 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Have trouble distinguishing what is real from what is a dream</span></span></li><li class="c1 c16 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Have more disturbances during sleep</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1 c19" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c1 c18" id="h.3zjoxd6ai1w4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c22" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sleep Walking</span></span></h1><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sleepwalking occurs during non-REM sleep</span></span></p><ul class="c2 lst-kix_7dd5u7subx9e-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c16 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You don’t remember what you were doing in the morning</span></span></li><li class="c1 c16 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Usually happens with children</span></span></li><li class="c1 c16 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c30" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">can be a side effect of sleeping medication</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1 c19" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c1 c18" id="h.6n2t2msxinaw" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Nightmares in the Bible</span></span></h2><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Some people that had nightmares in the Bible include:</span></p><h3 class="c1 c18" id="h.tdycbxtbqyta" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Nebuchadnezzar (Daniel 6-12)</span></span></h3><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This Babylonian ruler had a dream about a statue, made of various materials, that gets crushed by a huge stone.</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">He later has a vision about a tree that gets felled. This turns out to prophesy how Nebuchadnezzar would be driven mad and would live like an animal in the wilderness (Daniel 5).</span></span></p><h3 class="c1 c18" id="h.z35cgogxjjzi" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Egyptian Pharaoh (Genesis 41)</span></h3><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"> received a disturbing nightmare about seven skinny cows gobbling up seven fat ones. This foretold of a seven-year famine that will take over Egypt after seven years of a bountiful harvest.</span></span></p><h3 class="c1 c18" id="h.72z6zy1zy7eh" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Pilate’s wife (Matthew 27:19)</span></span></h3><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Good Friday</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c9" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Matthew 27:19^</span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c20" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c6" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/matthew/27-19.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1687764981984966&usg=AOvVaw0TVzCGKW2JZZYuYPZLZLhH" style="text-decoration: inherit;">19</a></span>And while he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him a message, saying, “See that you have nothing to do with that righteous Man; for <span class="c20" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c6" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/nasb_/matthew/27.htm%23fn&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1687764981985123&usg=AOvVaw0nT0_xK5oKzanLpYwRULmw" style="text-decoration: inherit;">[h]</a></span><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">last night I suffered greatly in a dream because of Him.”</span></span></p><div><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></div><p><br /></p>Unchained Discipleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11710595205237468334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6986426612019457751.post-33789568278865331762023-06-09T23:30:00.001-07:002023-06-10T00:09:05.126-07:00Dream interpretation<p><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxq0cwVDRo2DF12jizU7nfPUDvbV_owp7NQeMY8rzN4wyEXaW26Ra3xQnl2m4CghDVWCdkCIszilf90f74p-YcjAmEab_5ylU5YQHsPODLUy1li3X5Ks3AOqniW3ZmltaoUFfaRN66zJ7plJU-WQ0miyOa5p27EXSFItBaJtE84ZxvHLGr-_jW0hUj3Q/s1280/Dream%20Interpretation-1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxq0cwVDRo2DF12jizU7nfPUDvbV_owp7NQeMY8rzN4wyEXaW26Ra3xQnl2m4CghDVWCdkCIszilf90f74p-YcjAmEab_5ylU5YQHsPODLUy1li3X5Ks3AOqniW3ZmltaoUFfaRN66zJ7plJU-WQ0miyOa5p27EXSFItBaJtE84ZxvHLGr-_jW0hUj3Q/s320/Dream%20Interpretation-1.png" width="320" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><span style="font-family: times;">How can we understand what God is trying to tell us in our dreams?</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">~~<a href="https://youtu.be/3XHBM2oTD5w" target="_blank">Watch the Video</a>~~</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c29" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Outline:</span></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Introduction</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Traits of Wholeness</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Review of Dreams From God</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Typical Dreams That People Have</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">What We Dream About</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Joseph’s Dream</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">The Cupbearer’s Dream</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Pharaoh's dream</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Steps of Interpretation</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Preparing Yourself For to Hear From God</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">False Prophets</span></span></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><br /></span></span></div><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c29" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Scriptures:</span></span></p><ul class="c10 lst-kix_e70fda7ehesc-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Job 33:14-15</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Isaiah 29:8</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Genesis 37: 5 - 11</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Genesis 40:5-8</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Genesis 41:17-27</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Numbers 12:6-8</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Daniel 7:1</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Job 33:14-16</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Job 4:12-19</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Deuteronomy 18:22-22</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">Deuteronomy 13:1-5</span></li></ul><h1 class="c17 c21" id="h.yvr5mbtadkua" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Introduction</span></span></h1><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Some people dream in black and white</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Fetuses dream</span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c29" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Job 33:14-15</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">14 “Indeed God speaks once, Or twice, yet no one notices it. 15 “In a dream, a vision of the night, When deep sleep falls on people, While they slumber in their beds,</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Christians don’t agree on the importance of dreams</span></span></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">“God only speaks now through His word”</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“God gives me a word every day through dreams and revelation”</span></span></li></ol><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Scientists don’t agree on the purpose of dreams</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The dream shows the inner truth and reality of the patient as it really is: not as I conjecture it to be, and not as he would like it to be, but as it is.</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">—Carl Jung</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c14" id="h.r6go72n48hto" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dream Interpretation Sources</span></span></h2><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">There are many resources for interpreting dreams</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Books and references to symbols in dreams</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Dream symbol dictionary</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Many occult sources</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Many of the nations surrounding Israel had books related to dream interpretation</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Babylonians</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Egyptians</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Ancient Egyptian Book of Dreams is the oldest manual of dream interpretation in the world.</span></span></p><ul class="c10 lst-kix_6gj5fx1mz7dq-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">3,000 year-old papyrus</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c37" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 15pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">talmudic statement: “A man is only shown in a dream that of which he thinks during the day.”</span></span></p><ul class="c10 lst-kix_q9rr67ndl8lh-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jewish opinion is mixed</span></span></li></ul><p class="c13" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Our <span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> discussion will be based on what is in the bible.</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We are not going to be talking about what specific dreams mean or what specific symbols mean</span></span></p><ul class="c10 lst-kix_n50441whv4hg-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We will talk about general principles of interpretation</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 20pt;">Traits of Wholeness</span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">We are in our series called <span class="c36" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">Seeking Wholeness</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c28" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c29" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How can we be:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Spiritually healthy</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Emotionally healthy</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Mentally healthy</span></span></li></ul><p class="c28 c45" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Free from oppression of</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Our past</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Ourself</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Bad thinking</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Strongholds</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The enemy</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c28" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’re talking about</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">dealing with life’s current stresses</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">being healed from experiences/wounds of the past</span></span></li></ul><p class="c28 c45" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c28" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’re not just supposed to have eternal life</span></span></p><ul class="c10 lst-kix_vnkiu9w80o7h-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c26 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’re supposed to have: joy, peace, patience, and self control here on earth</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c24 c21" id="h.ctkm7fq9wiw1" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c19" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Traits of Wholeness</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Authenticity</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Honesty</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Kindness</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Not seeking external approval / validation</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Living by values and principles</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Setting Boundaries</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Taking ownership of your responsibilities</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Living with purpose and passion</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Optimism</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Confidence</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Healthy relationships with others</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Not losing control of your emotions</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Free from addictions</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Addressing Conflict with truth and love</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Vulnerability</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Not critical or Judgemental</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Not jealous of others</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Forgive those who have wronged you in the past</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Know that you’re worthy of receiving love</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Not afraid to fail</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Able to manage irrational fear, worry, and anxiety</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Selfless encounters with others</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Not manipulating others trying to control their actions/reactions</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">You care about how others feel</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Patient</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Don’t give into peer/social pressure</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Can communicate directly</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Don’t take responsibility for other people's emotions</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Take responsibility for your own emotions</span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Slow to anger</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Ability to maturely express your wants, needs and desires</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Being led by the Spirit</span></span></li></ul><h1 class="c39 c21" id="h.kob5dmqq556z" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Review of <span class="c15" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c32" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://unchaineddisciples.blogspot.com/2023/05/dreams-from-god.html&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1686381066400756&usg=AOvVaw2vdbbhqqtPdRDPlXttvb69" style="text-decoration: inherit;">Dreams From God</a></span></span></h1><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We have several dreams each night</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Each one typically lasts for between five to 20 minutes.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Even people who claim that they don’t dream</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They just don’t remember</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c17 c21" id="h.fjybfpvz0hi0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What Are Dreams</span></span></h2><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dreams are stories and images that our minds create while we sleep.</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dreams occur in your unconscious (nonconscious) mind</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c29" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">dreams are</span></span></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Messages from God</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Y</span><span class="c0" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">our unconscious (nonconscious) mind trying to tell you something</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Window into what is on your mind</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Foretelling the future</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Demonic attacks??</span></span></li></ol><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c29" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The purposes of dreams are to:</span></span></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Communication from God</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Learn new information</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Sort out your thoughts</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Solve problems</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Threat simulation</span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Emotional consolidation</span></li></ol><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c14" id="h.i88umonscfaq" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How God Uses Dreams</span></span></h2><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c29" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God used dreams to:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_nxezooa1gu7j-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Warn of negative future/current events the you can impact</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_nxezooa1gu7j-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Revelation of God’s will that you will be a part of</span></span></li><li class="c7 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Give direction</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_nxezooa1gu7j-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Impart you with gifts/identity</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_nxezooa1gu7j-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Reveal Mysteries</span></span></li><li class="c7 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Our lives</span></span></li><li class="c7 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Times and seasons</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_nxezooa1gu7j-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">To Change Your Character/Behavior</span></span></li><li class="c7 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Correction</span></span></li><li class="c7 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Warning</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_nxezooa1gu7j-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">To accomplish His plan</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_nxezooa1gu7j-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Put people in positions of influence</span></span></li></ul><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">God uses dreams to communicate with unbelievers too</span></p><h1 class="c17 c21" id="h.8krjcn1yrgqj" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Typical Dreams That People Have</span></h1><h2 class="c17 c21" id="h.p5rszf55xb8g" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Universal Dreams</span></span></h2><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">There are certain concepts that are universal around the world</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-family: times; font-size: 10pt;">Being chased</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-family: times; font-size: 10pt;">Being nude or not dressed properly in public</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-family: times; font-size: 10pt;">Being late to an important meeting</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-family: times; font-size: 10pt;">Being unable to find the location of something important</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-family: times; font-size: 10pt;">Discovering a new area of a familiar location</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-family: times; font-size: 10pt;">Being killed by an unstoppable disaster like a tidal wave or the end of the world</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-family: times; font-size: 10pt;">Dead people being alive</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-family: times; font-size: 10pt;">Living people dying</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-family: times; font-size: 10pt;">Being attacked</span></li><li><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Body Being unable to move</span></span></li></ul><p class="c13" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You can experience emotions in dreams that you have never experienced in real life</span></span></p><h2 class="c17 c21" id="h.31iyiwot4kj4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dreams And Relationships</span></span></h2><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What people dream about</span></span></p><ul class="c10 lst-kix_eqsdcyrc6099-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c4 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">25% of the time romantic partners</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c10 lst-kix_eqsdcyrc6099-1 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c17 c9 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 72pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">46% positive interaction</span></span></li><li class="c17 c9 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 72pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">23% conflict</span></span></li><li class="c17 c9 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 72pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">13% other/cheating/infidelity dreams</span></span></li></ul><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c8" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What would you do if you caught your partner cheating in a dream?</span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dreams can cause you to reconsider your interpersonal relationships</span></span></p><h3 class="c17 c21" id="h.32vao28aqo0p" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sexual Dreams</span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-family: times; font-size: 10pt;">Less than 10% of dreams are of a sexual nature</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-family: times; font-size: 10pt;">Adolescence are more likely to have sexual dreams</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-family: times; font-size: 10pt;">Men are more likely to dream of multiple partners</span></li><li><span class="c18 c34" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Women are more likely to dream of higher status partners… Like celebrities</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c24 c21" id="h.2cxw1i13ta0p" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c19" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sexual dreams aren’t a sin</span></span></h3><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18 c34" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Thomas Aquinas says the wet dreams in themselves do not have the quality of a sin. </span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If you don’t have reason and judgment you can’t have sin</span></span></p><ul class="c10 lst-kix_5wpz5nvo784n-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You will do things in a dream that you wouldn’t do in real life</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your reasoning and logic is turned off when you sleep</span></span></p><p class="c13" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Saint Augustine held that male nocturnal emissions, unlike masturbation, did not pollute the conscience of a man, because they were not voluntary carnal acts, and were therefore not to be considered a sin.</span></span></p><h2 class="c17 c21" id="h.e9ltlpk6vnlp" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Common dreams that believers have</span></span></h2><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Dreams of casting demons out of someone</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Dreams of praying for someone on crutches or in a wheelchair and they start walking</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Seeing a sea of people around you as you preach to them</span></span></li></ul><h1 class="c39 c21" id="h.f2qkyo61d92i" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What We Dream About</span></span></h1><h2 class="c14" id="h.xc9razjpvvji" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What You Focus On</span></span></h2><ul class="c10 lst-kix_diq2c79bd9hk-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When you were awake</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c10 lst-kix_diq2c79bd9hk-1 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c7 c9 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Bad or good</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c29" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Isaiah 29:8</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c15" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c32" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/isaiah/29-8.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1686381066414387&usg=AOvVaw1APZydusMYXVjOwrjLZO7R" style="text-decoration: inherit;">8</a></span><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">It will be as when a hungry person dreams—</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">And behold, he is eating;</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">But when he awakens, his hunger is not satisfied,</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Or as when a thirsty person dreams—</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">And behold, he is drinking,</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">But when he awakens, behold, he is faint</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">And his thirst is not quenched.</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">So will the multitude of all the nations be</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Who wage war against Mount Zion.</span></span></p><p class="c27" style="background-color: white; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px 23pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c35" style="color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c27" style="background-color: white; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px 23pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c35" style="color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c47" style="background-color: white; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px 0px 0px 23pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If you are hungry and you dream about food</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; text-align: justify;">It is not a message from God</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; text-align: justify;">It is not a demonic attack</span></li></ul><p class="c43" style="background-color: white; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px 0px 0px 23pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c35" style="color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c47" style="background-color: white; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px 0px 0px 23pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="c38" style="color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Many times we are merely dreaming about what we focus on during the day</span></span></p><ul class="c10 lst-kix_9qbhftybjjof-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">afraid of</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c29" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Every dream is not from God</span></span></p><h2 class="c17 c21" id="h.hzjmbzl31ayr" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Examples</span></span></h2><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">If you go to bed angry you may have a dream that’s disturbing</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">You watch a horror movie and you have a nightmare</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">You think about a work problem and you dream about it</span></li></ul><h3 class="c24 c21" id="h.i0tsmo6l89t9" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c19" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We dream about things that we desire</span></span></h3><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c29" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It may be repressed desires</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Things you say you don’t want (anymore)</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Or things you have tricked yourself (your conscious mind) into thinking you don’t want</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c14" id="h.eljvjypaf5be" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Issues Currently in Our Lives We Need to Address</span></span></h2><ol class="c10 lst-kix_xn8e215klu64-0 start" start="1" style="counter-reset: lst-ctn-kix_xn8e215klu64-0 0; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_xn8e215klu64-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Subconscious</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_xn8e215klu64-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God</span></span></li></ol><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When we sleep our soul has more discernment of what’s going on in the supernatural.</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c29" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Our spirit often communicates to us while we sleep about spiritual issues that we need to address when we awake.</span></span></p><h2 class="c14" id="h.q0oedr38hplq" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Chemical Induced Dreams</span></span></h2><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dreams caused by changes in our body</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Chemical</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Body</span></span></li></ul><p class="c13" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Major change to neurochemistry can impact your dream</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Drug withdrawal</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Eating spicy food</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Eating before bed</span></span></li></ul><p class="c13" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c18 c30" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: times;">Example: malaria medicine</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c36" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Mefloquine may induce psychiatric symptoms such as anxiety disorders,</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c36" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">paranoia, depression, hallucinations and psychosis. Psychiatric symptoms</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c36" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">such as abnormal dreams/nightmares, acute anxiety, depression,</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c36" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">restlessness or confusion have to be regarded as prodromal for a more</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c36" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">serious event. Cases of suicide, suicidal thoughts and self-</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c36" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">endangering behaviour such as attempted suicide have</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c36" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">been reported.</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">-Excerpt of current U.K. mefloquine drug label</span></span></p><h1 class="c39 c21" id="h.cb224cinu6tj" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Joseph’s Dream</span></span></h1><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c29" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Genesis 37: 5 - 11</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c15" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c32" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/genesis/37-5.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1686381066421282&usg=AOvVaw2_OeiS_V0wJsiXiJnky9Q3" style="text-decoration: inherit;">5</a></span> Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more. <span class="c15" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c32" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/genesis/37-6.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1686381066421671&usg=AOvVaw2o-3rVflGqfWJVq9gmlAkw" style="text-decoration: inherit;">6</a></span>He said to them, “Please listen to this dream which I have had; <span class="c15" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c32" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/genesis/37-7.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1686381066421969&usg=AOvVaw0FAfOjdlbJcZjOBVfarOeg" style="text-decoration: inherit;">7</a></span> for behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf stood up and also remained standing; and behold, your sheaves gathered around and bowed down to my sheaf.” <span class="c15" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c32" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/genesis/37-8.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1686381066422266&usg=AOvVaw39-h4_2b5r9S-sc0QzBWSP" style="text-decoration: inherit;">8</a></span><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Then his brothers said to him, “Are you actually going to reign over us? Or are you really going to rule over us?” So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words.</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c15" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c32" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/genesis/37-9.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1686381066422575&usg=AOvVaw0jywehFlwrYQHmS-skPUZd" style="text-decoration: inherit;">9</a></span> Then he had yet another dream, and informed his brothers of it, and said, “Behold, I have had yet another dream; and behold, the sun and the moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me.” <span class="c15" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c32" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/genesis/37-10.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1686381066422823&usg=AOvVaw0lWfqs_SzhjOit1pv5P4Ht" style="text-decoration: inherit;">10</a></span>He also told it to his father as well as to his brothers; and his father rebuked him and said to him, “What is this dream that you have had? Am I and your mother and your brothers actually going to come to bow down to the ground before you?” <span class="c15" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c32" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/genesis/37-11.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1686381066423065&usg=AOvVaw0b76W6L4gBb8LyzEDH1m4W" style="text-decoration: inherit;">11</a></span><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind.</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c29" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Did Joseph understand the meaning of the dream?</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c40" style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: times;">Who told Joseph’s brothers and father what the dream meant?</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">They had the gift of interpreting dreams too</span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">His father “kept the matter in mind”</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Jacob knew there was something to it</span></li></ul><h2 class="c17 c21" id="h.cd05i3swwxw8" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t reveal the dream prematurely</span></span></h2><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t be in a hurry to speak about your dream until you know the purpose of it</span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We don’t want to go tell everybody to dream because it makes us look spiritual, or real deep</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We should not share our dreams with everyone</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">An evil person may understand it</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Harm you out of jealousy</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Try to prevent God’s plan</span></span></li></ul><h1 class="c39 c21" id="h.exx5033jz277" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Cupbearer’s Dream</span></span></h1><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c29" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Genesis 40:5-8</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">5 Then the cupbearer and the baker for the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison, both had a dream the same night, each man with his own dream and each dream with its own interpretation. 6 When Joseph came to them in the morning and saw them, behold, they were dejected. 7 So he asked Pharaoh’s officials who were with him in confinement in his master’s house, “Why are your faces so sad today?” 8 And they said to him, “We have had a dream, and there is no one to interpret it.” Then Joseph said to them, “Do interpretations not belong to God? Tell it to me, please.”</span></span></p><h2 class="c17 c21" id="h.u9oq8x69ob4s" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">All Interpretations Come From God</span></span></h2><ul class="c10 lst-kix_ymlcmywyxwe5-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c4 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If the interpretation belongs to God… That means the dream was from God</span></span></li></ul><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c22 c52" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If they all come from God then go to God…where should you go to get the interpretation?</span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">…not Google</span></span></p><h2 class="c17 c21" id="h.ofi0yfhskl63" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Each dream has its own interpretation</span></span></h2><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Two people can have the same dream and it will mean different things</span></li></ul><p class="c13" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c18 c34" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">You can’t Google random things about your dreams because it won’t understand the fullness of it. </span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c37" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 15pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Each Person’s Dreams Are Unique - Caroline Leaf</span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c15" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c32" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxfUVmTzwHHtTA79hivSphTLpN80VT_yLV&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1686381066426583&usg=AOvVaw2KbjOZ_yNayX3tYzrnrdkG" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxfUVmTzwHHtTA79hivSphTLpN80VT_yLV</span></a></span></p><h2 class="c14" id="h.sag92p6hkkvo" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Gift of Interpreting Dreams</span></span></h2><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Joseph knew the answer to the dream immediately</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The gift of dream interpretation does not mean having the ability to take the dream to God in prayer and get an answer</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">It is an ability</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Dreams are a language</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dreams are a form of communication that God uses with his people</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">In the same way that the gift of healing is not having the ability to pray for healing better than someone else</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dream interpretation combines</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">skill</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">discernment</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">prophecy</span></span></li></ul><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">-ML</span></p><h1 class="c17 c21" id="h.vjgl9cnaca6r" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Pharaoh's dream</span></span></h1><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c29" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Genesis 41:17-27</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c15" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c32" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/genesis/41-17.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1686381066429590&usg=AOvVaw3vyD9QoZkAXul9CSS3RR0i" style="text-decoration: inherit;">17</a></span>Then Pharaoh said to Joseph: “In my dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile, <span class="c15" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c32" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/genesis/41-18.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1686381066429999&usg=AOvVaw3WWbkd51CJcBN_EOylAz9T" style="text-decoration: inherit;">18</a></span> when seven cows, well-fed and sleek, came up from the river and began to graze among the reeds. <span class="c15" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c32" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/genesis/41-19.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1686381066430360&usg=AOvVaw2N3DHao2I27YErCcX78J3u" style="text-decoration: inherit;">19</a></span>After them, seven other cows—sickly, ugly, and thin—came up. I have never seen such ugly cows in all the land of Egypt! <span class="c15" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c32" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/genesis/41-20.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1686381066430569&usg=AOvVaw3ySyVyp2ZJ1-_XbMjfRtnm" style="text-decoration: inherit;">20</a></span>Then the thin, ugly cows devoured the seven well-fed cows that were there first. <span class="c15" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c32" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/genesis/41-21.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1686381066430849&usg=AOvVaw2qeruEtVUOhs94co7sm45d" style="text-decoration: inherit;">21</a></span><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">When they had devoured them, however, no one could tell that they had done so; their appearance was as ugly as it had been before. Then I awoke.</span></span></p><p class="c44" style="background-color: white; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c31" style="color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c32" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/genesis/41-22.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1686381066431326&usg=AOvVaw13HReCcErzqMkgzo6q4uiF" style="text-decoration: inherit;">22</a></span><span class="c38" style="color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;">In my dream I also saw seven heads of grain, plump and ripe, growing on a single stalk. </span><span class="c31" style="color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c32" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/genesis/41-23.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1686381066431657&usg=AOvVaw0Og8z5hrZ2imEao2Dwvrug" style="text-decoration: inherit;">23</a></span><span class="c38" style="color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;">After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted—withered, thin, and scorched by the east wind. </span><span class="c31" style="color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c32" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/genesis/41-24.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1686381066432032&usg=AOvVaw2bed4m2GoEs_mf9mAHpIrS" style="text-decoration: inherit;">24</a></span><span class="c35" style="color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">And the thin heads of grain swallowed the seven plump ones.</span></span></p><p class="c44" style="background-color: white; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="c35" style="color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I told this dream to the magicians, but no one could explain it to me.”</span></span></p><p class="c44" style="background-color: white; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c31" style="color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c32" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/genesis/41-25.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1686381066432629&usg=AOvVaw0r_ITAugJgvGiPqn4YeRQN" style="text-decoration: inherit;">25</a></span><span class="c38" style="color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;">At this, Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dreams of Pharaoh are one and the same. God has revealed to Pharaoh what He is about to do. </span><span class="c31" style="color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c32" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/genesis/41-26.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1686381066432983&usg=AOvVaw1_DOhdrqWnMjgUa5m5ujPh" style="text-decoration: inherit;">26</a></span><span class="c38" style="color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;">The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven ripe heads of grain are seven years. The dreams have the same meaning. </span><span class="c31" style="color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c32" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/genesis/41-27.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1686381066433357&usg=AOvVaw0VbIcPhHsyn7DugpJRITu7" style="text-decoration: inherit;">27</a></span><span class="c35" style="color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Moreover, the seven thin, ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and so are the seven worthless heads of grain scorched by the east wind—they are seven years of famine.</span></span></p><p class="c25" style="background-color: white; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c35" style="color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c44" style="background-color: white; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="c35" style="color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The fact that Pharaoh was troubled didn’t mean that the dream wasn’t from God</span></span></p><h3 class="c24 c21" id="h.f0rccqcdengx" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c19" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God Gives the Dream to the Person Who Can Do Something About it</span></span></h3><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God gave dreams impacting nations to the rulers of the nations</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Pharaoh</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Nebekunezzer</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Or to people who have access to the people who can implement His will</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">He doesn’t just give you an FYI of something you can’t impact</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">You make it a revelation if there is some action you need to take</span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">He may give you that vision for you to pray</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Not for you to tell others to look spiritual</span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c14" id="h.fk2ew4ob39mm" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Symbolism in Dreams</span></span></h2><p class="c21 c42 subtitle" id="h.nnznzgftr122" style="break-after: avoid; color: #666666; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 16pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 15pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dreams are often given to you in allegory or in symbolism</span></span></p><h3 class="c24 c21" id="h.ys50j2rhf9aw" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c19" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Pharoah’s Interpretation</span></span></h3><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">A normal person would not have been able to interpret this dream</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The cows did not represent cows</span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The corn did not represent corn</span></span></p><p class="c13" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When the skinny cows eat the fat cows you couldn’t tell that they ate them</span></span></p><h3 class="c17 c21" id="h.sdo7iw9ng2la" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c19" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Cows and corn = years</span></span></h3><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The seven fat cows represent a years of abundance and opportunity</span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The seven skinny cows represented years of famine</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c46 c18 c34 c50" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Time can eat time</span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Years can eat years</span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When the bad years eat the good years you won’t know that good years had happened</span></span></p><h2 class="c17 c21" id="h.49u2gwc8luvu" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dream Symbol Dictionary</span></span></h2><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The concept that different symbols and animals represent the same thing across cultures and ages and sexes doesn’t have much science behind it</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Doesn’t have biblical support</span></p><h2 class="c17 c21" id="h.z7qkqdjyc760" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When God Speaks Clearly</span></span></h2><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c29" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Numbers 12:6-8</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">6 <span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">He said,</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“Now hear My words:</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If there is a prophet among you,</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I, the LORD, will make Myself known to him in a vision.</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I will speak with him in a dream.</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">7“It is not this way for My servant Moses;</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">He is faithful in all My household;</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">8 With him I speak mouth to mouth,</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">That is, openly, and not using mysterious language,</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">And he beholds the form of the LORD.</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">So why were you not afraid</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">To speak against My servant, against Moses?”</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">God spoke to prophets in “mysterious language”</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">They needed to interpret it</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God spoke to Moses and the patriarch directly.</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The closer you get to God… The less you will need to interpret</span></span></p><ul class="c10 lst-kix_81cez87x5fki-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not because of your interpretation skill, but because of the method in which God communicates</span></span></li></ul><p class="c13" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c40" style="font-weight: 700;">Story:</span><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> God speaks to me clearly</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">I don’t have symbols in my dreams</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Wake up and write three pages</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">A rap, program, speech</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c24 c21" id="h.zdn8dkmovzqz" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c19" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Literal or Symbolic?</span></span></h3><ul class="c10 lst-kix_ewhowxmag1d-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">In the bible the dreamer seemed to know that it was symbolic</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c18 c30" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ask the Lord “is this literal or is it symbolic?“</span></span></p><h2 class="c17 c21" id="h.ywkdobqj7g8o" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Recurring Dreams</span></span></h2><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You have recurring dreams when it’s important</span></span></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Your unconscious mind is trying to tell you something</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God is trying to get the message to you</span></span></li></ol><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I would be hesitant to try to draw conclusions from my single dream</span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">But if there are patterns you might want to compare those with the normal dreams</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c24 c21" id="h.nhzm78xxcusq" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c19" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">From God</span></span></h3><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Gave gave Pharoah two different dreams with the same message because it was important</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Often times God will continue trying to tell you the same thing when you don’t get it</span></p><h3 class="c24 c21" id="h.qz7ml2ell3j" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c19" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Unconscious mind</span></span></h3><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c8" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">A recurring pattern…can be a message from your non-conscious mind telling you to pay attention</span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">In order for you to fix something… There needs to be conscious involvement</span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">if you keep having the same dream and you wake up tired… That is a message that you need to keep exploring</span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c18 c34" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Whatever you see as a pattern… Use that to understand</span></span></p><h3 class="c24 c21" id="h.frmh09opj61v" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c19" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Patterns</span></span></h3><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your unique pattern is your unique story</span></span></p><ul class="c10 lst-kix_q8408xynwr8q-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c4 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You can’t just Google a pattern</span></span></li></ul><p class="c13" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c8" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c18 c30" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700;">Example:</span><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> always</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-family: times; font-size: 10pt;">frustrated</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-family: times; font-size: 10pt;">hurrying</span></li><li><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">anxious</span></span></li></ul><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c18 c34" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Good dreams - good dreams can be pointing out what you are doing right</span></span></p><h1 class="c17 c21" id="h.decqdu5rstai" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Steps of Interpretation</span></span></h1><h2 class="c14" id="h.g178e3cd7tlf" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Starting a Conversation</span></span></h2><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The dream can be God starting a conversation with you</span></span></p><ul class="c10 lst-kix_szivp7kmkdde-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c4 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When you begin to ask questions about the dream, you engage the conversation</span></span></li><li class="c4 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c18 c34" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">“ God… What is it that you are doing with this?“</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c17 c21" id="h.hjo8a2ebapf3" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Write Down <span class="c11" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">the Details</span></span></h2><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c8" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Daniel 7:1</span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel saw a dream and visions in his mind as he lay on his bed; then he wrote the dream down and told the following summary of it.</span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Keep a dream journal</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Write the story</span></span></p><h3 class="c17 c21" id="h.jnn528wnj54n" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c19" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Write The Details</span></span></h3><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Details</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Was the water dirty or clean?</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">What time of day was it?</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The people</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c29" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Example: thin cows didn’t get fat after eating</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c29" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></p><span class="c40" style="font-family: times; font-weight: 700;">Genesis 41:21 </span><span class="c0" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">When they had devoured them, however, no one could tell that they had done so; their appearance was as ugly as it had been before. Then I awoke.</span><span style="font-family: times;"><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">This details turned out to be important</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">This meant that when the bad years came no one would remember the good years</span></li></ul></span><h3 class="c17 c21" id="h.ng8lnahe9bmh" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c19" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your Initial Interpretation</span></span></h3><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Write down what you think the dream means</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your initial thought about what the dream is about is often correct</span></p><h3 class="c24 c21" id="h.uik7dct3it4x" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c19" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How Did You Feel?</span></span></h3><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It is not just about what you saw in the dream.</span></span></p><ul class="c10 lst-kix_63vwp1u31xho-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It is also about what you felt in the dream.</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c8" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Pay attention to your emotional tone in the dream.</span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Where are you</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-family: times; font-size: 10pt;">Afraid</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-family: times; font-size: 10pt;">At peace</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-family: times; font-size: 10pt;">Happy</span></li><li><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Confident</span></span></li></ul><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c18 c30" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700;">Example:</span><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> If chaos is happening in your dream, but you are at peace then it means that it was still in the hands of God. </span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c18 c30 c46" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Frightening Dreams</span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c8" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Just because you were afraid doesn’t mean that the dream wasn’t from God</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c29" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Job 33:14-16</span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">14 “Indeed God speaks once, Or twice, yet no one notices it. 15 “In a dream, a vision of the night, When deep sleep falls on people, While they slumber in their beds, 16 Then He opens the ears of people, And horrifies them with warnings,</span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">*note: I’ve seen many teachers say that you can tell a dream is from God if it gives you peace. This is not biblical.</span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c46 c18 c50 c34" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Snake Example</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If you see a snake you will fear because in your mind you think that snakes are evil</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">It could be healing</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">It could be wisdom</span></li></ul><h3 class="c17 c21" id="h.ekpv1w4qh46u" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c19" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Recall Any Reference</span></span></h3><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Are there references in the dream?</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-family: times; font-size: 10pt;">Biblical</span></li><li><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">In your life</span></span></li></ul><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Research if there is anything of the Bible that speaks of this</span></span></p><h3 class="c21 c24" id="h.1z9rx0wlfc8k" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">What were your thoughts?</span></h3><h3 class="c24 c21" id="h.6n1du94b1pms" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c19" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Pay attention to symbols, colors, numbers, and objects</span></span></h3><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ask the Lord for the meaning</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">A lot of websites they give interpretation</span><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">They copy from each other</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Many look similar to New Age and witchcraft references</span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c29" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Example:</span></span></p><ul class="c10 lst-kix_wh4v9k4o7fme-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Being pregnant in your dream can mean you’re about to give birth to a ministry or an idea</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c17 c21" id="h.d15lzkxkdf06" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Pray to God For an Interpretation</span></h2><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Pray about what God is wanting you to do</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Go to the Holy Spirit in prayer before you go to</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Google</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Friends</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Posting it on social media</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If you know that a dream was important and you forgot it… You can pray that God brings it back to your memory</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I would rather bring a dream to the Lord and let him tell me not to worry about it then to dismiss it on my own</span></span></p><p class="c13" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c17 c21" id="h.7n2d0nxrdf0y" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Is this dream giving me information or instruction?</span></span></h2><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sometimes they overlap</span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Is this informing me of your plans and your purpose so I’m at peace when it happens?</span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Am I supposed to say or do anything… Or is it just for me to know?</span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Is this inform them about</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-family: times; font-size: 10pt;">Information I need for a friend</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-family: times; font-size: 10pt;">Something I need to pray for</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-family: times; font-size: 10pt;">For me to know the future</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-family: times; font-size: 10pt;">For me to warn the people of God</span></li><li><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Something I should pray against</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c17 c21" id="h.7p5f9ct3jue8" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c19" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Understand there is timing involved</span></span></h3><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If it is an instruction… Then you need to ask God about the timing in the strategy connected to the word</span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It is not something to rush into… It is a conversation that God is starting</span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Before God gives you instruction I can shake up your whole life… He will give you a little thing… Because he is building you</span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Before you get an instruction to take a huge leap of faith… God will cultivate your hearing in the day to day things</span></span></p><ul class="c10 lst-kix_b5429vsb8tla-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c4 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">He does not want to make room for the enemy to deceive you and send you where he did not lead</span></span></li></ul><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ask God to use your dreams to speak to you</span></span></p><p class="c13" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If the dream is from God, and you can’t understand it… It may be for future time</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c14" id="h.m8mwra5pluaw" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ask someone</span></span></h2><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If you know someone who you trust who can interpret dreams or hears from God</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c14" id="h.iev5a8102zu6" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When You Don’t Get an Answer</span></span></h2><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If you have prayed and you are living right and you still don’t get an interpretation… You can ignore the dream</span></span></p><p class="c13" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c8" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When You Don’t Get an Interpretation for Your Dream</span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c15 c18" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c32" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkx3Cm5_m_iu9t-7llceH5HZhHTNTPXYMtq&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1686381066455246&usg=AOvVaw3A3LgSxguM90uWubGdtUSz" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkx3Cm5_m_iu9t-7llceH5HZhHTNTPXYMtq</span></a></span></p><h1 class="c17 c21" id="h.1x6sr4r1iyxy" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Preparing Yourself For to Hear From God</span></h1><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Be intentional about your atmosphere when you go to bed</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">One or two hours before you start going to sleep begin to set an atmosphere</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Protect your eye gates and ear gates</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dreams and visions are both effortless</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">You don’t need to empty your mind</span></li></ul><h3 class="c17 c21" id="h.65ivz2wrb5wk" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c19" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Purify Yourself Before Going to Bed</span></span></h3><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Limit</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">News</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Social media</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Negative conversations</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Detox</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">I detox myself from anyone who annoyed me during the day</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Repent where you need to repent</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Forgive who you need to forgive (or ask for the ability)</span></li></ul><h2 class="c14" id="h.61cmz2fbxus1" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Fasting</span></span></h2><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">In the Bible, they fasted when they wanted to hear from God or get an answer</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The point of fasting… Is to humble yourself`</span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t eat after six</span></span></p><ul class="c10 lst-kix_aa29h4bqx6vz-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c4 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Drink plenty of water</span></span></li></ul><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c22" style="font-weight: 700;">Example:</span><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> Daniel and his brothers fasted to humble themselves. Then they asked God to give them the interpretation of the dream.</span></span></p><h3 class="c17 c21" id="h.s6750xox8z1j" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c19" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Pray</span></span></h3><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ask God to meet you and your dreams and speak to you</span></span></p><h2 class="c17 c21" id="h.ghg46qaf4cqx" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Talk to yourself</span></h2><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">David is talking to himself in</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Psalms 116</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Psalm 23</span></li><li><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Psalm 103</span></span></li></ul><p class="c13" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You can say to yourself</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">My spirit… You will hear the voice of God when you sleep</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">God will speak to me in the dream tonight when I lie down</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">This is the benefit of being a child of God</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">He will never leave me in the dark</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">He will never allow a devil to attack me and I don’t know what new thing</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">I will know what God is saying</span></li><li><span class="c41" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">I am ready for what God is saying</span></span></li></ul><h1 class="c39 c21" id="h.6rsta1dnqqsw" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">False Prophets</span></span></h1><p class="c42 c21 subtitle" id="h.v9b7kdscnkyv" style="break-after: avoid; color: #666666; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 16pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 15pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Eliphaz’s Dream</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c29" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Job 4:12-19</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">12 “Now a word was brought to me secretly, And my ear received a whisper of it. 13 “Amid disquieting thoughts from visions of the night, When deep sleep falls on people, 14 Dread came upon me, and trembling, And made all my bones shake. 15 “Then a spirit passed by my face; The hair of my flesh stood up. 16 “Something was standing still, but I could not recognize its appearance; A form was before my eyes; There was silence, then I heard a voice: 17 ‘Can mankind be righteous before God? Can a man be pure before his Maker? 18 ‘He puts no trust even in His servants; And He accuses His angels of error. 19 ‘How much more those who live in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before the moth!</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Eliphaz is implying that this is a message from God</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">charges that Job is being corrected for some awful secret sin</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Eliphaz’s vision</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">was in line with his incorrect theology</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Supported what he thought to be true about Job</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Was meant to be divine proof that he was right in his opinion</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Was meant to show Job that God revealed Job’s secret sin to him</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It was a false prophecy</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It was either</span></span></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">A fabrication</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">A misinterpretation</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Something meant for Eliphaz</span></span></li></ol><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c29" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">People claim the source of their information is supernatural in order to give it more authority</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You can’t listen to everyone who says they have a dream for</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">you specifically</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">God’s</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">this season</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c40" style="font-weight: 700;">Story:</span><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> prophecy circles</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I get skeptical in environments where everyone has heard a message from God and new Christians are encouraged to prophesy.</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When someone says “God showed/told me…” and I don’t know them…a red flag goes off</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Some people</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Want attention</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Want validate</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Im buddies with God</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">I’m spiritual</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">I know secret things</span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Use it as a form of manipulation to get their way</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Use it as a way to get control of others</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">People Claim to Have Dreams from God</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c32" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxfA3q1HhqFSNmV1hYSq-3IJukpWXXca8i&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1686381066463323&usg=AOvVaw3TW2ASjcTtu2Dr4wd7dqHk" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxfA3q1HhqFSNmV1hYSq-3IJukpWXXca8i</span></a></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">People Who Always Have Dreams About Others - Prophet Elias</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c32" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxuMcnrXb6oqecAC1QHwBfE4IxJcpT6lN4&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1686381066463877&usg=AOvVaw3PGWwAw0Mp5DPwg5XtjWsj" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxuMcnrXb6oqecAC1QHwBfE4IxJcpT6lN4</span></a></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c14" id="h.2izvp46o47ch" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How to Tell a False Prophet</span></span></h2><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c29" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Deuteronomy 18:22</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“When the prophet speaks in the name of the LORD, and the thing does not happen or come true, that is the thing which the LORD has not spoken. The prophet has spoken it presumptuously; you are not to be afraid of him.</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c40" style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t follow anyone whose prophecy doesn’t come true</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c14" id="h.2my2aim3p8fz" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Even if prophecies do come true</span></span></h2><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c29" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Deuteronomy 13:1-5</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 “If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises among you and gives you a sign or a wonder, 2 and the sign or the wonder comes true, of which he spoke to you, saying, ‘Let’s follow other gods (whom you have not known) and let’s serve them,’ 3 you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer of dreams; for the LORD your God is testing you to find out whether you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul. 4 “You shall follow the LORD your God and fear Him; and you shall keep His commandments, listen to His voice, serve Him, and cling to Him. 5 “But that prophet or that dreamer of dreams shall be put to death, because he has spoken falsely against the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery, to drive you from the way in which the LORD your God commanded you to walk. So you shall eliminate the evil from among you.</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c29" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Even if they foretell the future correctly don’t follow them if they turn you from God</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Someone can have the skill of dream interpretation and it not be from God</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b>Instructor: </b>Michael Leadon</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3XHBM2oTD5w" width="320" youtube-src-id="3XHBM2oTD5w"></iframe></span></div><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c17 c21" id="h.zgks7xqmn0co" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">References</span></span></h1><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c40" style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: times;">14 Facts About Dreams</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The 6 Dreams of Joseph</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c32" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.logos.com/grow/bsm-what-are-the-6-dreams-in-the-story-of-joseph/&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1686381066466052&usg=AOvVaw3BWjO5tUiU7-2BCaiwAr8x" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.logos.com/grow/bsm-what-are-the-6-dreams-in-the-story-of-joseph/</span></a></span></p><p class="c13" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c29" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Interpretation of dreams | Stephanie Ike</span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">One | a potters house church</span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c29" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Mysteries of the spirit – how God uses dreams and visions</span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">David Digga Hernandez</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c29" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Understanding dreams and their meanings</span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c18 c34" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Vlad Savchuk</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c29" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dream interpretation// revealed</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dr. Lovy Elias</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c29" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The skills of dream interpretation</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Prophet Lovy</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c29" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Are sexual dreams a Sin?</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"> Ascension presents</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c29" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How to interpret and explain your dreams</span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c18 c34" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Apostle Joshua Selman</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c29" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Interpreting dreams</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c32" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.mentoringprophets.com/2015/10/how-do-you-know-dream-is-from-god.html&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1686381066468599&usg=AOvVaw3WSJFVBNzUlM7SCfiR4Y4n" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.mentoringprophets.com/2015/10/how-do-you-know-dream-is-from-god.html</span></a></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c21 c39" id="h.uo4mdsqxybnn" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Extra</span></span></h1><p class="c13" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c29" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Job 33:14-18</span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">14 “Indeed God speaks once, Or twice, yet no one notices it. 15 “In a dream, a vision of the night, When deep sleep falls on people, While they slumber in their beds, 16 Then He opens the ears of people, And horrifies them with warnings, 17 So that He may turn a person away from bad conduct, And keep a man from pride; 18 He keeps his soul back from the pit, And his life from perishing by the spear.</span></span></p><p class="c13" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c13" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">2 Corinthians 12:1-5 (NASB20) 1 Boasting is necessary, though it is not beneficial; but I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord. 2 I know a man in Christ, who fourteen years ago--whether in the body I do not know, or out of the body I do not know, God knows--such a man was caught up to the third heaven. 3 And I know how such a man--whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, God knows-- 4 was caught up into Paradise and heard inexpressible words, which a man is not permitted to speak. 5 In behalf of such a man I will boast; but in my own behalf I will not boast, except regarding my weaknesses.</span></span></p><ul class="c10 lst-kix_xd729tmidfxu-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c4 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The third heaven is where God lives</span></span></li></ul><p class="c13" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Colossians 2:18-19 (NASB20) 18 Take care that no one keeps defrauding you of your prize by delighting in humility and the worship of the angels, taking his stand on visions he has seen, inflated without cause by his fleshly mind, 19 and not holding firmly to the head, from whom the entire body, being supplied and held together by the joints and ligaments, grows with a growth which is from God.</span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jude 1:8-8 (NASB20) Yet in the same way these people also, dreaming, defile the flesh, reject authority, and speak abusively of angelic majesties.</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ecclesiastes 5:2-3</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">2 Do not be quick with your mouth or impulsive in thought to bring up a matter in the presence of God. For God is in heaven and you are on the earth; therefore let your words be few. 3 For the dream comes through much effort, and the voice of a fool through many words.</span></p><h2 class="c17 c21" id="h.i5cbbhy8n8mv" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dream Facts</span></span></h2><ol class="c10 lst-kix_gg6orbs652s5-0 start" start="1" style="counter-reset: lst-ctn-kix_gg6orbs652s5-0 0; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c4 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_gg6orbs652s5-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We have 4 to 6 streams per night</span></span></li></ol><ol class="c10 lst-kix_gg6orbs652s5-1 start" start="1" style="counter-reset: lst-ctn-kix_gg6orbs652s5-1 0; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c17 c9 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_gg6orbs652s5-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 72pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">1460 dreams per year</span></span></li></ol><ol class="c10 lst-kix_gg6orbs652s5-0" start="2" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c4 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_gg6orbs652s5-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c18 c34" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Typical dreams last from 5 to 20 minutes</span></span></li></ol><h2 class="c17 c21" id="h.6ny90tga1zad" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Lucid Dreams</span></span></h2><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">But is it possible for your conscious brain to take control of your dreaming brain?</span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Meaning can you be aware that you are dreaming</span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Studies have backed up the claims of lucid dreamers</span></span></p><h3 class="c17 c21" id="h.1cp1834b2zs7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c18 c30" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;">Study: </span><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">“move your eyes and count to 10 once you realize you are dreaming“</span></span></h3><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Example: Patrice says she does this</span></span></p><h3 class="c17 c21" id="h.m8gb71uynehw" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c19" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It is possible to control your dreams</span></span></h3><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Lucid dream - you are dreaming, but you are aware that you are dreaming</span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Lucid dream arises from a state that combines consciousness and REM sleep</span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">In this state… You can control the Content of your dreams</span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">about 50% of people remember having a lucid dream at least once in their life</span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Some people have lucid dreams over and over again</span></span></p><p class="c13" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c17 c21" id="h.2dyrn8tu3tvy" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">False Prophecy</span></span></h2><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c40" style="font-weight: 700;">Jeremiah 23:31-34</span><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">31 “Behold, I am against the prophets,” declares the LORD, “who use their tongues and declare, ‘The Lord declares!’ 32 “Behold, I am against those who have prophesied false dreams,” declares the LORD, “and reported them and led My people astray by their lies and reckless boasting; yet I did not send them nor command them, nor do they provide this people the slightest benefit,” declares the LORD. 33 “Now when this people or the prophet or a priest asks you, saying, ‘What is the pronouncement of the LORD?’ then you shall say to them, ‘What pronouncement?’ The LORD declares, ‘I will abandon you.’ 34 “Then as for the prophet or the priest or the people who say, ‘The pronouncement of the LORD,’ I will bring punishment upon that person and his household.</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c14" id="h.7pefinvwuw76" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dreamers in the Church</span></span></h2><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This brings us back to the question of the “dreamer”. Where exactly do we see this mentioned? Here’s a shocking revelation: the position of dreamer is not a church job title! Nowhere in the Bible do we see dreamers spoken of strictly regarding “religious” institutions. In fact, when we look again at the stories of Daniel and Joseph, we see the opposite is true! The position of dreamer is instead found highly effective and active in kingdom positions completely outside of the church. Both Daniel and Joseph interpreted dreams of pagan kings. In Joseph’s case, he was promoted to the second highest position in Egypt strictly because of his ability to interpret Pharaoh’s dream!</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c32" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://chrismichals.com/2016/01/28/key-facts-about-the-office-of-the-dreamer/&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1686381066472876&usg=AOvVaw2d-QDWUDV5aEl-rWKG4geD" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://chrismichals.com/2016/01/28/key-facts-about-the-office-of-the-dreamer/</span></a></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c17 c21" id="h.5zrc498q07v" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Old testament dreams</span></span></h2><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-family: times; font-size: 10pt;">Abimelech has a dream regard reveals that Sarah is Abraham‘s wife</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-family: times; font-size: 10pt;">Jacob has a dream about the latter</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-family: times; font-size: 10pt;">Jacob has a dream to go back home</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-family: times; font-size: 10pt;">Laban gets warned in a dream not to say anything good or bad to Jacob Gen 31</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-family: times; font-size: 10pt;">Joseph has the dreams about grain and stars</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-family: times; font-size: 10pt;">pharaohs Baker and cupbearer have dreams in jail with Joseph</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-family: times; font-size: 10pt;">Pharaoh has two dreams: grain and cows</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-family: times; font-size: 10pt;">The Midianites have a dream about the barley of loaf that refers to Gideon calling judges 7</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-family: times; font-size: 10pt;">God comes to Solomon in a dream and gives them wisdom</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-family: times; font-size: 10pt;">Nebuchadnezzar has a dream about a statue and a tree</span></li><li><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Daniel has a dream about four bees</span></span></li></ol><p class="c13" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c17 c21" id="h.18fhy56sbeju" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">New Testament dreams</span></span></h2><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-family: times; font-size: 10pt;">Joseph had a dream to not divorce Mary</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-family: times; font-size: 10pt;">The wisemen were giving a dream not to go back to Herod</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-family: times; font-size: 10pt;">Joseph was given a dream to go to Egypt</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-family: times; font-size: 10pt;">Joseph was given another dream to come back to its real</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-family: times; font-size: 10pt;">Joseph was given a dream not to go to Judea</span></li><li><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Pilot‘s wife had a dream warning heard that Jesus was innocent</span></span></li></ol><p class="c13" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c17 c21" id="h.gj8d0b4dtbfx" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Daniel’s Gift of Dream Interpretation</span></span></h2><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Daniel 1</span></span></p><h2 class="c14" id="h.q9od3i3ypzao" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c23" style="background-color: white; color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt;"><a class="c32" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/daniel/1-17.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1686381066476806&usg=AOvVaw0oNhtw6Cta1KEUJwbm_L2_" style="text-decoration: inherit;">17</a></span><span class="c50 c53" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"> To these four young men God gave knowledge and understanding in every kind of literature and wisdom. And Daniel had insight into all kinds of visions and dreams.</span></span></h2><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Daniel 5:11-12 (NASB20)</span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c23" style="background-color: white; color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c32" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/daniel/5-11.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1686381066477741&usg=AOvVaw2wDdajD5ppE-BYewz7HipS" style="text-decoration: inherit;">11</a></span><span class="c33" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;">There is a man in your kingdom in whom is </span><span class="c51" style="background-color: white; color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt;"><a class="c32" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/nasb_/daniel/5.htm%23fn&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1686381066478110&usg=AOvVaw0cQ_aGixWzITK-TuZNy-Cg" style="text-decoration: inherit;">[j]</a></span><span class="c33" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;">a spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of your father, illumination, insight, and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods were found in him. And King Nebuchadnezzar, your father—your father </span><span class="c51" style="background-color: white; color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt;"><a class="c32" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/nasb_/daniel/5.htm%23fn&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1686381066478481&usg=AOvVaw3tBK1u8173FlD662fC0sL3" style="text-decoration: inherit;">[k]</a></span><span class="c33" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;">the king—appointed him chief of the soothsayer priests, sorcerers, Chaldeans, </span><span class="c20" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic;">and</span><span class="c33" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;"> diviners. </span><span class="c23" style="background-color: white; color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c32" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/daniel/5-12.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1686381066479077&usg=AOvVaw3LaCFisO7tCNdeVVWhZbZr" style="text-decoration: inherit;">12</a></span><span class="c20" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic;">This was</span><span class="c33" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;"> because an extraordinary spirit, knowledge and insight, interpretation of dreams, explanation of riddles, and solving of difficult problems were found in this Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Let Daniel now be summoned and he will declare the interpretation.”</span></span></p><h3 class="c17 c21" id="h.y1238f4sfc4r" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c19" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Daniel’s Vision</span></span></h3><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Daniel 9:20-23 (NASB20) 20 While I was still speaking and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my plea before the LORD my God in behalf of the holy mountain of my God, 21 while I was still speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision previously, came to me in my extreme weariness about the time of the evening offering. 22 And he instructed me and talked with me and said, “Daniel, I have come now to give you insight with understanding. 23 “At the beginning of your pleas the command was issued, and I have come to tell you, because you are highly esteemed; so pay attention to the message and gain understanding of the vision.</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Daniel was in the presence of God and God gave them a vision</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Daniel did not understand the vision</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Daniel asked for an interpretation of the vision</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God didn’t give it to him directly</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Gabriel appeared to him as a man</span></span></p><ul class="c10 lst-kix_91q17ceyaevo-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It was tangible</span></span></li><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It wasn’t a bright light</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God sent an angel… A man</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Even though Daniel was a man of God</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">An angel of God, who understood the language of God better, had to come and explain to Daniel what he had seen</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God did not tell Daniel “this is what I mean“</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">He sent someone to tell Daniel what he meant</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dream interpretation is a skill</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Daniel skilled and visions and dreams</span></span></p><ul class="c10 lst-kix_l30rol2p88md-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">He was not skilled in the prophetic</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When there was a secret… He needed to fast and pray</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Seeing your vision does not mean that you can interpret it (Daniel 9:20-23)</span></span></p><h1 class="c17 c21" id="h.4caoeibulfzw" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Topics</span></span></h1><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Relatives visiting you in dreams</span></span></p><p class="c13" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c39 c21" id="h.c28gnpaqbsp8" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Prophetic Dreams</span></span></h1><p class="c42 c21 subtitle" id="h.hb0w7jgvatz" style="break-after: avoid; color: #666666; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 16pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 15pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dreams about the future</span></span></p><h2 class="c14" id="h.5xnzojpi0x0q" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Prophets</span></span></h2><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God spoke to the prophets in dreams</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They had to interpret them</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c14" id="h.4luq3qnqu8fx" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The prophetic versus the gift of dreaming</span></span></h2><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The prophetic as a revelatory gift</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The prophetic is a gift that reveals hidden and secretive things</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Deja Vu is Not Prophecy</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c32" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxoF182DWQUgpW-1xZ9izQUvAdsXa5lrPr&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1686381066485584&usg=AOvVaw38h5v3pqHj1PEQCRQRGaFE" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxoF182DWQUgpW-1xZ9izQUvAdsXa5lrPr</span></a></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c24 c21" id="h.vab1grhhcppn" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c19" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your Old Men Will Dream Dreams</span></span></h3><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Acts 2:17-18</span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">17 ‘AND IT SHALL BE IN THE LAST DAYS,’ God says, ‘THAT I WILL POUR OUT MY SPIRIT ON ALL MANKIND; AND YOUR SONS AND YOUR DAUGHTERS WILL PROPHESY, AND YOUR YOUNG MEN WILL SEE VISIONS, AND YOUR OLD MEN WILL HAVE DREAMS; 18 AND EVEN ON MY MALE AND FEMALE SERVANTS I WILL POUR OUT MY SPIRIT IN THOSE DAYS, And they will prophesy.</span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What does it mean to “dream a dream”?</span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c15 c18" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c32" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxrMlzFwIrRlUADNrk73zX2rtvkM9QBdor&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1686381066486540&usg=AOvVaw19lIHv-m6e1KxWZ5fiosJZ" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxrMlzFwIrRlUADNrk73zX2rtvkM9QBdor</span></a></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c17 c21" id="h.n3qsyxxuoewm" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c19" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Premonition Dreams</span></span></h3><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Many people have foreseen things in their dreams that will eventually happen to them</span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">These dreams turned out to be surprisingly accurate</span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Examples</span></span></p><p></p><div></div><p></p><ol class="c10 lst-kix_4kac3uwlzgor-0 start" start="1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; counter-reset: lst-ctn-kix_4kac3uwlzgor-0 0; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><li class="c17 c9 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; color: black; counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4kac3uwlzgor-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 72pt; orphans: 2; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left; widows: 2;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Many 9/11 victims dreamed about the coming attack</span></span></li><li class="c17 c9 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; color: black; counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4kac3uwlzgor-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 72pt; orphans: 2; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left; widows: 2;"><span class="c6" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Abraham Lincoln dreamed that he would be assassinated</span></span></li><li class="c17 c9 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; color: black; counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_4kac3uwlzgor-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 72pt; orphans: 2; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left; widows: 2;"><span class="c18 c34" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">The verified dreams of 19 people for saw the sinking of the titanic</span></span></li></ol>Unchained Discipleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11710595205237468334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6986426612019457751.post-84403432849568902222023-05-12T22:24:00.006-07:002023-06-06T14:41:03.984-07:00Dreams From God<p><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ6FXxHGKe8r5iZCdKWoScQ0ojmsCSyiIalsvnmb3k4Gz0rq0luHZAwrhRNTdTaOS9AOUICK6xSezqG3pmW8eZ3Xb8zPl-XvvjnApfzIOqfAQ1TwZJYUf2p0BjUESFT-n27jBNX3-p3mRwXBq5WVl_XKDS4PuzZEdcuIeEEjSoKdlHGfsrP1Lf9dJkcA/s1280/Dreams%20From%20God-1-2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ6FXxHGKe8r5iZCdKWoScQ0ojmsCSyiIalsvnmb3k4Gz0rq0luHZAwrhRNTdTaOS9AOUICK6xSezqG3pmW8eZ3Xb8zPl-XvvjnApfzIOqfAQ1TwZJYUf2p0BjUESFT-n27jBNX3-p3mRwXBq5WVl_XKDS4PuzZEdcuIeEEjSoKdlHGfsrP1Lf9dJkcA/s320/Dreams%20From%20God-1-2.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">Why do we dream and how do we know if it's from God or not?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">~~<a href="https://youtu.be/Aiy5p5Wl0So" target="_blank">Watch the Video</a>~~</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><h3 class="c16" id="h.rx5jqdy0jo1l" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Lesson Outline</span></span></h3><p class="c8 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c21" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Outline:</span></span></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Introduction</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Traits of Wholeness</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">What Are Dreams?</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Why do we Dream?</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Interesting Facts About Dreams</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">How God Uses Dreams</span></span></li><li><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Practical Tip: Start Writing Down Your Dreams</span></span></li></ol><p class="c8 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c21" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Future Lessons</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Nightmares / Evil Dreams</span></li><li class="c3 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Night terrors</span></span></li><li class="c3 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Demons</span></span></li><li class="c3 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sexual demonic dreams</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Interpreting dreams</span></li><li class="c3 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Common dreams</span></span></li><li class="c3 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What we dream about</span></span></li><li class="c3 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Pay attention to Recurring dreams</span></span></li><li class="c3 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Positioning Yourself to Hear from God through your dreams</span></span></li></ul><p class="c8 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c21" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Scripture:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Job 33:14-15</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Joel 2:28-29</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Matthew 2:13</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Genesis 41:14-28</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Genesis 15:12-14</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Matthew 1:20</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 Kings 3:5-15</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Daniel 2:28</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Job 33:14-18</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Genesis 20:1-7</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Daniel 7:1</span></span></li></ul><p class="c8 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c26" id="h.i10f7h4lc07v" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Introduction</span></span></h1><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c14" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How do you know you aren’t dreaming right now?</span></span></p><ul class="c0 lst-kix_jabrmkevtqua-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I’m going to give you some foolproof ways to know whether you are awake or not</span></span></li></ul><p class="c8 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c21" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Job 33:14-15</span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">14 “Indeed God speaks once, Or twice, yet no one notices it. 15 “In a dream, a vision of the night, When deep sleep falls on people, While they slumber in their beds,</span></span></p><p class="c8 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><ul class="c0 lst-kix_41sx4sqopilz-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c6 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sometimes God speaks and we may not hear Him</span></span></li><li class="c6 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God speaks to us in dreams</span></span></li></ul><p class="c8 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Today we are going to talk about …DREAMS</span></span></p><p class="c8 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c17" id="h.fwv7sd6y0ncq" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c24" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Most cultures believe dreams are supernatural</span></span></h2><h2 class="c17" id="h.owk4d8dwybd3" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c24" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Nebekunezer</span></span></h2><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c21" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What was Nebekunezer going to do when no one could interpret his dream?</span></span></p><ul class="c0 lst-kix_mj0t32i5278t-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c6 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Kill all of the prophets</span></span></li></ul><p class="c8 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"> He realize the dream was extremely important</span></span></p><p class="c8 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c21" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How did he know his dreams was important?</span></span></p><p class="c8 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The dream was from God</span></span></p><p class="c8 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c22" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“If a man cannot remember the dream he saw his god is angry with him.”</span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c22" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Old Babylonian Omen Text (VAT 7525)</span></span></p><p class="c8 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c36" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 13pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c35" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dreams in Babylon were considered significant.</span></span></p><ul class="c0 lst-kix_g6j8rjt2a4l4-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c6 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c35" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dreams in Babylon were considered supernatural</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c16" id="h.6x58zkt9ecbc" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Other Cultures</span></span></h3><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Some of the most ancient texts of the Samaritans describe dreams</span></span></p><ul class="c0 lst-kix_xgwlbibpjlxh-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Meaning of them</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Interpretations of them</span></span></li></ul><p class="c7 c9" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c14" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Nearly all cultures and religions have tried to address why we dream</span></span></p><ul class="c0 lst-kix_g1gz9t7kqjh5-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Abrahamic traditions teach the dreams can be messages from God</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Native Americans believe dreams are windows to the soul or contain messages from ancestors</span></span></li></ul><p class="c7 c9" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Some Cultures that placed importance on dreaming:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ancient Egyptians</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ancient Greeks</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Romans</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Christians</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Buddhist</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Muslims</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Hinduism</span></span></li><li><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Animus Religions of Africa</span></span></li></ul><p class="c7 c9" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c14" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Does every human dream?</span></span></p><ul class="c0 lst-kix_rjshqyd9q2e8-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">pretty much</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c0 lst-kix_rjshqyd9q2e8-1 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c7 c19 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 72pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You may not remember</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c0 lst-kix_rjshqyd9q2e8-0" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Unless you’ve had brain injury</span></span></li></ul><p class="c7 c9" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c14" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We are going to take a journey to understand … dreams</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">.</span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Over the next 3 lessons we’ll discuss:</span></span></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">What are dreams</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Why do we dream</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">God speaks through dreams</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Common dreams across all cultures</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Interpreting dreams</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Positioning yourself to hear from God</span></span></li><li><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Nightmares and Evil dreams</span></span></li></ol><p class="c8 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Today we are going to examine if from:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">psychological</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">scientific</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">academic</span></span></li><li><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">biblical examples</span></span></li></ul><p class="c8 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">In future lessons will be more</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Application</span></span></li><li><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Supernatural</span></span></li></ul><p class="c8 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c16" id="h.rx5jqdy0jo1l" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: times;">Traits of Wholeness</span></span></h3><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">We are in our series called <span class="c22" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">Seeking Wholeness</span></span></p><p class="c8 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c20" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c21" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How can we be:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Spiritually healthy</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Emotionally healthy</span></span></li><li><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Mentally healthy</span></span></li></ul><p class="c20 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Free from oppression of</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Our past</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ourself</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Bad thinking</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Strongholds</span></span></li><li><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The enemy</span></span></li></ul><p class="c8 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c20" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’re talking about</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">dealing with life’s current stresses</span></span></li><li><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">being healed from experiences/wounds of the past</span></span></li></ul><p class="c20 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c20" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’re not just supposed to have eternal life</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">We’re supposed to have: joy, peace, patience, and self contr</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">ol here on earth</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c16" id="h.ctkm7fq9wiw1" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Traits of Wholeness</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li class="c6 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_74q9ohkepquj-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Authenticity</span></span></li><li class="c6 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_74q9ohkepquj-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Honesty</span></span></li><li class="c6 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_74q9ohkepquj-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Kindness</span></span></li><li class="c6 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_74q9ohkepquj-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not seeking external approval / validation</span></span></li><li class="c6 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_74q9ohkepquj-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Living by values and principles</span></span></li><li class="c6 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_74q9ohkepquj-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Setting Boundaries</span></span></li><li class="c6 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_74q9ohkepquj-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Taking ownership of your responsibilities</span></span></li><li class="c6 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_74q9ohkepquj-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Living with purpose and passion</span></span></li><li class="c6 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_74q9ohkepquj-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Optimism</span></span></li><li class="c6 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_74q9ohkepquj-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Confidence</span></span></li><li class="c6 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_74q9ohkepquj-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Healthy relationships with others</span></span></li><li class="c6 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_74q9ohkepquj-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not losing control of your emotions</span></span></li><li class="c6 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_74q9ohkepquj-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Free from addictions</span></span></li><li class="c6 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_74q9ohkepquj-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Addressing Conflict with truth and love</span></span></li><li class="c6 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_74q9ohkepquj-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Vulnerability</span></span></li><li class="c6 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_74q9ohkepquj-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not critical or Judgemental</span></span></li><li class="c6 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_74q9ohkepquj-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not jealous of others</span></span></li><li class="c6 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_74q9ohkepquj-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgive those who have wronged you in the past</span></span></li><li class="c6 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_74q9ohkepquj-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Know that you’re worthy of receiving love</span></span></li><li class="c6 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_74q9ohkepquj-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not afraid to fail</span></span></li><li class="c6 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_74q9ohkepquj-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Able to manage irrational fear, worry, and anxiety</span></span></li><li class="c6 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_74q9ohkepquj-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Selfless encounters with others</span></span></li><li class="c6 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_74q9ohkepquj-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not manipulating others trying to control their actions/reactions</span></span></li><li class="c6 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_74q9ohkepquj-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You care about how others feel</span></span></li><li class="c6 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_74q9ohkepquj-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Patient</span></span></li><li class="c6 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_74q9ohkepquj-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t give into peer/social pressure</span></span></li><li class="c6 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_74q9ohkepquj-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Can communicate directly</span></span></li><li class="c6 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_74q9ohkepquj-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t take responsibility for other people's emotions</span></span></li><li class="c3 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_74q9ohkepquj-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Take responsibility for your own emotions</span></span></li><li class="c6 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_74q9ohkepquj-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Slow to anger</span></span></li><li class="c6 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_74q9ohkepquj-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ability to maturely express your wants, needs and desires</span></span></li><li class="c6 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_74q9ohkepquj-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Being led by the Spirit</span></span></li></ul><p class="c8 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c20" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c25 c34" style="font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;">Disclaimer</span><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c23" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;">This Bible study is for religious and educational purposes. If you need medical assistance please see the appropriate medical professional.</span><br /></span><h1 class="c26" id="h.hhrsuqfwqm5t" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What Are Dreams?</span></span></h1><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dreams are stories and images that our minds create while we sleep.</span></span></p><p class="c8 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dreams occur in/from the nonconscious<span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> mind.</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your conscious mind relaxes when you sleep</span></span></li><li><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your nonconscious mind never really sleeps</span></span></li></ul><p class="c8 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dreaming is a way of us understand what’s going on in our thought life</span></span></p><p class="c8 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your dreams aren’t random… They come from your own personal experiences or thoughts</span></span></p><ul class="c0 lst-kix_8n06ikukfxb9-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c6 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c25" style="font-weight: 700;">Fact</span><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">:we Only see familiar faces</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c4" id="h.ui1i3r5dcjyy" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Continuity hypothesis</span></span></h3><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We dream about things that we experience when we are awake</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your dreams are influenced by your environment</span></span></p><ul class="c0 lst-kix_ltmv27q90q9a-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Temperature</span></span></li></ul><p class="c7 c9" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c15" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700;">Example:</span><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> dog barking nearby</span></span></p><ul class="c0 lst-kix_7aye78w8hn56-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"> Your dog could then appear in your dreams</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c17" id="h.iwvecuppjcg6" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c24" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dreams vs Visions</span></span></h2><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">A vision occurs when a person is awake and alert;</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"> a dream occurs when a person is asleep.</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Peter was awake for his vision of the unclean food (Acts 10:9-23).</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">John was awake for his vision recorded in Revelation (Revelation 1:9-11).</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"> Pharaoh’s cup-bearer and baker were asleep when they had dreams that Joseph interpreted (Genesis 40:5-19).</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Joseph, Mary’s fiancé, was asleep when an angel spoke to him in a dream (Matthew 1:20-24).</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c17" id="h.vtmx29dmv37l" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c24" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sleep</span></span></h2><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c25" style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: times;">Who has heard of REM sleep?</span></span></p><h3 class="c4" id="h.myt0ebd1by0l" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sleep phases</span></span></h3><ol class="c0 lst-kix_elir5493lmnz-0 start" start="1" style="counter-reset: lst-ctn-kix_elir5493lmnz-0 0; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_elir5493lmnz-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c14" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Non-rem 1</span></span></li></ol><ul class="c0 lst-kix_elir5493lmnz-1 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c7 c19 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 72pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Transition into sleep</span></span></li></ul><ol class="c0 lst-kix_elir5493lmnz-0" start="2" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_elir5493lmnz-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c14" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">NR2 (45-55%)</span></span></li></ol><ul class="c0 lst-kix_elir5493lmnz-1 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c7 c19 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 72pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Less aware of your surroundings</span></span></li><li class="c7 c19 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 72pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You rarely dream in this stage</span></span></li><li class="c7 c19 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 72pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Unconscious thinking type of dream</span></span></li></ul><ol class="c0 lst-kix_elir5493lmnz-0" start="3" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_elir5493lmnz-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c14" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">NR3 Deep Sleep (15-25%)</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_elir5493lmnz-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c14" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">REM - rapid eye movement (20-25%)</span></span></li></ol><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The powerful dreams are in REM sleep</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dream type is a way to tell which phase you're in</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">These phases last for about 90 minutes and we repeat the cycle 2 to 4 times per night</span></span></p><h3 class="c4" id="h.pkebo7z86td4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">NR3</span></span></h3><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">In this stage you experience</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sleepwalking</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sleep talking</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Bedwetting</span></span></li><li><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Night terrors</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c4" id="h.bqjnrxpje036" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">REM Sleep</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Rapid Eye Movement</span></span></li><li><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dreams</span></span></li></ul><p class="c8 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The brain in the stage looks as if you are awake</span></span></p><p class="c8 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">difficult to wake people up</span></span></p><p class="c8 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c25 c33" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Logic is Turned Off in REM</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The prefrontal cortex is not active</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Logic</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Reason</span></span></li><li><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Self-awareness</span></span></li></ul><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Left brain is off</span></span></p><p class="c7 c9" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This is why</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">we aren’t self-aware</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dreams don’t make sense</span></span></li><li><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We associate things that we wouldn’t normally</span></span></li></ul><p class="c7 c9" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c15 c34" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><span style="font-family: times;">Memory consolidation happens when we sleep</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Storing the important memories</span></span></li><li><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Deleting the unimportant ones</span></span></li></ul><p class="c7 c9" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c15 c34 c39" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Learning Takes Place</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">In REM sleep memories are replayed in real time</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When you test or learn during the day… People spend more time in REM sleep</span></span></p><p class="c7 c9" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c15" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700;">Example</span><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;">: REM sleep will improve your ability to learn</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ride a bike</span></span></li><li><span class="c23" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Play the piano</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c4" id="h.jf8468vhbmn1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c24" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sleep paralysis</span></span></h2><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c14" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If our brains are acting things out while we sleep… Why don’t we physically act them out?</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">While we dream our body becomes paralyzed so that we don’t harm ourselves</span></span></p><ul class="c0 lst-kix_dyzvy2vmz630-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">REM atonia</span></span></li></ul><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sleep paralysis occurs when you partially awaken during REM sleep</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You are awake enough to be aware of your surroundings, but asleep enough to still be dreaming</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Some people Experience dream like hallucinations</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Alien abduction</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ghosts</span></span></li><li><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Vampires</span></span></li></ul><p class="c7 c9" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">During this people have three main reported sensations</span></span></p><ol class="c0 lst-kix_k1ie264b1tti-0 start" start="1" style="counter-reset: lst-ctn-kix_k1ie264b1tti-0 0; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_k1ie264b1tti-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Feeling or seeing a dark malevolent presence in the room</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_k1ie264b1tti-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">seeing an evil being sitting on top of your chest preventing you from breathing</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_k1ie264b1tti-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">A form of levitation</span></span></li></ol><ol class="c0 lst-kix_k1ie264b1tti-1 start" start="1" style="counter-reset: lst-ctn-kix_k1ie264b1tti-1 0; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c7 c19 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_k1ie264b1tti-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 72pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Being raised by a ghost</span></span></li><li class="c7 c19 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_k1ie264b1tti-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 72pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Bing lift it into a spaceship</span></span></li></ol><p class="c7 c9" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This experience usually only last a few minutes, but it may seem like it lasted the whole night</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It usually affects people under the age of 25</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">1/3 of the population may experience sleep paralysis during their lives</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sleep paralysis is when the dreaming brain takes control of the conscious brain</span></span></p><h4 class="c4" id="h.3cx8l7oxj9ob" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #666666; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c38" style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">SLeepwalking</span></span></h4><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When something goes wrong with this… You can sleepwalk</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Most sleepwalking occurs in phase 3</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">There is a disorder where you do act out your dreams Because this paralysis has been turned off</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Hold conversations</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Fight</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Yell</span></span></li><li><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jump out of bed</span></span></li></ul><p class="c7 c9" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">During NR3 sleepwalking some people have</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Driven cars</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Cook food</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Climbed cranes</span></span></li><li><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Commit murder</span></span></li></ul><p class="c7 c9" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sleepwalking is genetic and can be triggered by trivial things</span></span></p><ul class="c0 lst-kix_3sll8tdkgnif-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Genetic</span></span></li></ul><p class="c7 c9" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Those who suffer from RBD usually eventually contract dementia or Parkinson’s</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You should normally wake a sleepwalker up</span></span></p><h3 class="c4" id="h.j2jqi2ttv6hy" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Narcolepsy</span></span></h3><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Narcolepsy is characterized by falling asleep randomly and uncontrollably in the middle of waking life</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They generally fall directly into REM sleep</span></span></p><p class="c7 c9" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They may experience</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Paralysis</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Hallucinations</span></span></li><li><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Have trouble distinguishing reality from the dreamworld</span></span></li></ul><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c23" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">They may have REM dreams during quick naps</span></span></p><h1 class="c26" id="h.2ewum0w9rk8v" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Why do we Dream?</span></h1><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c14" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dreams help you to</span></span></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Learn new information</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sort out your thoughts</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Solve problems</span></span></li><li><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Hear from God</span></span></li></ol><h2 class="c17" id="h.sbp5ssoe7ixl" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c24" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Process and Store Information</span></span></h2><p class="c8 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your Brain is More Active When You Dream than when you are awake</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sleep study measuring brain activity proves this</span></span></p><ul class="c0 lst-kix_udr8our330j2-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Process, categorize, consolidate, and store the information you took in during the day</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">More stimulated when dealing with new experience</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></li></ul><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c12" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The dream is a part of us that’s doing its best to try to express a reality that is still outside of fully articulated conscious comprehension</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">–Jordan Peterson</span></span></p><h2 class="c4" id="h.a4qutaf83pxm" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c24" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Threat simulation</span></span></h2><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The brain is preparing us for negative circumstances</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Simulation</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">As far as the brain is concerned… We are awake</span></span></p><p class="c7 c9" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The brain is preparing itself to handle the situation</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Fight</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Humiliation</span></span></li><li><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">An enemy that we fear</span></span></li></ul><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Preparing us for situation that emotionally impact us</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your mind is searching for things that are affecting your survival</span></span></p><h2 class="c4" id="h.tm7oshcxdn5k" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c24" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Emotional Consolidation</span></span></h2><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c14" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Have you ever gone to bed feeling bad about something but when you wake up you feel better about it?</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sleep may be a time when your brain goes through the emotions that you feel throughout the day</span></span></p><p class="c7 c9" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c15" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: times;">Some scientists suggest that a strong emotions are not a result of our dreams, but rather our dreams are result of the strong emotions we feel while we sleep</span></span></p><h3 class="c4" id="h.6vodwh4naiyk" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Hearing <span class="c11" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">From God</span></span></h3><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c21" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Acts 2:17</span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">AND IT SHALL BE IN THE LAST DAYS,’ God says, ‘THAT I WILL POUR OUT MY SPIRIT ON ALL MANKIND; AND YOUR SONS AND YOUR DAUGHTERS WILL PROPHESY, AND YOUR YOUNG MEN WILL SEE VISIONS, AND YOUR OLD MEN WILL HAVE DREAMS;</span></span></p><p class="c7 c9" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c28 c27" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God speaks to us through dreams</span></span></p><p class="c7 c9" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God speaks to:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Men and Women</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Believers and Non-Believers</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jews and Gentiles</span></span></li></ul><p class="c7 c9" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c28 c25 c31" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Examples</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Pharaoh -> Joseph</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Nebuchadnezzar > Daniel</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">King > Abraham’s wife (Sarah)</span></span></li><li><span class="c27" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Three wise men</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c4" id="h.pfvkklbkg8fo" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c24" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dreams help us solve problems</span></span></h2><ul class="c0 lst-kix_b0s13ej8h02k-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“Sleeping on a problem“</span></span></li></ul><p class="c8 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dreams allow you to</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">see difficult issues from a new perspective</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">See conclusions or have solutions that we wouldn’t otherwise be able to see</span></span></li></ul><p class="c7 c9" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We tend to dream more when we are</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Under stress</span></span></li><li><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">In new environments</span></span></li></ul><p class="c7 c9" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This may be the brain's way of trying to solve problems in our waking life</span></span></p><h3 class="c4" id="h.9n2pqulnhukb" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Provide creativity and solving complex problems</span></span></h3><p class="c8 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c14" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dreams have been the source of ideas to change the world</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Google</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">The periodic table of elements</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Envisioning the DNA double helix</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Tesla's idea for an alternating current generator</span></span></li><li><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Paul McCarthney: wrote “Yesterday”</span></span></li></ul><p class="c8 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c15" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700;">Story</span><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;">: me</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Bible study</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Speeches</span></span></li><li><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Coding solutions</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c4" id="h.6xy56p35fexm" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Story: Sewing Machine Invention</span></span></h3><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Elias Howe</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">He dreamed that he was kidnapped by a tribal people and the king demanded that he invent a showing machine within 24 hours</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">He failed, and the tribesmen circled around them and begin jabbing him with spears and then he notice something peculiar about the tips of their spears</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">The tips had a hole in them</span></span></li><li><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This is how a sewing needle should be</span></span></li></ul><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">He woke up and jumped out of his sleep and went and invented the sewing machine</span></span></p><h2 class="c4" id="h.l7kyn0j3tv5a" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c24" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Studies</span></span></h2><h3 class="c4" id="h.l14x4dbdfcm4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c25">O,T,T,F,F,...</span><span class="c11" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></span></h3><h3 class="c4" id="h.53fl3ja0xmwv" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dement (1972): <span class="c25">O,T,T,F,F,...</span><span class="c11" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"> infinite series</span></span></h3><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Solved problems during sleep</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dreamer had dream they were in a museum</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Began counting paintings and realized 6 and 7 were missing</span></span></p><ul class="c0 lst-kix_ur2lx5ivghf3-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ripped from their frames</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c4" id="h.91vrr845rrqs" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Maze</span></span></h3><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Having a dream about maze increased performance 10x</span></span></p><h3 class="c4" id="h.pghg8kabxo2l" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Smoking</span></span></h3><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Smokers were less likely to relapse if they dreamt about smoking</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dreams help us adapt and solve problems in a way that we would not otherwise be able to do so</span></span></p><h1 class="c26" id="h.x20sczeymkzv" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Interesting Facts About Dreams</span></span></h1><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c25" style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: times;">How do you know you’re not dreaming right now?</span></span></p><h3 class="c4" id="h.xxghra975bzp" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You Can’t Read in Your Dreams</span></span></h3><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Because reading is a conscious activity</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You can't read a clock</span></span></p><h2 class="c4" id="h.xg7w43ge1mdo" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c24" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Everyone Dreams</span></span></h2><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Everyone dreams unless they’ve had brain damage</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c14" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">90 to 95% of a dream is forgotten within 10 minutes of waking up</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">The part of the brain involved with recording memories is not very active during dreams</span></span></li><li><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This is likely so we don’t fill our brains with on useful information</span></span></li></ul><p class="c7 c9" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c14" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You’re more prone to remember your dreams if</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">You suddenly wake up during REM sleep</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">You have the same dream repeatedly</span></span></li><li><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your dream contains strong emotions</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c4" id="h.1hwk0rqpuq1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c24" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dreams Can Predict the Future</span></span></h2><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">People have had dreams that predict</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">A miscarriage</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">A fatal illness</span></span></li><li><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Getting sick</span></span></li></ul><h1 class="c26" id="h.17bmpfv9i95j" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How God Uses Dreams</span></span></h1><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c21" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Joel 2:28-29</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">28 “It will come about after this That I will pour out My Spirit on all mankind; And your sons and your daughters will prophesy, Your old men will have dreams, Your young men will see visions. 29 “And even on the male and female servants I will pour out My Spirit in those days.</span></span></p><p class="c7 c9" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c25" style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: times;">Who are some people that God spoke to through dreams?</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Abraham</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Isaac</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Joseph</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jacob</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Daniel</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Solomon - gave him wisdom 1 Kings 3:5-15</span></span></li><li><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Joseph the father of Jesus</span></span></li></ul><p class="c7 c9" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c28 c27" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c21" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God used dreams to:</span></span></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Warn of negative future/current events the you can impact</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Revelation of His will that you will be a part of</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Impart you with gifts/identity</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Reveal Mysteries</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">To Change Your Character/Behavior</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">To accomplish His plan</span></span></li><li><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Position people in positions of influence</span></span></li></ol><p class="c7 c9" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c28 c27" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c4" id="h.h4gshoub65os" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c24" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Warnings</span></span></h2><h3 class="c16" id="h.5hdb2vgfa0xn" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Warn You That You’re in Danger</span></span></h3><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c14" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Matthew 2:13</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Now when they had gone, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Get up! Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you; for Herod is going to search for the Child to kill Him.”</span></span></p><ul class="c0 lst-kix_6inj5mji54f2-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This was also to facilitate His will</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c4" id="h.r8n9cqt6eknm" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Warn of Consequences You Can Prevent</span></span></h3><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Pharaoh 7 Fat Cows 7 Skinny Cows</span></span></p><p class="c8 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c14" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Genesis 41:14-28</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">14 Then Pharaoh sent word and called for Joseph, and they hurriedly brought him out of the dungeon; and when he had shaved himself and changed his clothes, he came to Pharaoh. 15 Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I have had a dream, but no one can interpret it; and I have heard it said about you, that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.” 16 Joseph then answered Pharaoh, saying, “It has nothing to do with me; God will give Pharaoh an answer for his own good.” 17 So Pharaoh said to Joseph, “In my dream, there I was, standing on the bank of the Nile; 18 and behold, seven cows, fat and fine-looking came up out of the Nile, and they grazed in the marsh grass. 19 “Then behold, seven other cows came up after them, poor and very ugly and thin, such as I had never seen for ugliness in all the land of Egypt; 20 and the thin and ugly cows ate the first seven fat cows. 21 “Yet when they had devoured them, it could not be detected that they had devoured them, for they were just as ugly as before. Then I awoke. 22 “I saw also in my dream, and behold, seven ears of grain, full and good, came up on a single stalk; 23 and behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and scorched by the east wind sprouted up after them; 24 and the thin ears swallowed the seven good ears. Then I told it to the soothsayer priests, but there was no one who could explain it to me.” 25 And Joseph said to Pharaoh, “Pharaoh’s dreams are one and the same; God has told to Pharaoh what He is about to do. 26 “The seven good cows are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years; the dreams are one and the same. 27 “The seven thin and ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and the seven thin ears scorched by the east wind will be seven years of famine. 28 “It is as I have spoken to Pharaoh: God has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do.</span></span></p><ul class="c0 lst-kix_uvpgtyv9g4hi-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“I cannot do it”</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This was also to promote Joseph</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c4" id="h.gytwgdg5s1vs" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Warn of Negative Future Events You Can Not Avoid</span></span></h3><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c14" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Genesis 15:12-14</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">12 Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, terror and great darkness fell upon him. 13 Then God said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, where they will be enslaved and oppressed for four hundred years. 14 “But I will also judge the nation whom they will serve, and afterward they will come out with many possessions.</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">There was nothing that Abraham could do about this</span></span></li><li><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God even said “know for certain“</span></span></li></ul><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">All dreams from God do not invoke peace</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sometimes there is nothing you can do but God is preparing you</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Emotionally</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Mentally</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Spiritually</span></span></li><li><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Physically</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c4" id="h.oupxejzgxot8" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c24" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Reveal His Will</span></span></h2><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c14" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Matthew 1:20</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">But when he had thought this over, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife; for the Child who has been conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.</span></span></p><ul class="c0 lst-kix_o3pwc817enn4-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God clarified that “this is of God”</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c4" id="h.odnmcg9iwk66" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c24" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Impart Gifts</span></span></h2><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c21" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Solomon asked for wisdom in a dream</span></span></p><p class="c8 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c14" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 Kings 3:5-15</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">5 In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream at night; and God said, “Ask what you wish Me to give you.” 6 Then Solomon said, “You have shown great faithfulness to Your servant David my father, according as he walked before You in truth, righteousness, and uprightness of heart toward You; and You have reserved for him this great faithfulness, that You have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day. 7 “And now, LORD my God, You have made Your servant king in place of my father David, yet I am like a little boy; I do not know how to go out or come in. 8 “And Your servant is in the midst of Your people whom You have chosen, a great people who are too many to be numbered or counted. 9 “So give Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people, to discern between good and evil. For who is capable of judging this great people of Yours?” 10 Now it was pleasing in the sight of the Lord that Solomon had asked this thing. 11 And God said to him, “Because you have asked this thing, and have not asked for yourself a long life, nor have asked riches for yourself, nor have you asked for the lives of your enemies, but have asked for yourself discernment to understand justice, 12 behold, I have done according to your words. Behold, I have given you a wise and discerning heart, so that there has been no one like you before you, nor shall one like you arise after you. 13 “I have also given you what you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that there will not be any among the kings like you all your days. 14 “And if you walk in My ways, keeping My statutes and commandments, as your father David walked, then I will prolong your days.” 15 Then Solomon awoke, and behold, it was a dream. And he came to Jerusalem and stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and made peace offerings, and held a feast for all his servants.</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">This is an encounter with God happening in a dream</span></span></li><li><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God was visiting Solomon in his dream</span></span></li></ul><p class="c7 c9" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Solomon had an actual encounter with God in a dream</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Solomon received spiritual impartation through his dream</span></span></p><h2 class="c17" id="h.q3k67zwb76dq" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c24" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Reveal Information (Mysteries)</span></span></h2><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c21" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Daniel 2:28</span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“However, there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will take place in the latter days. This was your dream and the visions in your mind while on your bed.</span></span></p><p class="c8 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This can be a revelation of</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Motives of the others</span></span></li><li><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Interpretations of dreams and visions</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c4" id="h.3dvnztkkjfsa" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c24" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">To Change Your Character/Behavior</span></span></h2><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c21" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Job 33:14-18</span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">14 “Indeed God speaks once, Or twice, yet no one notices it. 15 “In a dream, a vision of the night, When deep sleep falls on people, While they slumber in their beds, 16 Then He opens the ears of people, And horrifies them with warnings, 17 So that He may turn a person away from bad conduct, And keep a man from pride; 18 He keeps his soul back from the pit, And his life from perishing by the spear.</span></span></p><p class="c8 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God may frighten you in your dream in order to get you to change your behavior</span></span></p><p class="c8 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Change your</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Character / Behaviour</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Future actions</span></li></ul><p class="c8 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c4" id="h.z6wbhs83pxzj" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c24" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">To Accomplish His Plan</span></span></h2><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c21" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Genesis 20:1-7</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"> 1 Now Abraham journeyed from there toward the land of the Negev, and settled between Kadesh and Shur; then he lived for a time in Gerar. 2 And Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar sent men and took Sarah. 3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him, “Behold, you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken, for she is married.” 4 Now Abimelech had not come near her; and he said, “Lord, will You kill a nation, even though blameless? 5 “Did he himself not say to me, ‘She is my sister’? And she herself said, ‘He is my brother.’ In the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands I have done this.” 6 Then God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I also kept you from sinning against Me; therefore I did not let you touch her. 7 “Now then, return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not return her, know that you will certainly die, you and all who are yours.”</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Abraham was too afraid to tell the king that Sara was his wife</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">But God protected her from the king</span></span></p><h1 class="c26" id="h.1qhrc7l7uqnj" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Practical Tip: Start Writing Down Your Dreams</span></span></h1><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c14" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Daniel 7:1</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel saw a dream and visions in his mind as he lay on his bed; then he wrote the dream down and told the following summary of it.</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Write your dreams down</span></span></li><li><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God may be speaking to you</span></span></li></ul><p class="c7 c9" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Keep a dream journal</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Keep a notepad by your bedside</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Write down your dreams as soon as you wake up</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Refer to your notes to see if any themes are occurring</span></span></li></ul><p class="c7 c9" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If you don’t record your dreams as soon as you wake up… Errors may occur</span></span></p><p class="c7 c9" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Write down the details</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Including Emotional tone</span></span></li></ul><p class="c7 c9" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c4" id="h.bws4jnofcpp5" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c24" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Positioning Yourself to Hear From God</span></span></h2><h3 class="c4" id="h.qguu87cx9jz4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Paul had a vision while he was praying</span></span></h3><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Acts 22:17-22 (NASB20) 17 “It happened when I returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, that I fell into a trance, 18 and I saw Him saying to me, ‘Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about Me.’ 19 “And I said, ‘Lord, they themselves understand that in one synagogue after another I used to imprison and beat those who believed in You. 20 ‘And when the blood of Your witness Stephen was being shed, I also was standing nearby and approving, and watching over the cloaks of those who were killing him.’ 21 “And He said to me, ‘Go! For I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’” 22 They listened to him up to this statement, and then they raised their voices and said, “Away with such a man from the earth, for he should not be allowed to live!”</span></span></p><p class="c7 c9" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">As you increase your prayer life… You become more susceptible to God‘s dreams and visions</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Spontaneous prayer produces longevity</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Scheduled prayer produces depth</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">There is a death that you go into where you begin to see visions</span></span></p><p class="c7 c9" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Prayers like digging a well</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Every shovel is full of dirt until you hit water</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c4" id="h.bltxryxv1096" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">John was worshiping when he saw a vision</span></span></h3><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Revelation 1:9-13 (NASB20) 9 I, John, your brother and fellow participant in the tribulation and kingdom and perseverance in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. 10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like the sound of a trumpet, 11 saying, “Write on a scroll what you see, and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.” 12 Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And after turning I saw seven golden lampstands; 13 and in the middle of the lampstands I saw one like a son of man, clothed in a robe reaching to the feet, and wrapped around the chest with a golden sash.</span></span></p><p class="c7 c9" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c4" id="h.5dzl4kdfmdxg" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Isaiah was serving when he saw visions</span></span></h3><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c23" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Isaiah 6:1-8 (NASB20) 1 In the year of King Uzziah’s death I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, lofty and exalted, with the train of His robe filling the temple. 2 Seraphim were standing above Him, each having six wings: with two each covered his face, and with two each covered his feet, and with two each flew. 3 And one called out to another and said, “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the LORD of armies. The whole earth is full of His glory.” 4 And the foundations of the thresholds trembled at the voice of him who called out, while the temple was filling with smoke. 5 Then I said, “Woe to me, for I am ruined! Because I am a man of unclean lips, And I live among a people of unclean lips; For my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of armies.” 6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a burning coal in his hand, which he had taken from the altar with tongs. 7 He touched my mouth with it and said, “Behold, this has touched your lips; and your guilt is taken away and atonement is made for your sin.” 8 Then I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?” Then I said, “Here am I. Send me!”</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c23" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c23" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c23" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b>Instructor</b>: Michael Leadon</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c23" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c23" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="c23" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Aiy5p5Wl0So" width="320" youtube-src-id="Aiy5p5Wl0So"></iframe></span></div><span class="c23" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><br /><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="c7 c9" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c26" id="h.ddin5bl7ztja" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">References</span></span></h1><p class="c8 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c21" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dreams – science documentary</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Fire of learning</span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c21" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The neuroscience of dreams and nightmares</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dr. Caroline leaf</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c21" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">14 Interesting Facts About Dreams</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c21" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What can we learn from our dreams?</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c23" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">TEDx talks | dr. Dylan Soltermann</span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c21" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God speaks through dreams and visions - Wednesday service</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Creflo dollar</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c21" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Mysteries of the spirit – how God uses dreams and visions</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">David Digga Hernandez</span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c21" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How did God use dreams and visions in the Bible</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Great digital Netwerk</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c21" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Are Dreams and Visions Messages from God? | Africa Study Bible</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c18 c32" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c10" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://africa.thegospelcoalition.org/article/are-dreams-and-visions-messages-from-god-africa-study-bible/&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1683958056487573&usg=AOvVaw34MdHvdEU_H-sKftt2-8sT" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://africa.thegospelcoalition.org/article/are-dreams-and-visions-messages-from-god-africa-study-bible/</span></a></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><br /></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c21" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Why are you have Nightmares | Prophet Lovy L Elias</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c28 c27" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Prophet Lovy</span></span></p><h1 class="c4" id="h.g7rt61nnaqy0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Extra</span></span></h1><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 Kings 3:5-15</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">5 In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream at night; and God said, “Ask what you wish Me to give you.” 6 Then Solomon said, “You have shown great faithfulness to Your servant David my father, according as he walked before You in truth, righteousness, and uprightness of heart toward You; and You have reserved for him this great faithfulness, that You have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day. 7 “And now, LORD my God, You have made Your servant king in place of my father David, yet I am like a little boy; I do not know how to go out or come in. 8 “And Your servant is in the midst of Your people whom You have chosen, a great people who are too many to be numbered or counted. 9 “So give Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people, to discern between good and evil. For who is capable of judging this great people of Yours?” 10 Now it was pleasing in the sight of the Lord that Solomon had asked this thing. 11 And God said to him, “Because you have asked this thing, and have not asked for yourself a long life, nor have asked riches for yourself, nor have you asked for the lives of your enemies, but have asked for yourself discernment to understand justice, 12 behold, I have done according to your words. Behold, I have given you a wise and discerning heart, so that there has been no one like you before you, nor shall one like you arise after you. 13 “I have also given you what you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that there will not be any among the kings like you all your days. 14 “And if you walk in My ways, keeping My statutes and commandments, as your father David walked, then I will prolong your days.” 15 Then Solomon awoke, and behold, it was a dream. And he came to Jerusalem and stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and made peace offerings, and held a feast for all his servants.</span></span></p><p class="c7 c9" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Matthew 2:19-21</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">19 But when Herod died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, and said, 20 “Get up, take the Child and His mother, and go to the land of Israel; for those who sought the Child’s life are dead.” 21 So Joseph got up, took the Child and His mother, and came into the land of Israel.</span></span></p><p class="c7 c9" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7 c9" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c4" id="h.4olvdgouw6n" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">To Influence Your Decisions/Actions</span></span></h3><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c21" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Matthew 27:17-19</span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"> <span class="c18" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c10" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/matthew/27-17.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1683958056489073&usg=AOvVaw3Mt3pli9qgsjG_itWCypdj" style="text-decoration: inherit;">17</a></span>So when the people gathered together, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release for you: Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?” <span class="c18" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c10" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/matthew/27-18.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1683958056489349&usg=AOvVaw3iFhFWb9uryKEoXKmBvacD" style="text-decoration: inherit;">18</a></span>For he knew that it was because of envy that <span class="c18" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c10" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/nasb_/matthew/27.htm%23fn&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1683958056489583&usg=AOvVaw0mmYudzNc42KuNNdnMn53b" style="text-decoration: inherit;">[g]</a></span><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">they had handed Him over.</span></span></p><p class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c18" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c10" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/matthew/27-19.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1683958056489881&usg=AOvVaw2ztzOQpJ6QnlGfqadp-BzV" style="text-decoration: inherit;">19</a></span><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">And while he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him a message, saying, “See that you have nothing to do with that righteous Man; for last night I suffered greatly in a dream because of Him.”</span></span></p><p class="c8 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c8 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Whatever you think about in your dream you will experience in your body</span></span></p><p class="c7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c23" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">— Caroline Leaf</span></span></p></div><div><span class="c23" style="background-color: white; color: #443e34; font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></div>Unchained Discipleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11710595205237468334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6986426612019457751.post-7711677577089851602023-04-28T00:25:00.008-07:002023-05-12T22:03:08.214-07:00Dealing With Depression - Part 2<p><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBJNPKfS2EwNbPV5M_hQtEZslOKOWXVQbgzvlYuEOkqwUqz_45nVYyGH74pS-j2ZXjW7FO15sRc6Z8yNgPgRnk3A7b02QyUWBXM-pFi1ht0cEaJydrDUrF59NXnt6-xTKzvMRGANYSLPATnnj7VLernIh6W6HC2wlVwLrcWz7ZJ9Z0ctMRtcEWMwXKxg/s1280/Dealing%20With%20Depression%202-1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBJNPKfS2EwNbPV5M_hQtEZslOKOWXVQbgzvlYuEOkqwUqz_45nVYyGH74pS-j2ZXjW7FO15sRc6Z8yNgPgRnk3A7b02QyUWBXM-pFi1ht0cEaJydrDUrF59NXnt6-xTKzvMRGANYSLPATnnj7VLernIh6W6HC2wlVwLrcWz7ZJ9Z0ctMRtcEWMwXKxg/s320/Dealing%20With%20Depression%202-1.png" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">We discuss the causes of depression and what we can do about it. We also discuss suicidal thoughts.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">~~<a href="https://youtu.be/j_tz6G2NGjs" target="_blank">Watch the Video</a>~~</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c17" style="font-weight: 700;">Worship:</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> Won't Be Long Now - Blessing Offor</span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Scriptures:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Isaiah 41:10</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Proverbs 3:5</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">1 Kings 19:3-8</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Psalms 6: 6-7</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Philipians 4:8</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Ecclesiastes 9:11</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Luke 22: 31-32</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Jonah 4:1-3</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Matthew 7:24-27</span></span></li></ul><h1 class="c22 c7" id="h.lgs89t4cyh2t" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c19" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Introduction</span></span></h1><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Isaiah 41:10</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c6" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c14" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/isaiah/41-10.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1682669472084139&usg=AOvVaw2ymOQgNtauUFlQKWclGycK" style="text-decoration: inherit;">10</a></span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">‘Do not fear, for I am with you;</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Do not be afraid, for I am your God.</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I will strengthen you, I will also help you,</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I will also uphold you with My righteous right hand.’</span></span></p><h2 class="c10 c7" id="h.yjoftyykflzx" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Clock Analogy</span></span></h2><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c17" style="font-weight: 700;">Story: </span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">My melted clock</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Looks cool on the outside</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">At 12:57 it looks cool</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Right twice a day</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Change the battery - refresh the power</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Cool on the outside but broken on the inside</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When depressed</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Cool on the outside but broken on the inside</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">If you look at it at the right time it looks fine</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">But you’re actually broken</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Broken arm</span></span></p><ul class="c11 lst-kix_8bwl1t3g0huf-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Go to doctor</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c10 c7" id="h.51wfomueco4p" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Telling Other Christians</span></span></h2><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We are often afraid to share how we really feel with other Christians</span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They may think</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">I don’t have enough faith</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">I’m not really saved</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I’m not spiritual enough</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We know the sins we’ve committed, so we believe ourselves that we aren’t spiritual enough</span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They’ll tell us</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">You should pray more</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">You should work harder</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You should be more spiritual</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Depression is not</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Weakness</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Because of sin</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You identity</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c17" style="font-weight: 700;">Example:</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> bed wetting</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Diagnosis becomes a crutch</span></li></ul><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Outline:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Introduction</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Traits of Wholeness</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">What is Depression?</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Causes of Depression (Review)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Don’t Dismiss Your Emotions</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Renew Your Mind</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Use your pain to help others</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Suicide</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Your Foundation</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Orchestra Conclusion</span></span></li></ul><h1 class="c22 c7" id="h.i10f7h4lc07v" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Traits of Wholeness</span></h1><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">We are in our series called <span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">Seeking Wholeness</span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c23" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How can we be:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Spiritually healthy</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Emotionally healthy</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Mentally healthy</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4 c23" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Free from oppression of</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Our past</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Ourself</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Bad thinking</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Strongholds</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The enemy</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c23" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’re talking about</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">dealing with life’s current stresses</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">being healed from experiences/wounds of the past</span></li></ul><p class="c23 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c23" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’re not just supposed to have eternal life</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">We’re supposed to have: joy, peace, patience, and self control here on earth</span></li></ul><p class="c23 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c23" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c17 c28" style="font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;">Disclaimer</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I’m not a trained clinical professional</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">This study is not therapy</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It’s education and biblical advice</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c9 c7" id="h.ctkm7fq9wiw1" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Traits of Wholeness</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_uiyej56y1rqh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Authenticity</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_uiyej56y1rqh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Honesty</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_uiyej56y1rqh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Kindness</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_uiyej56y1rqh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not seeking external approval / validation</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_uiyej56y1rqh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Living by values and principles</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_uiyej56y1rqh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Setting Boundaries</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_uiyej56y1rqh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Taking ownership of your responsibilities</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_uiyej56y1rqh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Living with purpose and passion</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_uiyej56y1rqh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Optimism</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_uiyej56y1rqh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Confidence</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_uiyej56y1rqh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Healthy relationships with others</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_uiyej56y1rqh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not losing control of your emotions</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_uiyej56y1rqh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Free from addictions</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_uiyej56y1rqh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Addressing Conflict with truth and love</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_uiyej56y1rqh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Vulnerability</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_uiyej56y1rqh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not critical or Judgemental</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_uiyej56y1rqh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not jealous of others</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_uiyej56y1rqh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgive those who have wronged you in the past</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_uiyej56y1rqh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Know that you’re worthy of receiving love</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_uiyej56y1rqh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not afraid to fail</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_uiyej56y1rqh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Able to manage irrational fear, worry, and anxiety</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_uiyej56y1rqh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Selfless encounters with others</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_uiyej56y1rqh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not manipulating others trying to control their actions/reactions</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_uiyej56y1rqh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You care about how others feel</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_uiyej56y1rqh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Patient</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_uiyej56y1rqh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t give into peer/social pressure</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_uiyej56y1rqh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Can communicate directly</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_uiyej56y1rqh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t take responsibility for other people's emotions</span></span></li><li class="c2 c8 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_uiyej56y1rqh-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Take responsibility for your own emotions</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_uiyej56y1rqh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Slow to anger</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_uiyej56y1rqh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ability to maturely express your wants, needs and desires</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_uiyej56y1rqh-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Being led by the Spirit</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c22 c7" id="h.ocmwms6zxkos" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c19" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What is Depression?</span></span></h1><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Depression is feeling of</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Sadness</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">lack of motivation</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Hopelessness</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Helplessness</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Powerlessness</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Worthlessness</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Depression is</span></span></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">A normal emotion</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">A psychiatric disorder</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Major depression is the name of the illness</span></span></li></ol><h2 class="c10 c7" id="h.uzxt5uqaw10c" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Major Depression vs Mild Depression</span></span></h2><p class="c7 c30 subtitle" id="h.qamotp3g4o7f" style="break-after: avoid; color: #666666; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 16pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c32" style="font-size: 15pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Being depressed versus having depression</span></span></p><h3 class="c9 c7" id="h.161knvf7eal6" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Signs of Depression</span></span></h3><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c17" style="font-weight: 700;">D</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">-epressed mood</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c17" style="font-weight: 700;">E</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">-nervy loss - fatigue</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c17" style="font-weight: 700;">P</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">-leisure loss - things that were previously pleasurable</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c17" style="font-weight: 700;">R</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">-etardation - slowed activity</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c17" style="font-weight: 700;">E</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">-ating change - increase or decrease in appetite</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c17" style="font-weight: 700;">S</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">-leep changed - less than usual, tossing and turning; more than 10 hours and still not rested</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c17" style="font-weight: 700;">S</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">-uicidal thoughts</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c17" style="font-weight: 700;">I</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">-am a failure - lack of confidence</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c17" style="font-weight: 700;">O</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">-nly me to blame - guilt</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c17" style="font-weight: 700;">N</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">-o concentration</span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c9 c7" id="h.e3t32dey329o" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Major Depression</span></span></h3><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Having 5 of the symptoms you have major depression</span></span></p><ul class="c11 lst-kix_33983j1lsu1v-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">At least 2 weeks</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Must include</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c11 lst-kix_d6ygz7zaya7i-1 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 c8 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Depressed mood</span></span></li><li class="c2 c8 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Inability to experience pleasure in anything</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It usually comes and goes naturally within 3-12 months</span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c17 c24" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c9 c7" id="h.aj0dazta94s7" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Mild depression</span></span></h3><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">2 to 4 of the depressed symptoms</span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Last at least 2 weeks</span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">——-</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Recovery doesn’t mean zero symptoms</span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c10 c7" id="h.9yukeiawqw1u" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">3 signs that most depressed people have</span></span></h2><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Three symptoms that most depressed people have</span></span></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Low motivation in combination with fatigue</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Hopelessness or helplessness</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Indecisiveness</span></span></li></ol><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Depression has many symptoms that cause impairment in your day to day functions</span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c10 c7" id="h.b1xe4fxecbf9" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Low motivation with fatigue</span></span></h2><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This is what makes people not want to get out of bed or do important things. </span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It is hard for a non-depressed person to lay in bed unstimulated all day</span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sometimes they have the TV on but they aren’t really watching it</span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They could be asleep or ruminating on negative situations</span></span></p><h3 class="c9 c7" id="h.39x314qhdatm" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Depression versus laziness</span></span></h3><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Laziness means you don’t want to do anything.</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">With depression you can’t. </span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">In your head everything is hard and takes a tremendous effort</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">A less extreme version of this may be… Failing to follow through on applications</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Or you are late or produce low quality end the product</span></li></ul><h2 class="c10 c7" id="h.y5d3cwjlffdp" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Hopelessness or helplessness</span></span></h2><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Hopelessness is the precursor to… “Why am I even alive“</span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“I will never see the light at the end of this tunnel… Because someone has blown up the tunnel“</span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c17" style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: times;">Helplessness makes you feel incapable of doing anything for yourself</span></span></p><h2 class="c10 c7" id="h.ppjjiouwq5sn" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Indecisiveness</span></span></h2><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You get easily overwhelmed having to think about options</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">So you may not be able to get started with a plan</span></li></ul><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The effort to analyze the situation and see how much it affects you… It’s too much to work through</span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You may doubt yourself so much that you don’t trust your own judgment</span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c24 c17" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Solution</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Get a therapist or friend who can help you break down the issue into smaller issues that you can think through</span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Small successes give you a more positive self image</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">More positive self image give you the momentum for you to make to bigger successes</span></li></ul><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c10 c7" id="h.qlv7qud05na6" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Other things that look like depression</span></span></h2><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Do you want want to take an antidepressant for these things</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Stress</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Burn out</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Pandemic melancholy</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">being in a funk because of situational factors</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c9 c7" id="h.z7sdy068jytk" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Depression vs Grief</span></span></h3><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They are also different in important ways:</span></span></p><ol class="c11 lst-kix_bb7tl7jsvk3y-0 start" start="1" style="counter-reset: lst-ctn-kix_bb7tl7jsvk3y-0 0; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_bb7tl7jsvk3y-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c17" style="font-weight: 700;">In grief, painful feelings come in waves,</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> often intermixed with positive memories of the deceased.</span></span></li></ol><ol class="c11 lst-kix_bb7tl7jsvk3y-1 start" start="1" style="counter-reset: lst-ctn-kix_bb7tl7jsvk3y-1 0; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 c8 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_bb7tl7jsvk3y-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">In major depression, mood and/or interest (pleasure) are decreased for most of two weeks.</span></span></li></ol><ol class="c11 lst-kix_bb7tl7jsvk3y-0" start="2" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_bb7tl7jsvk3y-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c17" style="font-weight: 700;">In grief, self-esteem is usually maintained.</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></span></li></ol><ol class="c11 lst-kix_bb7tl7jsvk3y-1 start" start="1" style="counter-reset: lst-ctn-kix_bb7tl7jsvk3y-1 0; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 c8 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_bb7tl7jsvk3y-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">In major depression, feelings of worthlessness and self-loathing are common.</span></span></li></ol><ol class="c11 lst-kix_bb7tl7jsvk3y-0" start="3" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_bb7tl7jsvk3y-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c17" style="font-weight: 700;">In grief, thoughts of death</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> may surface when thinking of or fantasizing about “joining” the deceased loved one.</span></span></li></ol><ol class="c11 lst-kix_bb7tl7jsvk3y-1 start" start="1" style="counter-reset: lst-ctn-kix_bb7tl7jsvk3y-1 0; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 c8 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_bb7tl7jsvk3y-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">In major depression, thoughts are focused on ending one’s life due to feeling worthless or undeserving of living or being unable to cope with the pain of depression.</span></span></li></ol><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c17" style="font-weight: 700;">Grief and depression can co-exist.</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></span></p><h3 class="c9 c7" id="h.6m4toflrpj7g" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">A Terrible Life</span></span></h3><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Are you depressed or do you have a terrible life?</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c14" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/2e5a1TIl_Ts&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1682669472106010&usg=AOvVaw1SKenxU9QWLPe7BrytfTCV" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtu.be/2e5a1TIl_Ts</span></a></span></p><ul class="c11 lst-kix_7iwlmio6t51v-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“being depressed“ means there’s something emotionally wrong with you</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If you have a terrible life… You are having a normal reaction to having a terrible life</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c9 c7" id="h.nn1lb97hbp78" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Life changes</span></span></h3><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c17" style="font-weight: 700;">Example:</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> friend thought she was depressed</span></span></p><ul class="c11 lst-kix_ivb04is9i6s-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Move</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Married</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Job</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c9 c7" id="h.yqnby3ltbxv3" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Burnout Vs Depression</span></span></h3><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c14" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/CrQfuFIsJKE/?igshid%3DYmMyMTA2M2Y%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1682669472107082&usg=AOvVaw2F07tgScOHzZaTYFEqYwZk" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/CrQfuFIsJKE/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=</span></a></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c7 c22" id="h.6pgxmyrmrt6p" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c19" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Causes of Depression (Review)</span></span></h1><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">In part one we dug into the various causes of depression:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Physical</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Circumstance</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Relationship</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Environment</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Personality/Mindset</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Spiritual</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Some things that can cause depressed mood include:</span></span></p><ul class="c11 lst-kix_trmw8dblnaxj-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Physical</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c11 lst-kix_trmw8dblnaxj-1 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 c8 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Poor Diet</span></span></li><li class="c2 c8 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dehydration</span></span></li><li class="c2 c8 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sleep difficulties</span></span></li><li class="c2 c8 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Lack of exercise</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c11 lst-kix_trmw8dblnaxj-0" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Lack of sunlight (vitamin D)</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Biochemical</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c11 lst-kix_trmw8dblnaxj-1 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 c8 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Hormone imbalances</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c11 lst-kix_trmw8dblnaxj-0" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Life circumstances</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c11 lst-kix_trmw8dblnaxj-1 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 c8 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Death of loved one</span></span></li><li class="c2 c8 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Job loss</span></span></li><li class="c2 c8 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Traumatic event</span></span></li><li class="c2 c8 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Overworking / burnout</span></span></li><li class="c2 c8 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Isolation</span></span></li><li class="c2 c8 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Chronic and recurring stress</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c11 lst-kix_trmw8dblnaxj-0" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Relationships</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Personality/Mindset</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c11 lst-kix_trmw8dblnaxj-1 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 c8 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Pessimist</span></span></li><li class="c2 c8 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Low self esteem</span></span></li><li class="c2 c8 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Comparison</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c11 lst-kix_trmw8dblnaxj-0" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Spiritual</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c11 lst-kix_trmw8dblnaxj-1 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 c8 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Meaning of life</span></span></li><li class="c2 c8 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Shame</span></span></li><li class="c2 c8 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Unbiblical expectations</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c10 c7" id="h.8tu9ad9inei" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Fatherless Generation</span></span></h2><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Fatherless generation</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">50% marriages end in divorce</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">90% of youth runaways - fatherless home</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">70% men in prison</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The father’s role is to help shape the identity</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Fathers aid in establishing identity.</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c14" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cegv49opo3D/?igshid%3DYmMyMTA2M2Y%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1682669472111378&usg=AOvVaw2qtpnHOlxGjtiBZetRDDY8" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cegv49opo3D/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=</span></a></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c22 c7" id="h.vjuf6ssew94" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c19" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Solutions (Review)</span></span></h1><h2 class="c5 c7" id="h.nqqbu6c6z7vr" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Armor of God</span></span></h2><h3 class="c9 c7" id="h.4si00fbv4538" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Breastplate of Righteousness</span></span></h3><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t seek temporary escape/pleasure</span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Coping mechanisms</span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c9 c7" id="h.ovhyzq8bokpb" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Hope of Salvation</span></span></h3><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Remember your future is bright</span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">focus on the Kingdom vs the World</span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c9 c7" id="h.omfzb2bl7eyg" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Shield of Faith</span></span></h3><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Can be caused by loss of control</span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not dependant on our own strength</span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Proverbs 3:5</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c6" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c14" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/proverbs/3-5.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1682669472113203&usg=AOvVaw0YN-w7VCOwG-IsSHqjPPC5" style="text-decoration: inherit;">5</a></span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> Trust in the LORD with all your heart,</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">and lean not on your own understanding;</span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c9 c7" id="h.axhch8nrlumm" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sword of the Spirit</span></span></h3><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Presence of God cures depression</span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Spend time with God</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c14" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cp3b8W1gy-7/?igshid%3DYmMyMTA2M2Y%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1682669472114333&usg=AOvVaw3EGo0JenKAZHFRWrtk2M3H" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cp3b8W1gy-7/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=</span></a></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c9 c7" id="h.fk7tizl52p91" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Gospel of Peace</span></span></h3><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Focus on the Love of God - dahter</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c14" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cqy2zTQv8YP/?igshid%3DYmMyMTA2M2Y%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1682669472114985&usg=AOvVaw2lnSA5jCeZW2m_PfaK8wTX" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cqy2zTQv8YP/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=</span></a></span></p><ul class="c11 lst-kix_2q6nmkhagf4v-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We have peace with God</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c10 c7" id="h.otebn8msrslz" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Get Up and Eat</span></span></h2><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 Kings 19:3-8</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c29 c17" style="background-color: white; color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c14" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/1_kings/19-3.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1682669472116222&usg=AOvVaw3eGtR2a-At-Hkp8bJItdjB" style="text-decoration: inherit;">3</a></span><span class="c27" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span class="c27" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;">And he was afraid, and got up and ran for his life and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah; and he left his servant there. </span><span class="c29 c17" style="background-color: white; color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c14" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/1_kings/19-4.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1682669472116638&usg=AOvVaw0kzxrwICJZ8HV2BTv9sBbD" style="text-decoration: inherit;">4</a></span><span class="c27" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;">But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree; and he asked for himself to die, and said, “Enough! Now, LORD, take my life, for I am no better than my fathers.” </span><span class="c29 c17" style="background-color: white; color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c14" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/1_kings/19-5.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1682669472117005&usg=AOvVaw2v2VIbKlPqt5CRIJEkSohm" style="text-decoration: inherit;">5</a></span><span class="c27" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;">Then he lay down and fell asleep under a broom tree; but behold, there was an angel touching him, and he said to him, “Arise, eat!” </span><span class="c29 c17" style="background-color: white; color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c14" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/1_kings/19-6.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1682669472117356&usg=AOvVaw0Z2WT4OvSNKVA9B9wd9Nr7" style="text-decoration: inherit;">6</a></span><span class="c27" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;">And he looked, and behold, there was at his head a round loaf of bread </span><span class="c25" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic;">baked on</span><span class="c27" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;"> hot coals, and a pitcher of water. So he ate and drank, and lay down again. </span><span class="c17 c29" style="background-color: white; color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c14" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/1_kings/19-7.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1682669472117802&usg=AOvVaw1-4XsLboEbq7-W4m88kEG6" style="text-decoration: inherit;">7</a></span><span class="c27" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;">But the angel of the LORD came back a second time and touched him, and said, “Arise, eat; because the journey is too long for you.” </span><span class="c29 c17" style="background-color: white; color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c14" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/1_kings/19-8.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1682669472118166&usg=AOvVaw3OLLUdqskGbock253AHVvn" style="text-decoration: inherit;">8</a></span><span class="c21" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">So he arose and ate and drank, and he journeyed in the strength of that food for forty days and forty nights to Horeb, the mountain of God.</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-family: times; font-size: 12pt;">He slept</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-family: times; font-size: 12pt;">He ate</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-family: times; font-size: 12pt;">He got up and went on a journey</span></li><li><span class="c21" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Went to be in God’s presence</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Many of your problems would be solved if we got 8 hours of sleep</span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">There is a difference between resting and being lazy</span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Rest has to be combined with you getting up</span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">get a consistent rhythm</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">You might need to change your diet</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Make sure you’re sleeping and eating</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The rhythm of life is that you work in the day and sleep at night</span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You have to get up to discover…God has more purpose for you</span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c5 c7" id="h.nwibn1m31x4z" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Practical Solutions</span></span></h3><ul class="c11 lst-kix_qe2zoahsqno-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Perform some normal activities</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c11 lst-kix_qe2zoahsqno-1 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 c8 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Get out of bed</span></span></li><li class="c2 c8 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Shower</span></span></li><li class="c2 c8 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">brush teeth</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c11 lst-kix_qe2zoahsqno-0" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Get some sunlight</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Get your circadian rhythms resynced</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Set boundaries and minimize exposure to negative and stressed out people.</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Do something that cheers you up</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Set small goals</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c11 lst-kix_qe2zoahsqno-1 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 c8 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c17" style="font-weight: 700;">Example</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">: Brush teeth and shower</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c11 lst-kix_qe2zoahsqno-0" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">150 minutes a week of moderate exercise</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Change diet</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c11 lst-kix_qe2zoahsqno-1 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 c8 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Mediterranean diet</span></span></li><li class="c2 c8 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Eat whole food mindfully</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c11 lst-kix_qe2zoahsqno-0" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Go into nature</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sleep optimization</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c11 lst-kix_qe2zoahsqno-1 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 c8 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Less than 6 hours per night can worsen/cause depression</span></span></li><li class="c2 c8 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">Wear blue light blocking glasses 2 hours before bedtime</span></li></ul><h1 class="c5 c7" id="h.pjsyy2ynbzwi" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c19" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t Dismiss Your Emotions</span></span></h1><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Psalms 6: 6-7</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c6" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c14" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/psalms/6-6.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1682669472122196&usg=AOvVaw25auN-A-zIRjfoU0ntFGYT" style="text-decoration: inherit;">6</a></span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">I am weary with my sighing;</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Every night I make my bed swim</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I flood my couch with my tears.</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c6" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c14" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/psalms/6-7.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1682669472122777&usg=AOvVaw2m8FuweMg9pxkHdfA0Po5p" style="text-decoration: inherit;">7</a></span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">My eye has wasted away with grief;</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It has grown old because of all my enemies.</span></span></p><h3 class="c5 c7" id="h.g9bnxkf2pbsy" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your emotions are valid</span></span></h3><ul class="c11 lst-kix_to2539z7e45g-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">But they are not permanent</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c9 c7" id="h.t3jh5lpq2br4" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Name your emotions</span></span></h3><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I feel</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Afraid</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Empty</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Hopeless</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Numb</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Betrayed</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c5 c7" id="h.kufjz696o7fh" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Tarantula Experiment</span></span></h3><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">4 groups…</span></span></p><ol class="c11 lst-kix_5gkjvit5r6or-0 start" start="1" style="counter-reset: lst-ctn-kix_5gkjvit5r6or-0 0; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_5gkjvit5r6or-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Label what you are feeling</span></span></li></ol><ol class="c11 lst-kix_5gkjvit5r6or-1 start" start="1" style="counter-reset: lst-ctn-kix_5gkjvit5r6or-1 0; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 c8 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_5gkjvit5r6or-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“Fear”</span></span></li></ol><ol class="c11 lst-kix_5gkjvit5r6or-0" start="2" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_5gkjvit5r6or-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Make observations</span></span></li></ol><ol class="c11 lst-kix_5gkjvit5r6or-1 start" start="1" style="counter-reset: lst-ctn-kix_5gkjvit5r6or-1 0; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 c8 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_5gkjvit5r6or-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“ The tarantulas in a cage”</span></span></li></ol><ol class="c11 lst-kix_5gkjvit5r6or-0" start="3" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_5gkjvit5r6or-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Say something irrelevant</span></span></li></ol><ol class="c11 lst-kix_5gkjvit5r6or-1 start" start="1" style="counter-reset: lst-ctn-kix_5gkjvit5r6or-1 0; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 c8 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_5gkjvit5r6or-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“it’s a Tuesday“</span></span></li></ol><ol class="c11 lst-kix_5gkjvit5r6or-0" start="4" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_5gkjvit5r6or-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t say anything at all</span></span></li></ol><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The one who did better</span></span></p><ul class="c11 lst-kix_v7wfkoulw66s-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Labeled their feelings</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Naming your emotions opens the door to changing your emotions</span></span></p><p class="c4 c5" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c5" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You need to acknowledge your emotions… But you don’t need to obey them</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">– – ML</span></span></p><p class="c5 c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c20 c17 c26" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c5" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c26 c20 c17" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Check engine light</span></span></p><p class="c5" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6 c17 c20" style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c14" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cqtz1JVN3kh/?igshid%3DYmMyMTA2M2Y%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1682669472126925&usg=AOvVaw04I13IrQFDw_1BlMeJw9SG" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cqtz1JVN3kh/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=</span></a></span></p><ul class="c11 lst-kix_gb1mfu9m17kz-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c5 c12 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t just cover the check engine light</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5 c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t make permanent decisions based on temporary emotions</span></span></p><h1 class="c22 c7" id="h.tinz1px5ap36" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c19" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Renew Your Mind</span></span></h1><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Philipians 4:8</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c6" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c14" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/philippians/4-8.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1682669472127765&usg=AOvVaw0QNRjNB8-vtoLssMK57AxF" style="text-decoration: inherit;">8</a></span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, think about these things.</span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c21" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Depression is Caused By Your Thinking*</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c14" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxNRFGBhtwqTyO5NJVeL9ehUfr96TeXOiI&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1682669472128240&usg=AOvVaw0R6WxNJwW0nSqPGiN5JV4-" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxNRFGBhtwqTyO5NJVeL9ehUfr96TeXOiI</span></a></span></p><ul class="c11 lst-kix_beej4729izr5-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Identify the lie</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">*we’ve already discussed physical and biological factors that can cause depression</span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It’s not just in your head</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">It’s also throughout the rest of your body</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It’s in your stomach</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c5" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Identify the lies with the enemy is attacking</span></span></p><h2 class="c7 c10" id="h.yrf7h3bnipbr" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Strongholds That Impact Your Depression</span></span></h2><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Examine the stated beliefs for…</span></span></p><h3 class="c9 c7" id="h.xlb37niidz5j" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">All or nothing thinking</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">“Everyone I know gets cancer”</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">“It always…”</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">“They never…”</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“Nobody cares about me…”</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c9 c7" id="h.s18kq92m6hm7" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Emotional reasoning</span></span></h3><ul class="c11 lst-kix_uuu5iqulwue9-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“I am angry therefore… Someone needs to be blamed“</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c9 c7" id="h.tvp1kz1pxdc" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The fallacy of fairness</span></span></h3><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ecclesiastes 9:11</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I again saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift and the battle is not to the warriors, and neither is bread to the wise nor wealth to the discerning, nor favor to the skillful; for time and chance overtake them all.</span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We think</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">If I train and become fast…I should win the race</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">If I train to be a warrior…I should win the fight</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">If I’m wise…I should be rich</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If I’m skilled…I should do better</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">…it don’t always work like that</span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">sometimes Life is not fair</span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It might be the healthiest, holiest, friendliest person who dies young</span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The person may have thought that “if I live my life good and healthy then I can have a long life“</span></span></p><ul class="c11 lst-kix_lx2e2e6uvkwy-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Now it is scary because that may not happen</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c9 c7" id="h.q9r9d27r7i2r" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Control Fallacy</span></span></h3><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">anything that goes wrong is inherently your fault</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Or you feel completely out of control</span></span></li></ol><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c24 c17" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c17" style="font-weight: 700;">Example:</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> They died because of my sins</span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c24 c17" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Are you taking on more responsibility and more self blame than is accurate?</span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Devil influences your perspective - Bizzle</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c14" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/CrN8dVxuDna/?igshid%3DZjE2NGZiNDQ%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1682669472134188&usg=AOvVaw3lXyA4AMrjIpmjI_GxZtyV" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/CrN8dVxuDna/?igshid=ZjE2NGZiNDQ=</span></a></span></p><h2 class="c5 c7" id="h.y427gnxeqcfr" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Self Evaluation Questions</span></span></h2><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">What are the facts supporting and not supporting this belief that I have?</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">What aspects of the situation do I have control over?</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">What is the probability that my fear can come true?</span></li></ul><h1 class="c22 c7" id="h.g96qfh9vm8hp" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c19" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Use your pain to help others</span></span></h1><h2 class="c10 c7" id="h.pt9f6glfrw3x" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Serve Others</span></span></h2><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Luke 22: 31-32</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c6" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c14" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/luke/22-31.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1682669472135827&usg=AOvVaw1xgehT6SJtVJKkgeiru1Ln" style="text-decoration: inherit;">31</a></span>“Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded to sift you men like wheat; <span class="c6" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c14" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/luke/22-32.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1682669472136079&usg=AOvVaw3ANsopdXHHztqQP7Z15dwI" style="text-decoration: inherit;">32</a></span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">but I have prayed for you, that your faith will not fail; and you, when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”</span></span></p><ul class="c11 lst-kix_cyn4tg8e6twd-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I pray you pass the test</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Come back and strengthen your brothers</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sometimes God will let you go through pain for the benefit of other people</span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your greatest ministry can come out of your deepest hurt if</span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Use Your Pain</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c14" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cpa48kBLHry/?igshid%3DYmMyMTA2M2Y%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1682669472137505&usg=AOvVaw3Pm-ROlKrXzZCvcscQDhEC" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cpa48kBLHry/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=</span></a></span></p><ul class="c11 lst-kix_iglbpoy5cjsa-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jackie Hill Perry</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Scars</span></span></p><ul class="c11 lst-kix_5r9d1hsq2va9-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Doubting Thomas / Jesus</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">Some people will only believe you if they can see your scars</span></li></ul><h3 class="c5 c7" id="h.blnww82t1yw4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How to help family members</span></span></h3><ul class="c11 lst-kix_6br1ykku9xb9-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c5 c12 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Be consistent</span></span></li><li class="c5 c12 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Be responsive to them</span></span></li><li class="c5 c12 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t minimize how they are feeling</span></span></li><li class="c5 c12 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ask what you can do to help</span></span></li><li class="c5 c12 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Change the environment</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c11 lst-kix_b5e7jjoe0dvh-1 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c5 c8 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 72pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">E.g. Open the blinds</span></span></li></ul><h1 class="c5 c7" id="h.4jw6bbfrefjp" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c19" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Suicide</span></span></h1><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c17" style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jonah 4:1-3</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 But it greatly displeased Jonah, and he became angry. 2 Then he prayed to the LORD and said, “Please LORD, was this not what I said when I was still in my own country? Therefore in anticipation of this I fled to Tarshish, since I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abundant in mercy, and One who relents of disaster. 3 “So now, LORD, please take my life from me, for death is better to me than life.”</span></span></p><ul class="c11 lst-kix_vynzntwqv5o3-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jonah thought “it’s not fair”</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c9 c7" id="h.1490i024019r" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Werther effect</span></span></h3><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">A well-documented phenomenon around the world, the Werther Effect refers to the identified rise in sucide rates following well-publicised reports of deaths by suicide of celebrities or other well-known figures in the media.</span></span></p><ul class="c11 lst-kix_w75ofccmubcb-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When Marilyn Monroe committed suicide it increased 12%</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c10 c7" id="h.m1gbf6hak28q" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Suicide Facts</span></span></h2><ul class="c11 lst-kix_amumnvzhodyh-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Death by suicide is 4 times as frequent in men than in women</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">critical periods</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c11 lst-kix_amumnvzhodyh-1 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c2 c8 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Between age 10 and 24 years</span></span></li><li class="c2 c8 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">over 70 years</span></span></li><li class="c2 c8 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Suicidal elders give fewer warnings</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c11 lst-kix_amumnvzhodyh-0" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Women who are pregnant or have young children are less likely to kill themselves</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Suicide in whites and a non-Hispanic native Americans are approximately two times those observed and Hispanics, not Hispanic African-Americans and Asian pacific islanders</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Suicide rate of single persons is twice that of those who are married</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Divorce, separated or widowed individuals have rates 4 to 5 times higher than married individuals</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">More than 90% of persons who die from suicide satisfy the criteria for one or more psychiatric disorders</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Alcohol abuse or dependence is present in 25% to 50% of those who died by suicide</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Personality disorders exist in approximately 30–40% of those who attempt or die by suicide</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c17" style="font-weight: 700;">Story: </span>friend’s <span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">coworker recent family suicide</span></span></p><h3 class="c9 c7" id="h.zetblw8br0eq" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Religion</span></span></h3><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Some religions view suicide as honorable to prevent shame from coming to the family</span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Some Christians view suicide as an unforgivable sin</span></span></p><ul class="c11 lst-kix_hffqwudvsqnt-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Suicide is not the unforgivable sin</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c10 c7" id="h.mm61dwjqn4zw" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Assessing Suicide Risk</span></span></h2><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">After crises you either start to feel better or become suicidal within two days</span></span></p><h3 class="c7 c9" id="h.8ir2j18n9xb7" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Risk factors</span></span></h3><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Factors that increase suicide risk include:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Communications of suicidal intent</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Prior suicide attempts</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Continued or heavier drinking</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Recent unemployment</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">living alone</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Poor social support</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Legal and financial difficulties</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Serious medical or mental illness</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Personality disturbance</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Other substance use</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c9 c7" id="h.dpngmk1lsas" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Active vs Passive Suicidal Thoughts</span></span></h3><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c14" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/shorts/-IkLej8x6SM&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1682669472145880&usg=AOvVaw2SaGHv5wOOhAy8rayv0dQh" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/shorts/-IkLej8x6SM</span></a></span></p><ul class="c11 lst-kix_9ykck49nvd06-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">Active suicidal thinking is when you think through a plan.</span></li></ul><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c10 c7" id="h.ajls5t1ueuqc" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400;">How to Help Someone Suicidal</span></h2><ul style="text-align: left;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_urshikxgcmen-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Assess for danger/safety for self and others</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_urshikxgcmen-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Reflection and empathy</span></span></li><li class="c2 c8 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_urshikxgcmen-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Hear what they have to say</span></span></li><li class="c2 c8 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_urshikxgcmen-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They are feeling out of control</span></span></li><li class="c2 c8 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_urshikxgcmen-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">If someone else gets it there may be hope</span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_urshikxgcmen-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Address medical needs</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_urshikxgcmen-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Build rapport by allowing them to tell their story</span></span></li><li class="c2 c8 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_urshikxgcmen-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t take all their power away</span></span></li><li class="c2 c8 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_urshikxgcmen-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Understand not fixing</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_urshikxgcmen-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Provide support through active and empathetic listening</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_urshikxgcmen-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Bring the person to the present, describe future events</span></span></li><li class="c2 c8 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_urshikxgcmen-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What do you need right now?</span></span></li><li class="c2 c8 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_urshikxgcmen-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If someone is willing to make future plans… That is a good sign</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_urshikxgcmen-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Provide referrals as needed</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c10 c7" id="h.vqbtcaw5cl22" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">SAFER-R</span></span></h2><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c17" style="font-weight: 700;">S</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">tabilize</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c17" style="font-weight: 700;">A</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">cknowledge what’s going on (don’t judge)</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c17" style="font-weight: 700;">F</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">acilitate understanding (for you and them)</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c17" style="font-weight: 700;">E</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">ncourage adaptive coping</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c17" style="font-weight: 700;">R</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">estore functioning</span></span></p><ul class="c11 lst-kix_t0kptmqoi4h5-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What’s the minimum you need to do?</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c17" style="font-weight: 700;">R</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">efer</span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c10 c7" id="h.b8wvu6yrfn97" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Suicide Safety Plan*</span></span></h2><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If you are concerned you may be suicidal you can set up these precautions</span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_jzczlcm2ieel-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Identify your warning signs</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_jzczlcm2ieel-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Write down coping strategies</span></span></li><li class="c2 c8 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_jzczlcm2ieel-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Going for a walk outside</span></span></li><li class="c2 c8 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_jzczlcm2ieel-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Watch a movie</span></span></li><li class="c2 c8 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_jzczlcm2ieel-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Something pleasurable</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_jzczlcm2ieel-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Social contacts or settings you enjoy</span></span></li><li class="c2 c8 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_jzczlcm2ieel-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Coffee shop</span></span></li><li class="c2 c8 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_jzczlcm2ieel-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Bookstore</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_jzczlcm2ieel-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Supportive family members you can tell</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_jzczlcm2ieel-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Contact info for a professional / agency</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_jzczlcm2ieel-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Make your environment safe</span></span></li><li class="c2 c8 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_jzczlcm2ieel-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Remove Guns</span></span></li><li class="c2 c8 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_jzczlcm2ieel-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Pills</span></span></li><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_jzczlcm2ieel-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ask Yourself: What’s the one thing in your life important enough to stay alive?</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">* This does not replace seeing a therapist</span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c14" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://988lifeline.org&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1682669472153079&usg=AOvVaw163mni6jdYFQwSRI-49ZFq" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://988lifeline.org</span></a></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The devil wants to take away people with potential for God</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c14" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/CrQaSfKxVQq/?igshid%3DYmMyMTA2M2Y%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1682669472154108&usg=AOvVaw1ZSmKOAyasiUTsOdbqBELa" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/CrQaSfKxVQq/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=</span></a></span></p><h1 class="c22 c7" id="h.nup78t990bwj" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c19" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your Foundation</span></span></h1><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Matthew 7:24-27</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">24 “Therefore, everyone who hears these words of Mine, and acts on them, will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 “And the rain fell and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock. 26 “And everyone who hears these words of Mine, and does not act on them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. 27 “And the rain fell and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and it fell--and its collapse was great.”</span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Foundation Makes the Difference - Jasmine</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c14" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRTXtHyF/&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1682669472155302&usg=AOvVaw2r6Dt4Ug5rrKip8JZs67Aa" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRTXtHyF/</span></a></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What is the strong foundation?</span></span></p><h3 class="c5 c7" id="h.m4xrqtb5hpiq" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Spiritual Band-Aids</span></span></h3><p class="c5" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We tell people.</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Read your Bible.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Pray more.</span></li><li><span class="c18" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t miss church.</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5 c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c5" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The counseling community assumes a real battle is.</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Psychological stress.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Emotional scars.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Sexual confusion.</span></li><li><span class="c18" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Self rejection</span></span></li></ul><p class="c5 c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We Don't want to elevate psychological and personal problems to a position of top priority. </span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Our foundation is a life in the kingdom of God connected to the father being led by the Holy Spirit.</span></span></p><h1 class="c22 c7" id="h.uo57qke200jd" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c19" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Orchestration</span></span></h1><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Praise him in a pit.</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c14" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cq6Q_OStDIH/?igshid%3DZjE2NGZiNDQ%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1682669472158601&usg=AOvVaw2Q4ZGBfaWie0xJMUrS1TQ9" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cq6Q_OStDIH/?igshid=ZjE2NGZiNDQ=</span></a></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Our fiercest battles are fought when we stick with all of our hearts to trust God so fully that we see every misfortune as something he permits, and wants to use to know him so richly that we turn to no Him and nothing else to experience what our soul so richly longs for. To love him so completely And with such consuming passion That we hate anything that comes between us and eagerly give it up. </span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">That is the battle…</span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Do I trust God enough that I turn to him when things are going bad?</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">—Larry Cobb (Connecting)</span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God is the conductor</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c14" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cq9QX19sQmf/?igshid%3DZjE2NGZiNDQ%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1682669472160458&usg=AOvVaw1xrtyigPaEc6Z5clgq4e7P" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cq9QX19sQmf/?igshid=ZjE2NGZiNDQ=</span></a></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b>Instructor:</b> Michael Leadon</span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/j_tz6G2NGjs" width="320" youtube-src-id="j_tz6G2NGjs"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><h1 class="c5 c7" id="h.61rk1r1k2eca" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c19" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">References</span></span></h1><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The ultimate cure for depression | apostle Joshua Selman</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dunamis hub</span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Three signs that most depressed people have</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dr. Tracy marks</span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Minor depression versus major depression – how to tell the difference</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dr. Tracy Marx</span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Suicide prevention</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Doc snipes</span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What is really considered a suicidal thought?</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dr. Tracy marks</span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Rich Wilkerson Jr - Are You OK?: The Suicide Deception</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Vous Church</span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c14" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://banneroftruth.org/uk/resources/articles/2018/is-suicide-the-unforgivable-sin/&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1682669472163608&usg=AOvVaw3oiRlfdDTncK_m6lH4jQNs" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">Is Suicide the Unforgivable Sin? - Banner of Truth UK</span></a></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c5 c7" id="h.cco7qfsebdv3" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c19" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Extra</span></span></h1><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c17" style="font-weight: 700;">2 Corinthians 7:6 ESV</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the coming of Titus,</span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Struggles lead to success – T.D. Jakes.</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c14" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/CnmEG77pmm6/?igshid%3DYmMyMTA2M2Y%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1682669472164954&usg=AOvVaw3poggcO5xjO1O79nPgLhQX" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/CnmEG77pmm6/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=</span></a></span></p><p class="c5 c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How to get a haunting memory to go away</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c14" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/CpgJhWEOVYo/?igshid%3DYmMyMTA2M2Y%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1682669472165760&usg=AOvVaw3lUGYUsNLG9Q5KYMbz8LAA" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/CpgJhWEOVYo/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=</span></a></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Justin Peterson</span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It’s all in your mind.</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c14" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/CqO_WYUpc3K/?igshid%3DYmMyMTA2M2Y%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1682669472166564&usg=AOvVaw19H78gKLGTxjVlsgr7wOE_" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/CqO_WYUpc3K/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=</span></a></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You gotta put some weight on it to make it stronger.</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c14" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cq79oJqgirB/?igshid%3DYmMyMTA2M2Y%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1682669472167006&usg=AOvVaw1Qcephrf-yEFj4DdUQL3Wu" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cq79oJqgirB/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=</span></a></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You learn that God is great when he carries your cross – Kobe.</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c14" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/CplfpBSgqFM/?igshid%3DYmMyMTA2M2Y%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1682669472167795&usg=AOvVaw2b-s3wmDGNZW0MJIeAl49Z" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/CplfpBSgqFM/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=</span></a></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The devil causes dark days - Darius</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c14" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/CrJgLd4ulTW/?igshid%3DYmMyMTA2M2Y%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1682669472168361&usg=AOvVaw3saRZi20UXWyHNpzzk8zmS" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/CrJgLd4ulTW/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=</span></a></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Find your purpose partners.</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c14" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/CqVPWF1DaIz/?igshid%3DYmMyMTA2M2Y%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1682669472168896&usg=AOvVaw3AGl1esN802PKU7Q8HePSZ" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/CqVPWF1DaIz/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=</span></a></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Stop speaking against God’s plans - Dahter</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c14" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/CrCNfXJuYv6/?igshid%3DYmMyMTA2M2Y%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1682669472169649&usg=AOvVaw3pDuyC6vAjVIrxx88S6kV8" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/CrCNfXJuYv6/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=</span></a></span></p><ul class="c11 lst-kix_u1bnr2bfdzsn-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When you speak negatively… You may be speaking against the plans of God</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Victim mentality - Josh Terry</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c14" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/CrWO76rguh8/?igshid%3DYmMyMTA2M2Y%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1682669472170477&usg=AOvVaw2uUE4zv3L1ylntjY7RbXnj" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/CrWO76rguh8/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=</span></a></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Pain reveals people - Tye Tribbet</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c14" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/CqlYBBMAI3d/?igshid%3DYmMyMTA2M2Y%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1682669472171081&usg=AOvVaw2bZlTzV-4p24qJ_h8xVzwL" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/CqlYBBMAI3d/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=</span></a></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Everything happens for a reason. - Inky</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c14" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cqplta3Akgs/?igshid%3DZjE2NGZiNDQ%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1682669472171532&usg=AOvVaw2oBYJJML9wdj-v7N7AdjMk" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cqplta3Akgs/?igshid=ZjE2NGZiNDQ=</span></a></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Circumin helps depression - Tracy Marks</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c14" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cra-rYNpbV4/?igshid%3DYmMyMTA2M2Y%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1682669472172045&usg=AOvVaw0ugc_zW8n9yC2D2NRlUPIA" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cra-rYNpbV4/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=</span></a></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times;">Suicide</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/CrtKR3aPiMO/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/CrtKR3aPiMO/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=</span></span></a></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-aaf9e5ff-7fff-e63d-f6c5-65e4182ca457" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times;">Depression </span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/CsBlUmgPV1p/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/CsBlUmgPV1p/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==</span></span></a></p><div><br /></div><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c10 c7" id="h.luun0fz4g5pf" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Suicide</span></span></h2><h3 class="c9 c7" id="h.zi0fi8ojws2c" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Self Harm</span></span></h3><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Without having any desire for death, individuals may intentionally injure themselves to</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Express anger</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Relieve anxiety or tension</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Generate a feeling of “normality or self control“</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Terminate his state of depersonalization</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Distract or punish themselves</span></span></li></ul><h1 class="c22 c7" id="h.14oo9h1o7c3u" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c19" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Peace</span></span></h1><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">2 Thessalonians 3:16</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Now may the Lord of peace Himself continually grant you peace in every circumstance. The Lord be with you all!</span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">John 14:27</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">27 Peace I leave you, My peace I give you; not as the world gives, do I give to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled, nor fearful.</span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The peace of God is not based on results</span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The world is waiting for everything to be in place to have peace</span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Worry does not solve today’s problems</span></span></p><ul class="c11 lst-kix_wlqpvmfkhlfb-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Worry kills today’s peace</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If your piece depends on your external environment</span></span></p><ul class="c11 lst-kix_8f2xnl8vg1cj-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Satan has mastered you</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p>Unchained Discipleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11710595205237468334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6986426612019457751.post-54608233741944528682023-04-13T00:25:00.002-07:002023-04-15T01:11:29.334-07:00Dealing With Depression<p><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs5OnWTrkzOWpIXu7l7vzZTZe5Np0nNT72-ZO9TjElxRr1b8POsT66pu2kXOVGe1hrtiVIIWDPex1fYcQUnYIaFYx6LhlAtfI1shkSLSzT2PdQZA8oi5EsjoybgvP-MakRHvs48_Zi3aGCPLysARnIAS6P_Qvnp_ExsFW5GR5mDlNTcDtXZRMWmXY6nA/s1280/Dealing%20With%20Depression-1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><span style="font-family: times;">What to do when you feel helpless, hopeless and unmotivated.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">~~<a href="https://youtu.be/hajpJvQ78YU" target="_blank">Watch the Video</a>~~</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c16" style="font-weight: 700;">Worship: </span><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Joy In The Morning by Tauren Wells</span></span></p><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Scriptures:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Lamentations 3:1-8</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 Kings 19:1-4 </span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Lamentations 3:21-22</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Matthew 6:34</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 Kings 19:11-15</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Proverbs 12:25</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Psalms 42:11</span></span></li><li><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Psalm 34:17-18</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c13 c21" id="h.1awqk5jyr1w8" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c20" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Introduction</span></span></h1><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Lamentations 3:1-8</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 I am the man who has seen misery Because of the rod of His wrath. 2 He has driven me and made me walk In darkness and not in light. 3 Indeed, He has turned His hand against me Repeatedly all the day. 4 He has consumed my flesh and my skin, He has broken my bones. 5 He has besieged and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship. 6 He has made me live in dark places, Like those who have long been dead. 7 He has walled me in so that I cannot go out; He has made my chain heavy. 8 Even when I cry out and call for help, He shuts out my prayer.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Who is the “He” who did this to him?</span></span></p><ul class="c7 lst-kix_hm44tzegsqor-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: times;">Has anyone ever felt like this?</span></span></p><h2 class="c17 c13" id="h.d7ydo3mbqnhq" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c10" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Lamentations</span></span></h2><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jeremiah</span></span></li><li><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">After the destruction of the temple in 587 BC</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Book of Lamentations is the collection of five poems or songs mourning the conquest of Jerusalem and the Kingdom of Judah.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c24" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The book is filled with tears and sorrow. It is a paean of pain, a poem of pity, a proverb of pathos, a hymn of heartbreak, a psalm of sadness, a symphony of sorrow, a story of sifting, a tale of tears, a dirge of desolation, a tragedy of travail, an account of agony, and a book of “boo-hoo.” It is the wailing wall of the Bible.</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">–Dr. Vernon McGee</span></p><h2 class="c17 c13" id="h.jyetfuhwbgbf" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c10" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Depression</span></span></h2><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Judah was being punished for disobeying God</span></span></p><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They felt that God no longer heard their prayers</span></span></p><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">…we’ve all been here at some point</span></span></p><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Helpless</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Hopeless</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sad and depressed</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">You lose interest in the things you used to like</span></p><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">… today we will talk about depression</span></span></p><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700;">Outline:</span><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Introduction</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Traits of Wholeness</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Review</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Elijah</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">What is Depression?</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Causes of Depression</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Symptoms of Depression</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Armor of God for Depression</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Preach to yourself</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Practical Solutions</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Loss Can Be the Start of a New Season</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c21 c13" id="h.i10f7h4lc07v" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c20" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Traits of Wholeness</span></span></h1><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">We are in our series called <span class="c24" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">Seeking Wholeness</span></span></p><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c19" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How can we be:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Spiritually healthy</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Emotionally healthy</span></li><li><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Mentally healthy</span></span></li></ul><p class="c3 c19" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Free from oppression of</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Our past</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Ourself</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Bad thinking</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Strongholds</span></li><li><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The enemy</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c19" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’re talking about</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">dealing with life’s current stresses</span></li><li><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">being healed from experiences/wounds of the past</span></span></li></ul><p class="c19 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c19" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’re not just supposed to have eternal life</span></span></p><ul class="c7 lst-kix_tnqv9ni6k4q-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c19 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’re supposed to have: joy, peace, patience, and self control here on earth</span></span></li></ul><p class="c19 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This study is not therapy</span></span></p><h3 class="c18 c13" id="h.ctkm7fq9wiw1" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Traits of Wholeness</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Authenticity</span></span></li><li class="c0 c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_vw80rl59787w-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Honesty</span></span></li><li class="c0 c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_vw80rl59787w-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Kindness</span></span></li><li class="c0 c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_vw80rl59787w-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not seeking external approval / validation</span></span></li><li class="c0 c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_vw80rl59787w-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Living by values and principles</span></span></li><li class="c0 c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_vw80rl59787w-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Setting Boundaries</span></span></li><li class="c0 c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_vw80rl59787w-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Taking ownership of your responsibilities</span></span></li><li class="c0 c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_vw80rl59787w-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Living with purpose and passion</span></span></li><li class="c0 c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_vw80rl59787w-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Optimism</span></span></li><li class="c0 c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_vw80rl59787w-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Confidence</span></span></li><li class="c0 c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_vw80rl59787w-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Healthy relationships with others</span></span></li><li class="c0 c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_vw80rl59787w-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not losing control of your emotions</span></span></li><li class="c0 c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_vw80rl59787w-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Free from addictions</span></span></li><li class="c0 c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_vw80rl59787w-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Addressing Conflict with truth and love</span></span></li><li class="c0 c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_vw80rl59787w-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Vulnerability</span></span></li><li class="c0 c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_vw80rl59787w-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not critical or Judgemental</span></span></li><li class="c0 c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_vw80rl59787w-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not jealous of others</span></span></li><li class="c0 c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_vw80rl59787w-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgive those who have wronged you in the past</span></span></li><li class="c0 c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_vw80rl59787w-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Know that you’re worthy of receiving love</span></span></li><li class="c0 c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_vw80rl59787w-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not afraid to fail</span></span></li><li class="c0 c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_vw80rl59787w-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Able to manage irrational fear, worry, and anxiety</span></span></li><li class="c0 c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_vw80rl59787w-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Selfless encounters with others</span></span></li><li class="c0 c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_vw80rl59787w-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not manipulating others trying to control their actions/reactions</span></span></li><li class="c0 c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_vw80rl59787w-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You care about how others feel</span></span></li><li class="c0 c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_vw80rl59787w-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Patient</span></span></li><li class="c0 c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_vw80rl59787w-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t give into peer/social pressure</span></span></li><li class="c0 c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_vw80rl59787w-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Can communicate directly</span></span></li><li class="c0 c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_vw80rl59787w-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t take responsibility for other people's emotions</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_vw80rl59787w-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Take responsibility for your own emotions</span></span></li><li class="c0 c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_vw80rl59787w-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Slow to anger</span></span></li><li class="c0 c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_vw80rl59787w-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ability to maturely express your wants, needs and desires</span></span></li><li class="c0 c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_vw80rl59787w-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Being led by the Spirit</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c17 c13" id="h.es2cp3rtj3bj" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c10" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Confession</span></span></h2><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">People used to confess their sins to a priest, pastor, elder</span></span></p><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Nowadays we emphasize that Christianity is a personal relationship between you and God</span></span></p><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">So now when people need a listening ear or guidance, they pay a psychologist or counselor</span></span></p><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It would be great if we had a Christian community in which we could be vulnerable and authentic</span></span></p><h1 class="c21 c13" id="h.bgt250ov72ro" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c20" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Review</span></span></h1><h2 class="c17 c13" id="h.za71r7lfygf5" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c10" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Actions When Disappointed</span></span></h2><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Never forget how much God loves me</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Never fake it. Be who I am</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Remember that it’s not about me</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Live Within Your Limitations</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Take time to renew yourself</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Stay focused on eternity</span></li><li><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Remember Others Have it Worse</span></span></li></ol><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c13 c17" id="h.auq8k4cjmeap" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c10" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Grief</span></span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Grief is the acute emotional pain that accompanies loss. Grief is not limited to the loss of people.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Relationships (death, breakup, …)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Physical (Things, abilities, freedoms)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Self-concept (roles, values, labels)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Dreams</span></li><li><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Worldview (innocence, safety)</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It takes at least a year to deal with significant losses</span></span></p><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Grief impacts</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">sleep</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">eating</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">energy</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">work</span></li><li><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">social</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c13 c18" id="h.l5ycqr2b2g27" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How to Grieve</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Set aside time to grieve</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Grieve in community</span></li><li><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Take it to God</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c18 c13" id="h.kz5g66c90q5u" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Tips for Those Grieving</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Make to-do lists</span></li><li><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Minimize demands (unless staying busy helps)</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">DEER</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Drink fluids</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Eat</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Exercise</span></li><li><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Rest</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c17 c13" id="h.o3zx5p81rt5u" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c10" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Loss causes us to Examine our Theology</span></span></h2><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We want to be able to</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Control the future</span></li><li><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Predict the future</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">With our:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Faith</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Tithes</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Good deeds / works</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God Owes Me</span></span></p><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c16" style="font-weight: 700;">Our view:</span><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> “Even if He doesn’t”</span></span></p><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c16" style="font-weight: 700;">Story:</span><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> Efui</span></span></p><ul class="c7 lst-kix_uxwi8jo365sz-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“Why would we do it then?”</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Prison or Portal</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Times of loss can either elevate you to the next level of faith or trap you where you are</span></span></p><h1 class="c21 c13" id="h.3qrbnzxus242" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Elijah</span></h1><h2 class="c12 c13" id="h.yb8pdjb8qcn1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c10" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Elijah’s Victory</span></span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 Kings 17-18</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Elijah prayed and it didn’t rain for years</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Elijah raise the boy from the dead</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Ahab and Jezebel had all the prophets of Israel killed</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">They had searched all nations looking for Elijah to kill him</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">God told him to present himself to Ahab</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Contest between Elijah and 450 prophets of Baal</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">He called down fire from heaven to defeat the prophets of Baal</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Slaughtered all the prophets of Baal</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Prayed to bring the rain back</span></li><li><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Outran a chariot</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c12 c13" id="h.8ns2ykd8arpi" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c10" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Elijah’s Depression</span></span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 Kings 19:1-4 </span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 Now Ahab told Jezebel everything that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. 2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So may the gods do to me and more so, if by about this time tomorrow I do not make your life like the life of one of them.” 3 And he was afraid, and got up and ran for his life and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah; and he left his servant there. 4 But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree; and he asked for himself to die, and said, “Enough! Now, LORD, take my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Jezebel said she was going to kill Elijah</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Elijah felt defeated</span></li><li><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">He was so discouraged he wanted to end his life</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Elijah was depressed?</span></span></p><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Did Elijah’s depression seem warranted?</span></span></p><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Things look different in our own heads</span></span></p><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Example: suicide</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Celebrity</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Star athlete</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Upbeat positive person</span></li><li><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“They had it all”</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Many people dream of being in their situation, but they felt that the situation was so bleak that they took their lives</span></span></p><h1 class="c21 c13" id="h.3zrjtsgkdkhu" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c20" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What is Depression?</span></span></h1><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Depression is feeling of</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Sadness</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">lack of motivation</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Hopelessness</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Helplessness</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Powerlessness</span></li><li><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Worthlessness</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“What’s the use…”</span></span></p><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c24" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Depression causes loss of interest in activities you once enjoyed</span></span></p><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Difficulty thinking, concentrating or making decisions</span></span></p><ul class="c7 lst-kix_yc2y5ppqe3rg-0" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Lack of energy</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c16" style="font-weight: 700;">Example:</span><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> during pandemic</span></span></p><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Depression affects an estimated one in 15 adults (6.7%) in any given year. And one in six people (16.6%) will experience depression at some time in their life. Depression can occur at any time, but on average, first appears during the late teens to mid-20s. Women are more likely than men to experience depression. Some studies show that one-third of women will experience a major depressive episode in their lifetime.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We all get depressed at times</span></span></p><h2 class="c12 c13" id="h.yeaotm7k3a3i" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c10" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Being Depressed vs “Having Depression”</span></span></h2><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Major depressive disorder</span></li><li><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Clinical depression</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Symptoms must</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">last at least two weeks</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">represent a change in your previous level of functioning</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">for a diagnosis of depression.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c12 c13 subtitle" id="h.gcllhzxa593t" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #666666; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 16pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c26" style="font-size: 15pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Depression / Anxiety</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Depression and anxiety often co-occur</span></span></p><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Because you’re hopeless and helpless you feel threatened</span></span></p><ul class="c7 lst-kix_ksbcldayuubw-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This may activate your anxiety</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: times;">Anxiety is apprehension and fear about the future</span></span></p><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Anxiety starts with a… “What if“</span></span></p><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c12" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">depression starts with a memory</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">You let it go when you are free from it</span></li><li><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You come back to that memory</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c17 c13" id="h.quyohuuz6y22" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Depression Is Different From Sadness or Grief</span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It is normal for feelings of sadness or grief to develop in response to</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Death of a loved one</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Loss of job</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Ending a relationship</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Being a victim of a physical assault</span></li><li><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Being the victim of a major disaster</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c16" style="font-weight: 700;">But being sad is not the same as having depression.</span><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> The grieving process is natural and unique to each individual and shares some of the same features of depression. Both grief and depression may involve intense sadness and withdrawal from usual activities.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They are also different in important ways:</span></span></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c16" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700;">In grief, painful feelings come in waves,</span><span class="c4" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> often intermixed with positive memories of the deceased. In major depression, mood and/or interest (pleasure) are decreased for most of two weeks.</span></li><li><span class="c16" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700;">In grief, self-esteem is usually maintained.</span><span class="c4" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> In major depression, feelings of worthlessness and self-loathing are common.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-weight: 700;">In grief, thoughts of death</span><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> may surface when thinking of or fantasizing about “joining” the deceased loved one. In major depression, thoughts are focused on ending one’s life due to feeling worthless or undeserving of living or being unable to cope with the pain of depression.</span></span></li></ol><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c16" style="font-weight: 700;">Grief and depression can co-exist.</span> For some people, the loss can lead to depression. When grief and depression co-occur, the grief is more severe and lasts longer than grief without depression.</span></p><h1 class="c21 c13" id="h.8dcaxzyskn0n" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Causes of Depression</span></h1><h2 class="c12 c13" id="h.k0i74kdfeytw" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c10" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Physical Causes</span></span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The psychological methods may not help if you aren’t attending to your physical needs</span></span></p><h3 class="c18 c13" id="h.nkwcz48omomd" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Nutrition</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Unhealthy diet</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Dehydration</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Stimulants</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Caffeine, Nicotine</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Vitamin D deficiency</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Lack of sunlight</span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Chronic pain</span></li><ul><li><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Our pain tolerance is lower when we are depressed</span></span></li></ul></ul><h3 class="c12 c13" id="h.f4q51zudbq8e" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Biochemical</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Hormonal Issues</span></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Serotonin, Oxytocin, Dopamine, Endorphins</span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Thyroid imbalance</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Imbalance in estrogen or testosterone</span></li></ul><h3 class="c12 c13" id="h.tznjys2cm815" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Lack of sleep</span></span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“ it is impossible to treat someone for depression if they don’t keep a regular sleep pattern“</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">– – Jordan Peterson</span></span></p><h2 class="c12 c13" id="h.2b7vmd8p7dx0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c10" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Circumstances</span></span></h2><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Something we care about goes away</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Feel like a bad situation won’t gonna go away</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Relationship end</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Death</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Loss of job / finances</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Retired</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Violence / Abuse</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Poverty</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Traumatic experience</span></li></ul><h3 class="c12 c13" id="h.xhkj5ffavd1p" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Environment</span></span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You don’t feel</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Safe</span></li><li><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Empowered</span></span></li></ul><p class="c12 c3" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c12 c13" id="h.ia73ywqjuen7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c10" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Relationships</span></span></h2><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Spouse</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Significant other</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Kids</span></li><li><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Coworkers</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c17 c13" id="h.fwrfzqnig6ss" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c10" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Personality / Mindset</span></span></h2><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">low self-esteem</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">easily overwhelmed by stress</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">generally pessimistic</span></li></ul><h2 class="c12 c13" id="h.15xtkfkdmsal" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c10" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Spiritual</span></span></h2><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">See no meaning to life</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Loss of faith in God</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Finding connectedness and meaning</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Guilt due to unconfessed sin</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">misplaced shame</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">ungodly fears</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">suppressed bitterness or hatred</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">hopeless grieving</span></li><li><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">unbiblical expectations</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c18 c13" id="h.xgecow5ijlrb" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Demons</span></span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Depression isn’t a demon</span></span></p><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Demons influence you with lies</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">I’m alone</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">God doesn’t love me</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">God hasn’t forgiven me</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">God has rejected me</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Nobody loves me</span></li><li><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">My life isn’t worth living</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c17 c13" id="h.wm9qmbqgist" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c10" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Cell Phones / Social Media</span></span></h2><p class="c12" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c30 c16" style="font-weight: 700;">Study: </span><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Teens spending five hours per day or more on their phones are 50% more likely to experience depression</span></span></p><h3 class="c18 c13" id="h.hfpwx4a9jzdj" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Mood Changes</span></span></h3><p class="c12" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We scroll through our feeds and we have huge emotional ups and downs like we never did before.</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">You see a picture of your nephews baby that was born</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">You see a picture of a kid who just shot up a school</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">You see a photo of your cousin getting baptized</span></li><li><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You see a picture of police beating up a black man</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c18 c13" id="h.qbi5f6bozqui" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Bargaining</span></span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">“<span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">If I do X, Y and Z, maybe I can wake up and it will have been a nightmare</span></span></p><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Bargaining contribute to depression because the person wakes up every day hoping to reality is different</span></span></p><ul class="c7 lst-kix_dfn1f9qbsiek-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Hope is squelched every morning</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c16 c23" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Solutions</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Develop hope for the new reality</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">“I can grieve and experience this loss and still have a rich and meaningful life”</span></li><li><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What can you do to have the richest, most meaningful life today?</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c17 c13" id="h.g7lkmdb2ze2d" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c10" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Comparison</span></span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Silver vs Bronze Medal</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c14" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c15" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRvwW3CY/&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1681373389771584&usg=AOvVaw0LH3lYHQuvc9TxDXFjdMqy" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRvwW3CY/</span></a></span></p><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t Compare Yourself</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c14" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c15" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/CqTZlWRA9gm/?igshid%3DYmMyMTA2M2Y%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1681373389772139&usg=AOvVaw3m5dd9pqpNhnzMfNiMHU-L" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/CqTZlWRA9gm/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=</span></a></span></p><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c17 c13" id="h.3pp0q8sfh5pq" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c10" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Depression is based on perception</span></span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When you have depression it is based on your perception of your current situation.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Focusing on yourself</span></p><h1 class="c12 c13" id="h.unsetd6nbas2" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c20" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Symptoms of Depression</span></span></h1><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Many of these symptoms could also be:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Anxiety</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Stress</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Lyme disease</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Lack of sleep (e.g. sleep apnea)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">PTSD</span></li></ul><h2 class="c12 c13" id="h.xsg7cvm972mf" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">A<span class="c10" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">ffective symptoms</span></span></h2><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Feeling sad or depressed</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Apathy - they don’t care about anything</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Low motivation</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Guilt</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">“I should be doing something productive”</span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Hopelessness/helplessness</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Mood vacillation</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Irritability</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Emotional dysregulation</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Suicidal thoughts</span></li></ul><p class="c12 c3" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c12" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c16 c30" style="font-weight: 700;">Story</span><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">: friend committed suicide</span></span></p><h2 class="c12 c13" id="h.efgu7c2jyoy5" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c10" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Physical symptoms</span></span></h2><ul class="c7 lst-kix_c6yynaeyx76j-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Fatigue and slowing</span></span></li><li class="c0 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Reduced libido</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c7 lst-kix_c6yynaeyx76j-1 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Testosterone, estrogen</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c7 lst-kix_c6yynaeyx76j-0" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Blood sugar challenges</span></span></li><li class="c0 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Low blood pressure</span></span></li><li class="c0 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dizziness especially standing</span></span></li><li class="c0 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sleep challenges</span></span></li><li class="c0 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Eating and/or weight changes</span></span></li><li class="c0 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Reduced immunity</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c7 lst-kix_c6yynaeyx76j-1 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Stress</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Cortisol suppresses your immune system - inflammation and pain (fight or flight response)</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c7 lst-kix_c6yynaeyx76j-0" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Decreased pain tolerance</span></span></li><li class="c0 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Muscle aches</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c7 lst-kix_c6yynaeyx76j-1 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not moving around as much</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c7 lst-kix_c6yynaeyx76j-0" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Headaches</span></span></li><li class="c0 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Vision changes</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c7 lst-kix_c6yynaeyx76j-1 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">One reason the world may seem gray when people are depressed is impaired contrast perception</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">One reason the world may seem gray when people are depressed is impaired contrast perception</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not permanent</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Health.Harvard.edu</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">More eye strain and headaches when you are depressed</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your vision changes</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Difficulty focusing</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You will see things more crisp when your mood improves</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c7 lst-kix_c6yynaeyx76j-0" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">G.I. changes</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c7 lst-kix_c6yynaeyx76j-1 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Nausea</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Diarrhea</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Constipation</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Caused by lack of serotonin</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c12 c13" id="h.8gb1649jq1s7" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c10" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Cognitive signs of depression</span></span></h2><ul class="c7 lst-kix_mj749dxo2x42-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Difficulty concentrating</span></span></li><li class="c0 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Slowed thinking</span></span></li><li class="c0 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">Problems with memory</span></li></ul><ul class="c7 lst-kix_y29xpzi7npko-1 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Just can’t think of the word</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Tip of your tongue</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c7 lst-kix_88u82h7udqrt-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Difficulty with decision making and judgment</span></span></li><li class="c0 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Negative attitude and perceptions/pessimism</span></span></li><li class="c0 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Personalization</span></span></li><li class="c0 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Rumination</span></span></li><li class="c0 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Unpleasant memories</span></span></li><li class="c0 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Nightmares</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c12 c13" id="h.tnsmkgx3myqv" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c10" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Interpersonal symptoms</span></span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When people are depressed it impacts the relationships with others as well as their self-esteem</span></span></p><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><ul class="c7 lst-kix_wcb58ix3r87u-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Low self-esteem</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c7 lst-kix_wcb58ix3r87u-1 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We feel inadequate because we aren’t getting things done</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c7 lst-kix_wcb58ix3r87u-0" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Isolation/withdrawal/emotional unavailability</span></span></li><li class="c0 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Intolerance</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c7 lst-kix_wcb58ix3r87u-1 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Attention, want us to do something</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c7 lst-kix_wcb58ix3r87u-0" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Lack of motivation to care</span></span></li><li class="c0 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Fear of rejection</span></span></li><li class="c0 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Increased dependence</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c7 lst-kix_wcb58ix3r87u-1 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Disempowered</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Clingier</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">More fearful of abandonment</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c7 lst-kix_wcb58ix3r87u-0" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Erratic</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c7 lst-kix_wcb58ix3r87u-1 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Consistency</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Responsiveness</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Attention</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Validation</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c7 lst-kix_wcb58ix3r87u-2 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c28 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 108pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Difficult to validate a support other people</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c7 lst-kix_wcb58ix3r87u-1" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Empathy</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Support</span></span></li></ul><h1 class="c12 c13" id="h.vm22kgt14zdr" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">— Solutions —</span></h1><h1 class="c12 c13" id="h.oji20jlg2y6y" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c20" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Armor of God for Depression</span></span></h1><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">How can the armor of God aid us in battling depression?</span></p><h2 class="c17 c13" id="h.dq0uqdy3bjwx" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-weight: normal;">Breastplate <span class="c10" style="font-size: 16pt; vertical-align: baseline;">of Righteousness</span></span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When we’re depressed we’re tempted to just say “Forget it” and do things that we’ll need to repent of later</span></span></p><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t seek temporary escape/pleasure</span></span></p><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Coping mechanisms</span></span></p><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Do seek enjoyment that God allows</span></span></p><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c17 c13" id="h.l5uljgfuk5bo" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c10" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Hope of Salvation</span></span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Lamentations 3:21-22</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">21 I recall this to my mind, Therefore I wait. 22 The LORD’S acts of mercy indeed do not end, For His compassions do not fail.</span></span></p><p class="c12 c3" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your future is bright</span></span></p><h2 class="c12 c13" id="h.iktnqw1m4odp" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c10" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Shield of Faith</span></span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I believe in God through bad and good – 2Pac.</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c14" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c15" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/CnnYKTAPNK9/?igshid%3DYmMyMTA2M2Y%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1681373389780765&usg=AOvVaw0Gfcm6jvBxV7jGQ1OljJDJ" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/CnnYKTAPNK9/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=</span></a></span></p><p class="c12 c3" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Progress is step-by-step</span></span></p><ul class="c7 lst-kix_yiq2jcl3vk51-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Get through today</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Matthew 6:34</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.</span></span></p><h2 class="c17 c13" id="h.px12kjv6lj2" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c10" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sword of the spirit</span></span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 Kings 19:11-15</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c14" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c15" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/1_kings/19-11.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1681373389782371&usg=AOvVaw2eLTRnrSJwQSKvso7iMUVr" style="text-decoration: inherit;">11</a></span>So He said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD.” And behold, the LORD was passing by! And a great and powerful wind was tearing out the mountains and breaking the rocks in pieces before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind. And after the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake. <span class="c14" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c15" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/1_kings/19-12.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1681373389782861&usg=AOvVaw0_Fsoprl8QU5TKeKbcuu2v" style="text-decoration: inherit;">12</a></span> And after the earthquake, a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire; and after the fire, a sound of a gentle blowing. <span class="c14" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c15" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/1_kings/19-13.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1681373389783292&usg=AOvVaw21ix40Dap3AKj6beG_97I8" style="text-decoration: inherit;">13</a></span>When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his cloak and went out and stood in the entrance of the cave. And behold, a voice came to him and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?” <span class="c14" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c15" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/1_kings/19-14.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1681373389783678&usg=AOvVaw3ciRuBJSeLh71CeAv2AEvj" style="text-decoration: inherit;">14</a></span><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Then he said, “I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of armies; for the sons of Israel have abandoned Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. And I alone am left; and they have sought to take my life.”</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c14" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c15" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/1_kings/19-15.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1681373389784173&usg=AOvVaw0wrBcaLkK2sA4cyg7U4tl_" style="text-decoration: inherit;">15</a></span><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">The LORD said to him, “Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus; and when you have arrived, you shall anoint Hazael king over Aram.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Elijah knew the voice of God</span></span></p><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God didn’t give Elijah a pep talk</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">A word from God will encourage you</span></span></p><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Proverbs 12:25</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Anxiety in a person’s heart weighs it down, But a good word makes it glad.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I. singular speech, discourse, saying, word, as the sum of that which is spoken:</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">1. of men</span></span></p><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c12" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c16 c25" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Discipline Gets You to a Point Where You’ll Listen - Bill Johnson</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c14" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c15" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/CoqhD8jrBES/?igshid%3DYmMyMTA2M2Y%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1681373389786058&usg=AOvVaw1YsoL8Rqqd18eIBQGqQ0rK" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/CoqhD8jrBES/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=</span></a></span></p><ul class="c7 lst-kix_fbcqyz3r1y88-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The discipline removes the stronghold</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c12 c13" id="h.9muwv82qamp8" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Presence of God</span></span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c16" style="font-weight: 700;">Example:</span><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> my quiet time</span></span></p><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c12 c13" id="h.ainh52g1x6w9" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c20" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Preach to yourself</span></span></h1><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Psalms 42:11</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Why are you in despair, my soul? And why are you restless within me? Wait for God, for I will again praise Him For the help of His presence, my God.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c18 c13" id="h.v0mvt4khlj1h" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Affirmations</span></h3><h3 class="c18 c13" id="h.g4m6wybc9jd8" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Memory verses</span></span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Psalm 34:17-18</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c14" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c15" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/psalms/34-17.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1681373389788159&usg=AOvVaw036lkn_uFyL7VtjC2DVLeM" style="text-decoration: inherit;">17</a></span><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">And rescues them from all their troubles.</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c14" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c15" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/psalms/34-18.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1681373389788737&usg=AOvVaw3qd7eNLmYzPxesewGMplz7" style="text-decoration: inherit;">18</a></span><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> The LORD is near to the brokenhearted</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">And saves those who are crushed in spirit.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c12 c13" id="h.nwibn1m31x4z" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c20" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Practical Solutions</span></span></h1><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Get out of bed and shower</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Get some sunlight</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Get a regular sleep cycle</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Write down your thoughts</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Don’t fight against something that you can’t change</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Set boundaries and minimize exposure to negative and stressed out people.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Do something that cheers you up</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Set small goals</span></li><ul><li><span class="c16" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700;">Example</span><span class="c4" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">: Brush teeth and shower</span></li></ul></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Exercise</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Go into nature</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Watching nature shows</span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Aroma therapy</span></li></ul><h2 class="c12 c13" id="h.vygdxfj43jev" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c10" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Antidepressant</span></span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Antidepressants only work for about a third of the people who have depression</span></span></p><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Because most antidepressants only deal with</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Serotonin levels</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Dopamine</span></li><li><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Norephinepherine</span></span></li></ul><h1 class="c21 c13" id="h.gix7kyiirra9" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c20" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Loss Can Be the Start of a New Season</span></span></h1><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The storm is making you better motivation</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c14" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c15" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/CpQj0YYA5Vw/?igshid%3DYmMyMTA2M2Y%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1681373389791801&usg=AOvVaw0HhkpGo_XtpMX8x9AZlThA" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/CpQj0YYA5Vw/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=</span></a></span></p><h3 class="c18 c13" id="h.nj2y0185vs50" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Without a Test There’s No Testimony</span></span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Hitting rock-bottom is beautiful - Mike Tyson</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c14" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c15" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cp6gpqbAuyi/?igshid%3DYmMyMTA2M2Y%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1681373389792307&usg=AOvVaw1sR5Za8ygZ7KD2XtRM_jCz" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cp6gpqbAuyi/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=</span></a></span></p><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You have to lose some things to Gain others - Darius</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c14" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c15" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/CqlqLhEudA7/?igshid%3DYmMyMTA2M2Y%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1681373389792719&usg=AOvVaw1bb3SZLDd1ZVtyI9k2kdpZ" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/CqlqLhEudA7/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=</span></a></span></p><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">——————————————-</span></span></p><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You woke up today because someone needs your help</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b>Instructor: </b>Michael Leadon</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hajpJvQ78YU" width="320" youtube-src-id="hajpJvQ78YU"></iframe></span></div><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c21 c13" id="h.x85d5lxamt0w" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c20" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">References</span></span></h1><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Two truths to remember when you’re battling depression</span></span></p><p class="c12" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Life church</span></span></p><p class="c12" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Demonic attacks (2/2)</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">David Diga Hernandez</span></span></p><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What Does the Bible Say About Depression?</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c14" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c15" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.lifeway.com/en/articles/pastor-depression-eight-biblical-strategies-for-counseling-depression&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1681373389793768&usg=AOvVaw2a5gLDsCk6AeK_dKBkFLyb" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.lifeway.com/en/articles/pastor-depression-eight-biblical-strategies-for-counseling-depression</span></a></span></p><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Understand the grief and loss and associated anger and depression</span></span></p><p class="c12" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c30 c31"><span style="font-family: times;">Doc snipes</span></span></p><p class="c12" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c30 c31"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Depression signs symptoms and causes part one</span></span></p><p class="c12" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Doc snipes</span></span></p><p class="c12" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Depression signs, symptoms and causes part two: physical</span></span></p><p class="c12" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Doc snipes</span></span></p><p class="c12" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Depression signs, symptoms and causes part three: cognitive</span></span></p><p class="c12" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Doc snipes</span></span></p><p class="c12" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Symptoms of depression part four: interpersonal</span></span></p><p class="c12" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dr. Dawn Elise Snipes</span></span></p><p class="c12" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What is depression?</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c14" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c15" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/depression/what-is-depression&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1681373389794810&usg=AOvVaw0Qmm-_0_3Js3ntIZAw2Zgh" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/depression/what-is-depression</span></a></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">American Psychiatric Association</span></span></p><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Depression</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c14" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c15" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/9290-depression%23:~:text%3DDepression%2520is%2520one%2520of%2520the,with%2520a%2520mental%2520health%2520professional.&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1681373389795316&usg=AOvVaw0qMR-olgnWxJFgsdbTbXA1" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">Depression: Causes, Symptoms, Types & Treatment (clevelandclinic.org)</span></a></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Cleveland Clinic</span></p><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b>Connecting</b></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Larry Crabb</span></span></p><h1 class="c12 c13" id="h.61rk1r1k2eca" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c20" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Extra</span></span></h1><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You can also find stories of the Bible where certain people experienced depression: Moses (Numbers 11: 10-16), David (Psalm 51; Psalm 32: 1-5), Elijah (1 Kings 19:1-18), Job, Jonah (Jonah 4:1-11), Psalmist (Psalm 73).</span></span></p><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">2 Corinthians 7:6 ESV</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the coming of Titus,</span></span></p><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0 c3" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Struggles lead to success – T.D. Jakes.</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c14" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c15" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/CnmEG77pmm6/?igshid%3DYmMyMTA2M2Y%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1681373389796370&usg=AOvVaw0nEw1fmBvrF0T-maQuaUGt" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/CnmEG77pmm6/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=</span></a></span></p><p class="c12 c3" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How to get a haunting memory to go away</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c14" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c15" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/CpgJhWEOVYo/?igshid%3DYmMyMTA2M2Y%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1681373389796792&usg=AOvVaw1RQNJvnx5Ra2D3HUvkZ0he" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/CpgJhWEOVYo/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=</span></a></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Justin Peterson</span></p><p class="c12 c3" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p>Unchained Discipleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11710595205237468334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6986426612019457751.post-28360346179750345222023-03-31T23:44:00.005-07:002023-04-02T21:59:12.986-07:00Dealing With Grief<p><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi93AqRJD8EPNgDcrXr9-BqcHtHcbaDlSvn1GAvKlnnHyie25NSxaMXpytkR6llzGwenZK4YYnXVlIiB04kBFVraKX0O_LonVEx-FWyLB9mrpXsSo-HDUNvW0HOS7RKzyiNEv_i8x-0rx0XN_bOLZwH2Kl5uPh7hYfv1RXVO7R2CLxQL7XOt60O95z-yA/s1280/Dealing%20With%20Grief.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi93AqRJD8EPNgDcrXr9-BqcHtHcbaDlSvn1GAvKlnnHyie25NSxaMXpytkR6llzGwenZK4YYnXVlIiB04kBFVraKX0O_LonVEx-FWyLB9mrpXsSo-HDUNvW0HOS7RKzyiNEv_i8x-0rx0XN_bOLZwH2Kl5uPh7hYfv1RXVO7R2CLxQL7XOt60O95z-yA/s320/Dealing%20With%20Grief.png" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">How do we handle when we lose someone or something we love</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">~~<a href="https://youtu.be/Hf-77Y6qFe4" target="_blank">Watch the Video</a>~~</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Outline:</span></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Introduction</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Traits of Wholeness</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Jesus Didn’t Come When They Needed Him</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Lazarus Died</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">What is Grief?</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Stages of Grief</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Natural Responses to Loss</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">When We Lose a Loved One</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">How Do We Grieve?</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">When God Doesn’t Do What We Want</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Even Though He Didn’t</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">How to Interact With Someone Who is Grieving</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Prison or a Portal</span></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><br /></span></span></div><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Scriptures:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">1 Thessalonians 4:13-14</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">John 11:11-16</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Deuteronomy 34: 7-8</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Romans 12:15</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">John 19:26-27</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">2 Corinthians 1:3-5</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">John 11:21-24</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">John 11:25-27</span></li><li><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Job 2:12-13</span></span></li></ul><h1 class="c20" id="h.7b8sugs7leb0" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Introduction</span></span></h1><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 Thessalonians 4:13-14</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c21" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c11" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/1_thessalonians/4-13.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1680334258817914&usg=AOvVaw0AdVAeKhzTCXFeKqApnPtp" style="text-decoration: inherit;">13</a></span>Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope. <span class="c21" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c11" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/1_thessalonians/4-14.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1680334258819022&usg=AOvVaw2DoIy-7ZBP-2hpoHUGM3vc" style="text-decoration: inherit;">14</a></span><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, we also believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in Him.</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’re just coming out of a pandemic.</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Many of us lost someone we loved in the past few years.</span></span></p><ul class="c8 lst-kix_1owydb6o6b6b-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Over 1 million</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Why would God do this?</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">She was such a good person.</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Today we’re going to discuss grief.</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Grief is a natural human response to loss</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Some people get emotional</span></li><li><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Some people get numb.</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">There is no magic bullet to make the pain go away. </span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sometimes it helps just to know that something is normal</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><h1 class="c20" id="h.i10f7h4lc07v" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Traits of Wholeness</span></span></h1><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">We are in our series called <span class="c30" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">Seeking Wholeness</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How can we be:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Spiritually healthy</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Emotionally healthy</span></li><li><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Mentally healthy</span></span></li></ul><p class="c15 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Free from oppression of</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Our past</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Ourself</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Bad thinking</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Strongholds</span></li><li><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The enemy</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’re talking about</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">dealing with life’s current stresses</span></li><li><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">being healed from experiences/wounds of the past</span></span></li></ul><p class="c15 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’re not just supposed to have eternal life</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">We’re supposed to have: joy, peace, patience, and self control here on earth</span></li></ul><h3 class="c10" id="h.ctkm7fq9wiw1" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Traits of Wholeness</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_ouc2ro9wiq0i-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Authenticity</span></span></li><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_ouc2ro9wiq0i-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Honesty</span></span></li><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_ouc2ro9wiq0i-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Kindness</span></span></li><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_ouc2ro9wiq0i-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not seeking external approval / validation</span></span></li><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_ouc2ro9wiq0i-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Living by values and principles</span></span></li><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_ouc2ro9wiq0i-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Setting Boundaries</span></span></li><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_ouc2ro9wiq0i-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Taking ownership of your responsibilities</span></span></li><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_ouc2ro9wiq0i-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Living with purpose and passion</span></span></li><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_ouc2ro9wiq0i-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Optimism</span></span></li><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_ouc2ro9wiq0i-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Confidence</span></span></li><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_ouc2ro9wiq0i-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Healthy relationships with others</span></span></li><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_ouc2ro9wiq0i-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not losing control of your emotions</span></span></li><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_ouc2ro9wiq0i-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Free from addictions</span></span></li><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_ouc2ro9wiq0i-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Addressing Conflict with truth and love</span></span></li><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_ouc2ro9wiq0i-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Vulnerability</span></span></li><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_ouc2ro9wiq0i-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not critical or Judgemental</span></span></li><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_ouc2ro9wiq0i-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not jealous of others</span></span></li><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_ouc2ro9wiq0i-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgive those who have wronged you in the past</span></span></li><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_ouc2ro9wiq0i-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Know that you’re worthy of receiving love</span></span></li><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_ouc2ro9wiq0i-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not afraid to fail</span></span></li><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_ouc2ro9wiq0i-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Able to manage irrational fear, worry, and anxiety</span></span></li><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_ouc2ro9wiq0i-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Selfless encounters with others</span></span></li><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_ouc2ro9wiq0i-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not manipulating others trying to control their actions/reactions</span></span></li><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_ouc2ro9wiq0i-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You care about how others feel</span></span></li><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_ouc2ro9wiq0i-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Patient</span></span></li><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_ouc2ro9wiq0i-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t give into peer/social pressure</span></span></li><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_ouc2ro9wiq0i-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Can communicate directly</span></span></li><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_ouc2ro9wiq0i-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t take responsibility for other people's emotions</span></span></li><li class="c1 c16 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_ouc2ro9wiq0i-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Take responsibility for your own emotions</span></span></li><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_ouc2ro9wiq0i-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Slow to anger</span></span></li><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_ouc2ro9wiq0i-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ability to maturely express your wants, needs and desires</span></span></li><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_ouc2ro9wiq0i-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Being led by the Spirit</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c19" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c20" id="h.ifh8wo401b6a" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jesus Didn’t Come When They Needed Him</span></span></h1><p class="c23 c31 subtitle" id="h.pkxeznoml5mf" style="break-after: avoid; color: #666666; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 16pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c21" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c11" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://unchaineddisciples.blogspot.com/2023/03/spiritual-warfare-part-10.html&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1680334258834888&usg=AOvVaw1Wd_hjWdnQIgoHfSDRv6OB" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">Disappointment and Discouragement Review</span></a></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Last lesson Lazarus got up</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">This lesson, sometimes Lazarus doesn’t come back to life</span></li></ul><h2 class="c6" id="h.inqema18cpxz" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Muslims Believe Jesus Raised Lazarus From the Dead</span></span></h2><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Al-Eizariya is a large, bustling town [in Palestine] which takes its name from the biblical Lazarus, whose tomb is located underneath a church here. It was here, in what was known as Bethany, that Jesus is said to have raised Lazarus back to life four days after his death.</span></span></p><ul class="c8 lst-kix_rot1hg4e8p80-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Wikipedia</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: times;">God speaking to Jesus (Quron)</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">"And thou healest those born blind, and the lepers, by my leave. And behold! Thou bringest forth the dead by my leave". Surah 5.113</span></span></p><h2 class="c6" id="h.sjqbl43e1cju" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Lazarus is Sick</span></h2><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">John 11:1-6</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 Now a certain man was sick: Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. 2 And it was the Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. 3 So the sisters sent word to Him, saying, “Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick.” 4 But when Jesus heard this, He said, “This sickness is not meant for death, but is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified by it.” 5 (Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister, and Lazarus.) 6 So when He heard that he was sick, He then stayed two days longer in the place where He was.</span></p><h2 class="c6" id="h.oxvm7j5h5yux" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sometimes Jesus Doesn’t Come Right Away</span></h2><h3 class="c10" id="h.qkhtwsu92b08" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Relationships</span></span></h3><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c19" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I’m off the market</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c14" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c11" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTR7mDtBq/&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1680334258838024&usg=AOvVaw0P4hPPa7y8fjICxB_Tmcbu" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTR7mDtBq/</span></a></span></p><h3 class="c10" id="h.vd4tseq0mv5w" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God doesn’t always work on our time table</span></span></h3><h2 class="c6" id="h.9ym71tyl2pw8" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Hindsight is 20/20</span></span></h2><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c12" style="font-weight: 700;">4</span><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> …He said, “This sickness is not meant for death, but is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified by it.”</span></span></p><ul class="c8 lst-kix_qowunlvhhtax-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jesus knew the plan</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c12" style="font-weight: 700;">2</span><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> And it was the Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped His feet with her hair,</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">This happens in the next Chapter</span></li><li><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">John wrote this knowing how the story would end</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sometimes we realize later that God had a plan when we thought it was a bad thing</span></span></p><ul class="c8 lst-kix_uj5rxtrbqrj6-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God worked it for good</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When God had a better plan - cartoon</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c21" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c11" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cp5bVJ8MLEA/?igshid%3DYmMyMTA2M2Y%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1680334258840383&usg=AOvVaw2ZSoO6ahrJu4s_FR654S-5" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cp5bVJ8MLEA/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=</span></a></span></p><h2 class="c6" id="h.atldeamlnxk3" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sometimes God is late on purpose</span></span></h2><ul class="c8 lst-kix_h349m7vfiyw4-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God gets the glory</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c10" id="h.pz84402ujwmd" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It Could Only Be God</span></span></h3><ul class="c8 lst-kix_7w0qlo5wgbyk-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jesus waited 4 days because they thought up until 3 days the soul could return</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Some of the things you go through are to give you a testimony</span></span></p><ul class="c8 lst-kix_srpqn1xql5g6-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You are supposed to share your testimony</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Disappointment is God Ordering Your Steps</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c21" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c11" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTR7ttoaq/&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1680334258842583&usg=AOvVaw0iogSL24AVf8h8wG_AFo1a" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTR7ttoaq/</span></a></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">review</span></span></p><ul class="c8 lst-kix_2gosvyrf3ybc-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Some promises are based on potential</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c6" id="h.za71r7lfygf5" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Actions: When Disappointed</span></span></h2><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Never forget how much God loves me</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Never fake it. Be who I am</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Remember that it’s not about me</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Live Within Your Limitations</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Take time to renew yourself</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Stay focused on eternity</span></li><li><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Remember Others Have it Worse</span></span></li></ol><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your Disappointment Was For Your Development - Toure</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c21" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c11" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/CqAEcZtgXTb/?igshid%3DYmMyMTA2M2Y%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1680334258846421&usg=AOvVaw2VYK-kOeGGYuxT_4npVDQP" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/CqAEcZtgXTb/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=</span></a></span></p><h1 class="c20" id="h.vcpj38wj5134" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Lazarus Died</span></span></h1><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">John 11:11-16</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">11 This He said, and after this He said to them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I am going so that I may awaken him from sleep.” 12 The disciples then said to Him, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will come out of it.” 13 Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that He was speaking about actual sleep. 14 So Jesus then said to them plainly, “Lazarus died, 15 and I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may believe; but let’s go to him.” <span class="c21" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c11" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/john/11-16.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1680334258848312&usg=AOvVaw32uQTZXWVL2wZCIFZZEO7R" style="text-decoration: inherit;">16</a></span><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> Then Thomas called Didymus said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, so that we may die with Him.”</span></span></p><h3 class="c10" id="h.z3c6wb4noen2" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Filter through our belief / understanding</span></span></h3><ul class="c8 lst-kix_mif3rdt96160-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Fallen asleep</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c12" style="font-weight: 700;">Example:</span><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> jump over the building and get the car</span></span></p><h2 class="c6" id="h.iix6zeewdd31" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ride or Die (Thomas)</span></span></h2><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><ul class="c8 lst-kix_43u27c62ohss-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Thomas trusted Jesus even though he had a misunderstanding</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Didymus (Twin): Thomas had the most to lose</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Thomas doubted His power, but He was all in</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c6" id="h.nktv3gvjkfrz" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jesus Didn’t Come When We Needed Him</span></span></h2><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Some of us prayed and Jesus never answered</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">We asked… And nothing changed</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">We asked… And we didn’t receive</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">We cried… And it never worked</span></li><li><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We told the mountain … “move”</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Why Didn’t You Answer My Prayer God?</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c21" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c11" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkxn0ik3b0u4rLtu9B6pPaEXlcUoaXAOjaG&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1680334258853826&usg=AOvVaw2pOmazlF-Tq5uiC4bSUMw_" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkxn0ik3b0u4rLtu9B6pPaEXlcUoaXAOjaG</span></a></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Many of us have lost loved ones</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Due to age</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Cancer</span></li><li><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Covid</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Many experienced:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Lost job</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Lost dreams</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Divorce</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Someone cheated</span></li><li><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Infertility</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">For some of us … Jesus didn’t come</span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’re left grieving</span></span></p><h1 class="c20" id="h.a2jf01aqeaa" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What is Grief?</span></span></h1><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What is grief?</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Grief is the acute pain that accompanies loss. Grief is not limited to the loss of people.</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Grief is a label assigned to all of the emotions associated with dealing with any kind of loss</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Physical (Things, abilities, freedoms)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Self-concept (roles, values, labels)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Dreams (how things should be)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Social (loss of relationships…)</span></li><li><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Worldview (innocence, safety)</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c10" id="h.lczdograqs4b" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Physical</span></span></h3><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Losing your mothers wedding room ring</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Getting older</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Shelter in place</span></span></p><h3 class="c10" id="h.64w3d6z3co8k" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Self concept</span></span></h3><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Loss of role</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Becoming an empty nester</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Lose your job</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Divorced</span></li></ul><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">No longer a “4 star general”</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Example: the good old days</span></span></p><ul class="c8 lst-kix_u8npcfel176z-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">old men talking about their high school football accomplishments</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c10" id="h.duh35beryqxg" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dreams</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Too old for kids</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Dropped out of college</span></li><li><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Couldn’t get into the career of your dreams</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c10" id="h.v3v2ccdwmdcn" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Social</span></span></h3><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We lose relationships</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Spouse</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Parent</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Loved ones</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Lose best friends</span></li><li><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Break up</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When you move or go to a new company</span></span></p><ul class="c8 lst-kix_f1t3i9cscyfb-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Military</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c10" id="h.wg8o98nrzafd" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Worldview</span></span></h3><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When we are victimized</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When things happen that we feel powerless against</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Lost Innocence</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">You thought the world was a safe place if something happened and now you have to come to the grips you were wrong</span></li><li><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You thought everyone was good and benevolent</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c10" id="h.4nwoi5nbcq6e" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">View of God</span></span></h3><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You thought God worked a certain way…but He didn’t</span></span></p><h3 class="c10" id="h.nr09sanbe8km" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Grieving Someone Living</span></span></h3><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c12" style="font-weight: 700;">Anticipatory grief:</span><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> terminally ill</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c12" style="font-weight: 700;">Ambiguous Grief:</span><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> They are a different person (e.g. dementia)</span></span></p><h1 class="c20" id="h.sixw0ninbud0" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Stages of Grief</span></span></h1><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">It’s not necessarily a linear progression. </span></li><li><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You can experience multiple at once.</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Stages</span></span></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Denial</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Anger</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Bargaining</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Depression</span></li><li><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Acceptance</span></span></li></ol><h3 class="c10" id="h.3wjvgjotf6lp" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Denial</span></span></h3><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Feel Numbness</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Feel like it is a dream</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Look for alternate explanations</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Denial is the mind’s way of protecting people from what lies ahead</span></span></p><h3 class="c10" id="h.tgofa8bk34yn" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Anger</span></span></h3><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The unknown</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">loss of control</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Fear of death</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Feel isolation</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">failures – coulda, woulda, shoulda</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Anger give you a feeling of control</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Unfair</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Angry at God</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c10" id="h.rgllv7ucnwqh" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Bargaining</span></span></h3><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If I … Then I will wake up and realize this was only a really bad dream</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“If I go to church everyday and don’t sin maybe this cancer will go away“</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“If I could only have this disease, and spare my child“</span></span></p><h3 class="c10" id="h.z0khqly99xs" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Depression</span></span></h3><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">A sense of hopelessness and helplessness</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When it really hits home…</span></span></p><ul class="c8 lst-kix_etsopujzllhy-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“This really happened“</span></span></li><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“ there is nothing I can do about it“</span></span></li><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“Something that is meaningful to me Is now gone”</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Powerlessness</span></span></p><h3 class="c10" id="h.nudl9dt1vh32" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Acceptance</span></span></h3><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Radical acceptance that the loss occurred and determining how to proceed from there. </span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Recognizing what happened… And still being able to envision the future</span></span></p><h1 class="c20" id="h.xdsx4rh14e47" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Natural Responses to Loss</span></span></h1><h2 class="c6" id="h.krmovfy7s53g" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Biopsychosocial impact of grief</span></span></h2><h3 class="c10" id="h.o3z7229ffn29" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Biological</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Sleep disturbances</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Changes in weight</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Increase blood pressure</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Increase cortisol and endocrine changes</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Can make blood sugar harder to control for diabetics</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Body produces more glucose</span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Muscle weakness</span></li><li><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Chronic headaches</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c10" id="h.xr75j76zupyc" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Psychological</span></span></h3><ul class="c8 lst-kix_icpbqwltsx2i-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Depression</span></span></li><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Anxiety</span></span></li><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Feeling of Relief</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c8 lst-kix_icpbqwltsx2i-1 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c16 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">End of suffering</span></span></li><li class="c1 c16 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This can cause feelings of guilt</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c8 lst-kix_icpbqwltsx2i-0" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Guilt</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c8 lst-kix_icpbqwltsx2i-1 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c16 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I should’ve done this…</span></span></li><li class="c1 c16 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I shouldn’t have done this…</span></span></li><li class="c1 c16 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I regret not saying…</span></span></li><li class="c1 c16 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Survivor guilt</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c8 lst-kix_icpbqwltsx2i-2 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c26 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 108pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"> Car accident, death, others injured</span></span></li><li class="c1 c26 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 108pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Especially if they feel like they were the cause of the injury</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c8 lst-kix_icpbqwltsx2i-0" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Changes in worldview (TT)</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c8 lst-kix_icpbqwltsx2i-1 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c16 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Why do bad things happen to good people?</span></span></li><li class="c1 c16 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I thought God wanted to heal everyone</span></span></li><li class="c1 c16 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I did everything right… Why did this happen to me?</span></span></li><li class="c1 c16 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The world is not predictable</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c8 lst-kix_icpbqwltsx2i-0" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Anger</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c8 lst-kix_icpbqwltsx2i-1 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c16 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Loss of control</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c8 lst-kix_icpbqwltsx2i-0" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Difficulty concentrating</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c8 lst-kix_icpbqwltsx2i-1 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c16 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">People are in crisis</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c8 lst-kix_icpbqwltsx2i-0" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Difficulty making decisions</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c8 lst-kix_icpbqwltsx2i-1 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c16 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Messy house</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c8 lst-kix_icpbqwltsx2i-0" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Avoiding triggers</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c8 lst-kix_icpbqwltsx2i-1 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c16 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Visual, auditory, smell</span></span></li><li class="c1 c16 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Milestones</span></span></li><li class="c1 c16 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Places</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c10" id="h.ylrlsxfw8dbx" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Social</span></span></h3><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Two extremes</span></span></p><ol class="c8 lst-kix_b1cj8sd6fufw-0 start" start="1" style="counter-reset: lst-ctn-kix_b1cj8sd6fufw-0 0; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_b1cj8sd6fufw-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Withdrawal/isolation</span></span></li><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_b1cj8sd6fufw-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Enmeshment</span></span></li></ol><ul class="c8 lst-kix_b1cj8sd6fufw-1 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c16 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Get consumed with holding on to what they still have</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c10" id="h.p06p82qv8v69" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Grief burst</span></span></h3><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You thought you were doing fine and then all of a sudden something happens and you get emotional</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c12" style="font-weight: 700;">Example:</span><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> “damn damn damn James“</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Good times</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c21" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c11" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3Dgtb5ZCSuIYU&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1680334258881138&usg=AOvVaw0YzO9NSb0ch2gwHO6eA97l" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">Damn Damn Damn - YouTube</span></a></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Normal grief usually takes two or three years for the person to fully accept it and move on</span></span></p><ul class="c8 lst-kix_qgy3fdt21agz-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The first year is the toughest</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Tsunami</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c21" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c11" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkx33SeZ1ZIjL3igJ8pgpGx6uFxDG2FM6Bj&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1680334258883161&usg=AOvVaw1XavIEI3rYu2p7fWyrYozH" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkx33SeZ1ZIjL3igJ8pgpGx6uFxDG2FM6Bj</span></a></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c20" id="h.b573clj0hn9e" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When We Lose a Loved One</span></span></h1><h2 class="c6" id="h.fq2be94c41ce" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400;">So Much Going On</span></h2><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dealing with</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Funeral arrangements</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Preacher</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Pictures for the program</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Headstones</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Casket</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Who to invite and who not to invite</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Who is allowed to speak and who is it</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Who will do the eulogy</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Who is going to be in the limo?</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Repass</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">The will</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Give the clothes to Salvation Army</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Life insurance</span></li><li><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Social Security</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Story: Mom passed</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Preacher went to hospital 2 days before funeral</span></li><li><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Thought I’d have to do the eulogy</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Once you get your checklist done… That’s when things can get hard</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Now it’s time to grieve</span></li></ul><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c6" id="h.8ehsi5ykopyp" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Factors that Contribute to Degree of Grief</span></span></h2><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Grief affects everyone differently</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The amount of grief a person experiences is impacted by</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">How close the situation was to them (physical and emotional proximity)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">How many other stressors they’ve experienced in the last year</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Mental health issues</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Ineffective coping skills</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Social support</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Understanding of the loss</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">How much control or responsibility they feel like they had in the situation</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">The type of loss and predictability of it</span></li><li><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Age of the bereaved</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: times;">Never say “I know how you feel…I lost my…”</span></span></p><h1 class="c20" id="h.nctlayxsdez3" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How Do We Grieve?</span></span></h1><h2 class="c6" id="h.fg7hukaippwk" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ventilation and validation</span></span></h2><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Anger is a natural emotion</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It is OK to scream</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It is OK to cry</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It is OK not to cry</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sometimes people need to get past the anger in order to get down to the more threatening feelings</span></p><h2 class="c6" id="h.t8r3221zstiy" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Set Aside Time to Grieve</span></span></h2><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Deuteronomy 34: 7-8</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">7 Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak, and his vitality had not diminished. 8 The Israelites grieved for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days, until the time of weeping and mourning for Moses came to an end.</span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Professional criers</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Grieving is proportional to relationship</span></span></p><ul class="c8 lst-kix_2e705calk9j-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The widow will grieve longer than the friend</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t just put on the Christian smile and say “she’s in a better place”</span></span></p><h2 class="c6" id="h.izduksvtyv62" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">G<span class="c18" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">rieve in community</span></span></h2><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Romans 12:15</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">John 19:26-27</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">26 So when Jesus saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He said to His mother, “Woman, behold, your son!” 27 Then He said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” And from that hour the disciple took her into his own household.</span></span></p><h3 class="c10" id="h.nk1ha7mtehxv" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Take it To God</span></span></h3><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">2 Corinthians 1:3-5</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our affliction so that we will be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. 5 For just as the sufferings of Christ are ours in abundance, so also our comfort is abundant through Christ.</span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c6" id="h.d8adkc9cmpwb" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Practical Tips For Those Grieving</span></span></h2><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Make lists</span></span></p><ul class="c8 lst-kix_z48jnrt18n4m-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It’s hard to concentrate now</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Minimize demands (unless staying busy helps)</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Keep a normal sleep routine</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Set a defined amount of time to revisit the loss each day</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Be compassionate to yourself</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">DEER</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Drink water</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Eat</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Exercise</span></li><li><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Rest</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">narrative therapy</span></span></p><ul class="c8 lst-kix_qv2wi67ft7xk-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Write out what happened</span></span></li></ul><h1 class="c20" id="h.8iz464cx2pw1" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When God Doesn’t Do What We Want</span></span></h1><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Many people lose faith in God when they lose a loved one.</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">John 11:21-24</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">21 Martha then said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died. 22 “Even now I know that whatever You ask of God, God will give You.” 23 Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise from the dead.” 24 Martha said to Him, “I know that he will rise in the resurrection on the last day.”</span></span></p><ul class="c8 lst-kix_6vqf5x274sz2-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Martha believed in her head that Jesus could raise Lazarus</span></span></li><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">But she didn’t expect it</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Martha blamed Jesus</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">She still calls Him Lord</span></span></p><h2 class="c6" id="h.o3zx5p81rt5u" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Loss causes us to Examine our Theology</span></span></h2><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The preacher said</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">If I have faith they will be cured</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">There is no death in Heaven, so it’s God’s will that no one dies</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">I can get whatever I want if I have enough faith</span></li><li><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If I’m a good Christian bad things won’t happen</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: times;">Bad theology will leave you poorly equipped for grief.</span></span></p><h2 class="c17 c23" id="h.abigm918rptg" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Faith is Not Manipulation</span></span></h2><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Faith is Not a Means of Manipulation</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c21" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c11" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkxq_zwBBzLka9_vjpPyWyD6v3uYlc8no-w&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1680334258903450&usg=AOvVaw1R6Z93lidwhZljLv_LHxeG" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkxq_zwBBzLka9_vjpPyWyD6v3uYlc8no-w</span></a></span></p><h3 class="c10" id="h.t0bh63vf5y19" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Faith Isn’t A Means to Control Outcomes</span></span></h3><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Many of us were taught that faith was a way of controlling outcomes</span></span></p><ul class="c8 lst-kix_czu6hee3qruu-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If you pray___ And do___Then you can expect___</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We want to be able to</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Control the future</span></li><li><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Predict the future</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c6" id="h.qxpl2vw4m197" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God Owes Me</span></span></h2><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We get disappointed when we believe we didn’t get what we deserve</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Story: John C</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">son tore meniscus</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;"> Can’t go to Olympics</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Why would God do this?</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Was living right</span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Thought God “owed him”</span></li></ul><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c12 c33" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We Do Good To Manipulate God</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c21 c29" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c11" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRnNNYkE/&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1680334258906470&usg=AOvVaw3mIBN_XLglnio-qMb2d8yO" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRnNNYkE/</span></a></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c20" id="h.hs2sc0y31rni" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Even Though He Didn’t</span></h1><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">John 11:25-27</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life; the one who believes in Me will live, even if he dies, 26 and everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?” 27 She said to Him, “Yes, Lord; I have come to believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, and He who comes into the world.”</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Martha still didn’t understand what he was about to do</span></span></p><ul class="c8 lst-kix_3ku7pa3lusid-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Martha didn’t understand why He didn’t do what she asked</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">But Martha understood who he was</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I believe that you are…</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">It sure would’ve been nice if you had…</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">But even though you didn’t…</span></li><li><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You are …</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">She professed faith in him… Even in the absence of the miracle</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Daniel never prayed for the Lions to go away</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c21" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c11" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cp1LsXzoE5c/?igshid%3DYmMyMTA2M2Y%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1680334258910861&usg=AOvVaw2Iji4SvdnWI6cqCQySIxvs" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cp1LsXzoE5c/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=</span></a></span></p><h1 class="c20" id="h.7hnf28vdeu08" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How to Interact With Someone Who is Grieving</span></span></h1><h2 class="c6" id="h.iy08mty23dtm" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sit With Them</span></span></h2><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Job 2:12-13</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">12 When they looked from a distance and did not recognize him, they raised their voices and wept. And each of them tore his robe, and they threw dust over their heads toward the sky. 13 Then they sat down on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights, with no one speaking a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great.</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Supporting someone who is grieving</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c14" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c11" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cj0jGcEjdVE/?igshid%3DYmMyMTA2M2Y%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1680334258913645&usg=AOvVaw09hM3r8QsWCnLk0y_DE3rc" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cj0jGcEjdVE/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=</span></a></span></p><h3 class="c10" id="h.g4xj298dn6ua" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Assist in Practical Needs</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Are they forgetting to eat?</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Did the other person do the chores that they now have to learn how to do?</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Are they sleeping?</span></li><li><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Do they need new clothes after the fire?</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ultimately we hope that the person can identify how they are stronger or better off from the experience</span></p><h2 class="c6" id="h.49qoy5gceag3" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Grieving is a Season …Not Instantaneous</span></span></h2><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Many of us are good at the initial response</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Send a text message</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Send flowers</span></li><li><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Go back to see them</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">But grief isn’t an instant thing</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">It is a Season</span></li></ul><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">At some point we make it the responsibility of the person who is grieving to reach out and ask for help</span></p><h2 class="c6" id="h.gwmeaxzhceqs" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Delivering Bad News</span></span></h2><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c19" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How to deliver bad news</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c14" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c11" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cp3MiQ2DIES/?igshid%3DYmMyMTA2M2Y%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1680334258918875&usg=AOvVaw3dd8ecNzNu_lRNQO54r53x" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cp3MiQ2DIES/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=</span></a></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c19" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c10" id="h.oonz3tdhtb7t" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Begin exploring solutions to fears and issues</span></span></h3><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What is in their control</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c12" style="font-weight: 700;">Example:</span><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> you can help them figure out where to move</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c20" id="h.js1dfs7m9ops" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Prison or a Portal</span></span></h1><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Disappointment: A Prison or a Portal - Furtick</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c21" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c11" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkx0K2aF1B_1frBeb1wgCLd3Kq9Riwl1Hcr&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1680334258921481&usg=AOvVaw3OBmzDEy_VhbQmNVJchp3U" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkx0K2aF1B_1frBeb1wgCLd3Kq9Riwl1Hcr</span></a></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">You don’t always know what God is doing while He’s doing it</span></li><li><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“I thought I’d be further along by now”</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Disappointment can be a portal or a prison</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Some people think “I thought I’d be further along by now“</span></li><li><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">But that is the prison that keeps you from seeing how far you have come</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">What if God is doing what you wanted, but not the way you expected</span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b>Instructor:</b> Michael Leadon</span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Hf-77Y6qFe4" width="320" youtube-src-id="Hf-77Y6qFe4"></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><p></p><h1 class="c20" id="h.aca19lutsimh" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">References</span></span></h1><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Three signs that God is testing you (grief?)</span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c22" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Applygodsword.com</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c22" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Understand the grief and loss and associated anger and depression</span></span></p><p class="c17" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c22" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Doc snipes</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c22" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Lazarus factor</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Elevation church</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c22" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What does the Bible say about grief?</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Seacoast church</span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ambiguous Grief</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c21" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c11" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://whatsyourgrief.com/ambiguous-grief-grieving-someone-who-is-still-alive/&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1680334258925425&usg=AOvVaw08q8ppUoiZQ4dTaf6Xtkk7" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://whatsyourgrief.com/ambiguous-grief-grieving-someone-who-is-still-alive/</span></a></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Grieving loss</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Moody church</span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c20" id="h.dhzii6v3wyuk" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Extra</span></span></h1><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c19" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t blame God – Creflo?</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c14" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c11" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/CqEILwwIC03/?igshid%3DYmMyMTA2M2Y%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1680334258928001&usg=AOvVaw2NCO08IJlxMr1YYFNgfoH6" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/CqEILwwIC03/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=</span></a></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c19" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Control how you respond</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c14" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c11" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/Co27VpeD0mb/?igshid%3DYmMyMTA2M2Y%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1680334258929434&usg=AOvVaw0W1rnw4YzG312HUkarkccV" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/Co27VpeD0mb/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=</span></a></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t fantasize about the past.</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c21" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c11" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/CpyYD4WAHHf/?igshid%3DYmMyMTA2M2Y%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1680334258930617&usg=AOvVaw3rt_5MVwT41hzftpE1HqPX" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/CpyYD4WAHHf/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=</span></a></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c19" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Put a roof over your head - Dharius</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c14" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c11" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/CqELTy2rbkS/?igshid%3DYmMyMTA2M2Y%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1680334258931912&usg=AOvVaw05cJqPvSTtknvaKOw7c70k" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/CqELTy2rbkS/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=</span></a></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c6" id="h.fndeg54neh46" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Thomas’ bold faith</span></span></h2><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"> <span class="c21" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c11" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/john/11-16.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1680334258933385&usg=AOvVaw1QOsWoguebompG7usjdv9B" style="text-decoration: inherit;">16</a></span><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Then Thomas called Didymus said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, so that we may die with Him.”</span></span></p><ul class="c8 lst-kix_43u27c62ohss-0" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Thomas trusted Jesus even though he had a misunderstanding</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">2 names</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Didymus = twin</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">He looked like Jesus</span></li><li><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Put him in danger</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ready to die</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Then Thomas, who is called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, that we may die with Him.”</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">a. Thomas, who is called the Twin: Church tradition says that Thomas was called the Twin because he looked like Jesus, putting him at special risk. If any among the disciples of Jesus were potential targets of persecution it would be the one who looked like Jesus.</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">i. All Jews in those days had two names — one a Hebrew name by which a man was known in his own circle, the other a Greek name by which he was known in a wider circle. Thomas is the Hebrew and Didymus the Greek for a twin.” (Barclay)</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">b. Let us also go, that we may die with Him: Thomas was willing to go with Jesus even if it meant dying with Him. He made this commitment without much understanding of a promise of resurrection.</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">i. “Thomas utters a cry of loyal despair.” (Tasker)</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">ii. “He is the pessimist among the disciples, and now take the gloomy, and, as it is proved, the correct view of the result of this return to Judaea, but his affectionate loyalty forbids the thought of allowing Jesus to go alone.” (Dods)</span></p><h2 class="c6" id="h.jqeznwssp6wd" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jesus Wept</span></h2><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">John 11:32-35</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">32 So when Mary came to the place where Jesus was, she saw Him and fell at His feet, saying to Him, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.” 33 Therefore when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, He was deeply moved in spirit and was troubled, 34 and He said, “Where have you laid him?” They said to Him, “Lord, come and see.”</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jesus is saying… Take me to that place</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Take me to that place that you don’t let other people see</span></li><li><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Take me to the wound that has never healed</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Take me to the place where you stopped being optimistic</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">When you started going through the motions</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">where you learned to manage the addiction… Rather than fighting it</span></li><li><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Were you decided to show people a façade because you don’t think they can handle what’s really huge</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Because if they reject the real you it will hurt even more</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">35 Jesus wept.</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jesus is showing him that he’s with them… While they are hurting</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c6" id="h.ap1mjbajl8sl" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Raising Lazurus From the Dead</span></span></h2><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">John 11:39-44</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">39 Jesus said, “Remove the stone.” Martha, the sister of the deceased, said to Him, “Lord, by this time there will be a stench, for he has been dead four days.” 40 Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?” 41 So they removed the stone. And Jesus raised His eyes, and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me. 42 “But I knew that You always hear Me; nevertheless, because of the people standing around I said it, so that they may believe that You sent Me.” 43 And when He had said these things, He cried out with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” 44 Out came the man who had died, bound hand and foot with wrappings, and his face was wrapped around with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Unbind him, and let him go.”</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You don’t always get Lazarus back… But his presence is always calling something forth</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They didn’t want him to show up at the tomb… They wanted him to show up at the hospital bed</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It was the situation… That gave the opportunity for revelation</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c20" id="h.yrf7h3bnipbr" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Mindsets That Impact Your Grief</span></span></h1><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Examine the stated beliefs for…</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c10" id="h.xlb37niidz5j" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">All or nothing thinking</span></span></h3><ul class="c8 lst-kix_mv2uobwk46w-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“Everyone I know gets cancer”</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c10" id="h.s18kq92m6hm7" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Emotional reasoning</span></span></h3><ul class="c8 lst-kix_3877bn5uln9u-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“I am angry therefore… Someone needs to be blamed“</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c10" id="h.tvp1kz1pxdc" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The fallacy of fairness</span></span></h3><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It might be the healthiest, holiest, friendliest person who dies young</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Life is not fair sometimes</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The person may have thought that “if I live my life good and healthy then I can have a long life“</span></span></p><ul class="c8 lst-kix_mjbispe5ry90-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 c5 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Now it is scary because that may not happen</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c10" id="h.q9r9d27r7i2r" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Control Fallacy</span></span></h3><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">anything that goes wrong is inherently your fault</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c12" style="font-weight: 700;">Example:</span><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> They died because of my sins</span></span></p><p class="c1 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">you feel completely out of control</span></span></p><p><br /></p>Unchained Discipleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11710595205237468334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6986426612019457751.post-90087902668631899122023-03-16T23:21:00.007-07:002023-04-02T22:04:31.304-07:00Spiritual Warfare - Part 10 (Disappointment)<h3 style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 26pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c28" style="font-size: 26pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Disappointment and Discouragement</span></span></h3><div><span class="c28" style="font-size: 26pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgat2ncAnnSNIvSP94lp3KzbPs87KxY2NERD8bcm5I3wxiHREHJBujjGfowCLvEvYnrDFKfN0TttWB3yYs4cZ1J0uqXEwyUmFHXNfbQoYuPALAFCHYBXwDbGV3zBLlYYvlxacXe2H_96j5VKSS1i0ZssDZldVpK-GZtkwdgczIM1EAammuU3TIKxxMRMg/s1280/Spiritual%20Warfare%2010-1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgat2ncAnnSNIvSP94lp3KzbPs87KxY2NERD8bcm5I3wxiHREHJBujjGfowCLvEvYnrDFKfN0TttWB3yYs4cZ1J0uqXEwyUmFHXNfbQoYuPALAFCHYBXwDbGV3zBLlYYvlxacXe2H_96j5VKSS1i0ZssDZldVpK-GZtkwdgczIM1EAammuU3TIKxxMRMg/s320/Spiritual%20Warfare%2010-1.png" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: times;">How do we handle life's disappointments?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">~~ <a href="https://youtu.be/gqe5YQqc73s" target="_blank">Watch the Lesson</a> ~~</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Outline:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Introduction</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Traits of Wholeness</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Review of Spiritual Warfare</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Disappointment</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">When God Says No</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Discouragement</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">How to handle discouragement</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">For the Glory of God</span></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><br /></span></span></div><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Scriptures:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Psalms 42:11</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">John 11:1-6</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">John 11:11-15</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Philipians 4: 11-14</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Jeremiah 29:11</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Proverbs 3:5-6</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Joshua 1:9</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">John 16:33</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Matthew 25:25</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">2 Corinthians 10:12</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">2 Corinthians 4:1-17</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">John 11:39-44</span></span></li></ul><h1 class="c21" id="h.wph83cvzlcaf" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c24" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Introduction</span></span></h1><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Psalms 42:11</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c12 c15" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;">Why are you in despair, my soul? And why are you restless within me? Wait for God, for I will again praise Him </span><span class="c12 c20 c15" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic;">For</span><span class="c4 c15" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> the help of His presence, my God.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4 c15" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4 c15" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Is this a prayer?</span></span></p><ul class="c17 lst-kix_gyyetx6ws30j-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c3 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4 c15" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">No</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4 c15" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4 c15" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">David is talking to…David</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4 c15" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><ul class="c17 lst-kix_b3y0vxrvopct-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c3 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4 c15" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Why are you in despair?</span></span></li><li class="c0 c3 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4 c15" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">…wait for God</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4 c15" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15 c26 c36" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Has anybody ever been tired of waiting for God to do something?</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4 c15" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How many people are living the life that they dreamed of when they were a child?</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Many are not</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">For some, it’s because… They realize that what they valued as a child isn’t what they value anymore</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">For others just because… They were never able to achieve it</span></span></p><ul class="c17 lst-kix_h63p01t5l2cf-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c3 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It just never happened, so they gave up</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c9" id="h.uvdofq2ecer2" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Marriage</span></span></h3><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Some of us trusted God for marriage, but it still hasn’t happened</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">The preacher said “every good desire in your heart is from God”</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">We’ve been in so many relationships that didn’t work..we’ve given up hope</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’re discouraged</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Some got married</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">And are still unhappy</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Longingly remembering the days when you were single</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Now you’re stuck for the rest of our lives</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Given up on happiness and fulfillment</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">“This is not the person I was dating”</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’re disappointed</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Today we are going to talk about Disappointment and Discouragement</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This is the final lesson on Spiritual Warfare</span></span></p><h1 class="c21" id="h.7b8sugs7leb0" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c24" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Traits of Wholeness</span></span></h1><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">We are in our series called <span class="c20 c25" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">Seeking Wholeness</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How can we be:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Spiritually healthy</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Emotionally healthy</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Mentally healthy</span></span></li></ul><p class="c10 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Free from oppression of</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Our past</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Ourself</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Bad thinking</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Strongholds</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">The enemy</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When Jesus touched people they</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Received salvation</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Got healed</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Got delivered from demons and bondage</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">…they were made “whole”</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’re talking about</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">dealing with life’s current stresses</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">being healed from experiences/wounds of the past</span></span></li></ul><p class="c10 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’re not just supposed to have eternal life</span></span></p><ul class="c17 lst-kix_weuvqn4ncnnr-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c10 c3 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’re supposed to have: joy, peace, patience, and self control here on earth</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c9" id="h.ctkm7fq9wiw1" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Traits of Wholeness</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Authenticity</span></span></li><li class="c0 c3 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_6gdnd85xd9og-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Honesty</span></span></li><li class="c0 c3 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_6gdnd85xd9og-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Kindness</span></span></li><li class="c0 c3 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_6gdnd85xd9og-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not seeking external approval / validation</span></span></li><li class="c0 c3 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_6gdnd85xd9og-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Living by values and principles</span></span></li><li class="c0 c3 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_6gdnd85xd9og-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Setting Boundaries</span></span></li><li class="c0 c3 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_6gdnd85xd9og-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Taking ownership of your responsibilities</span></span></li><li class="c0 c3 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_6gdnd85xd9og-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Living with purpose and passion</span></span></li><li class="c0 c3 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_6gdnd85xd9og-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Optimism</span></span></li><li class="c0 c3 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_6gdnd85xd9og-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Confidence</span></span></li><li class="c0 c3 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_6gdnd85xd9og-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Healthy relationships with others</span></span></li><li class="c0 c3 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_6gdnd85xd9og-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not losing control of your emotions</span></span></li><li class="c0 c3 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_6gdnd85xd9og-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Free from addictions</span></span></li><li class="c0 c3 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_6gdnd85xd9og-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Addressing Conflict with truth and love</span></span></li><li class="c0 c3 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_6gdnd85xd9og-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Vulnerability</span></span></li><li class="c0 c3 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_6gdnd85xd9og-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not critical or Judgemental</span></span></li><li class="c0 c3 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_6gdnd85xd9og-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not jealous of others</span></span></li><li class="c0 c3 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_6gdnd85xd9og-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgive those who have wronged you in the past</span></span></li><li class="c0 c3 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_6gdnd85xd9og-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Know that you’re worthy of receiving love</span></span></li><li class="c0 c3 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_6gdnd85xd9og-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not afraid to fail</span></span></li><li class="c0 c3 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_6gdnd85xd9og-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Able to manage irrational fear, worry, and anxiety</span></span></li><li class="c0 c3 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_6gdnd85xd9og-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Selfless encounters with others</span></span></li><li class="c0 c3 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_6gdnd85xd9og-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not manipulating others trying to control their actions/reactions</span></span></li><li class="c0 c3 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_6gdnd85xd9og-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You care about how others feel</span></span></li><li class="c0 c3 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_6gdnd85xd9og-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Patient</span></span></li><li class="c0 c3 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_6gdnd85xd9og-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t give into peer/social pressure</span></span></li><li class="c0 c3 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_6gdnd85xd9og-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Can communicate directly</span></span></li><li class="c0 c3 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_6gdnd85xd9og-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t take responsibility for other people's emotions</span></span></li><li class="c0 c31 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_6gdnd85xd9og-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Take responsibility for your own emotions</span></span></li><li class="c0 c3 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_6gdnd85xd9og-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Slow to anger</span></span></li><li class="c0 c3 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_6gdnd85xd9og-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ability to maturely express your wants, needs and desires</span></span></li><li class="c0 c3 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_6gdnd85xd9og-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Being led by the Spirit</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We want to become</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">aware of our issues</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">empowered to manage/fix them</span></span></li></ul><h1 class="c21" id="h.xnj7rikg6cp7" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c24" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Review of Spiritual Warfare</span></span></h1><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">3 mistakes Christians make</span></span></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li class="c0 c3 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_c9hx58t8nauw-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Think spiritual warfare is a supernatural weird thing that we should ignore</span></span></li><li class="c0 c3 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_c9hx58t8nauw-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;">We shouldn’t talk about Satan or demons because we give him power</li><li class="c0 c3 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_c9hx58t8nauw-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Blame the devil and demons (or witches) for all of the problems in our life</span></span></li></ol><h2 class="c6" id="h.tiz9u5lje093" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c19" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Enemy’s Goal in Spiritual Warfare</span></span></h2><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Keep Us Operating in Our Flesh</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Prevent Us From Walking in Our Purpose</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Make us Question Our Identity</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">To Draw us Away from God</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Kill, Steal and Destroy</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Damage Relationships</span></li></ul><h2 class="c6" id="h.qk8rkethszy6" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c19" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Enemies</span></span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We have unseen enemies</span></span></p><h3 class="c9" id="h.xsx6ep89atz4" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The devil</span></span></h3><h3 class="c9" id="h.57chbcbgk6jg" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Demons</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Here on earth</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Possessing non-believers and influencing Christians</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c9" id="h.6ynbspk8pxrt" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Rulers, powers, principalities</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">In heavenly places</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Influence our culture and strongholds</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c6" id="h.o529mozevb56" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c19" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Armor of God</span></span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c26" style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ephesians 6: 10 - 18</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Living a life of “truthfulness”</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Moral righteousness</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Believing the gospel of Jesus Christ</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Having faith in God</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Having the hope of salvation</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Reading the bible</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Hearing and obeying the Holy Spirit</span></li><ul><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Led by the Spirit</span></li></ul></ul><h2 class="c6" id="h.9k11aacpuoxx" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c19" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Enemy’s Attacks</span></span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The battlefield is our minds</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The enemy attacks our thoughts with:</span></span></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Temptation</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Accusation</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Deception</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Disagreements / Divisiveness</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Distractions</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Disappointment</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Discouragement</span></span></li></ol><h3 class="c9" id="h.41dx71vczzh1" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Temptation</span></span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The devil can’t make us do anything… he influences our thoughts or presents you the opportunity to sin</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The deception behind temptation is that it will fulfill you</span></span></p><h3 class="c9" id="h.wnslz2okc9b7" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Accusation</span></span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Once you fall for the temptation… The enemy will start to accuse you</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When you are living righteous… He tells you how wonderful sin is</span></span></p><ul class="c17 lst-kix_2gb11y2jker2-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c3 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When you fall… He tells you how horrible you are</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Condemnation from the enemy makes you feel</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Shame</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Regret</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Conviction of the Holy Spirit encourages you to be righteous</span></span></p><h3 class="c9" id="h.1jzmotl44wf" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Deception</span></span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The enemy’s goal isn’t just to make you sin, but to make you justify that the sin is ok</span></span></p><h3 class="c9" id="h.rseaqfvxl39j" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Disagreement</span></span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Disagreement / divisiveness is one of the few things the Bible calls out as specifically giving satan an advantage over Christians. </span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We help satan when we have disagreements in our</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">personal relationships</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">church</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">doctrines </span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c9" id="h.oepesq8h3y1z" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Distraction</span></span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The enemy wants to distract us from our:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Christian walk</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Relationship with God</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Purpose</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This can look like</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Worldly goals</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Entertainment</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Convenience</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Godly service that keeps us from our specific God given purpose</span></span></li></ul><h1 class="c21" id="h.diua0r570mnk" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c24" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Disappointment</span></span></h1><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Some of you had dreams that you’ve given up on</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Some of you had promises that you thought were from God, but they didn’t happen</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Now you are…disappointed</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Disappointment</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Lowers our self esteem</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Can cause you to lower your expectations</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Makes us doubt God</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Disappointment keeps us from</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Trying</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Giving</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Risking</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Praying</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Believing</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Hoping</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Experiencing The presence of God</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What are some things that Christians become disappointed about in life?</span></span></p><h2 class="c6" id="h.ifh8wo401b6a" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c19" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Lazarus is Sick</span></span></h2><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">John 11:1-6</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 Now a certain man was sick: Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. 2 And it was the Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. 3 So the sisters sent word to Him, saying, “Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick.” 4 But when Jesus heard this, He said, “This sickness is not meant for death, but is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified by it.” 5 (Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister, and Lazarus.) 6 So when He heard that he was sick, He then stayed two days longer in the place where He was.</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">A man who Jesus love was sick</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Lazuras was Mary and Martha’s brother</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Lazarus = "whom God helps"</span></span></p><h2 class="c6" id="h.535jz88rl0z" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c19" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jesus Stayed 2 Days Longer</span></span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c26" style="font-weight: 700;">6</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> So when He heard that he was sick, He then stayed two days longer in the place where He was.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Has anybody ever been left wondering… Where are you at Jesus?</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">… I sent for you a long time ago</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c9" id="h.kgh4hui1mvmt" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God is Not Working On Our Timetable</span></span></h3><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God’s not in a rush</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c13" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c5" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTR7jRWVX/&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1679036809937039&usg=AOvVaw2zTfwnybtYEmiqf6-FCqPj" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTR7jRWVX/</span></a></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c6" id="h.b7vb3ls85re5" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c19" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Hindsight is 20/20</span></span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c26" style="font-weight: 700;">2</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> And it was the Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped His feet with her hair,</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This doesn’t happen until the next chapter</span></span></p><ul class="c17 lst-kix_il4bkm6hv0dl-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c3 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The author can add information to the story because he has the advantage of knowing how the story ends as he narrates the story in real time</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c26" style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sometimes we are living in chapter 11, but don’t have the insight of what’s going to happen in chapter 12</span></span></p><h3 class="c9" id="h.mpx9jrlojejg" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jesus knew what was going to happen</span></span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When we read this passage, was anyone sad to know that Lazarus is sick?</span></span></p><ul class="c17 lst-kix_fh1sk59936ja-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c3 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Why not?</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It’s easy when you know that the story ends happy</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c26" style="font-weight: 700;">4</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> …He said, “This sickness is not meant for death, but is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified by it.”</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Mary and Martha didn’t know</span></span></p><ul class="c17 lst-kix_wc9rogo733z7-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c3 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The disciples didn’t know</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c26" style="font-weight: 700;">story</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">: my season When God showed me why he did things</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We don’t live our lives with the insight of hindsight with every situation</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c26" style="font-weight: 700;">Verse:</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> I can see clearly now that the rain is gone</span></span></p><h3 class="c9" id="h.lzvj9hrqrqqo" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Didn’t appreciate it until it was gone</span></span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">There are some things that we don’t appreciate until they are gone</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c26" style="font-weight: 700;">Story:</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> Grew up in LA but never visited until I moved away</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Catalina</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Queen Mary</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Hollywood Walk of Fame</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Hollywood Bowl</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Randy’s donuts</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c26" style="font-weight: 700;">Example:</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> When I was younger</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">I could eat anything and not gain weight</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">I could eat anything at any time of day and digest it</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Any wound healed quickly</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">I have full mobility and flexibility in my body</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I didn’t have to pay any bills</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Love What You Have</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c13" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c5" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTR7j5ugw/&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1679036809943354&usg=AOvVaw0f5XxLYLIhu71mRKeOxy2S" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTR7j5ugw/</span></a></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What are some things you didn’t appreciate until after they were gone?</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What has God given you that you don’t appreciate now?</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c26" style="font-weight: 700;">Book:</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> hindsight window</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c9" id="h.46palezpes4" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God worked it for good</span></span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Does anyone have an example of something bad that they went through, but later on they realized what God was doing through it?</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c6" id="h.obvyx9ua4mw8" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">When Things Didn’t Go How You Wanted</span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This Sickness Will Not End in Death - Andy Wood</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c13" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c5" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cpp7epasy45/?igshid%3DYmMyMTA2M2Y%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1679036809945515&usg=AOvVaw1iHMuC6QLyFYnybeyLi69d" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cpp7epasy45/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=</span></a></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c6" id="h.vcpj38wj5134" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Lazarus Died</span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">John 11:11-15</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">11 This He said, and after this He said to them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I am going so that I may awaken him from sleep.” 12 The disciples then said to Him, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will come out of it.” 13 Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that He was speaking about actual sleep. 14 So Jesus then said to them plainly, “Lazarus died, 15 and I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may believe; but let’s go to him.” </span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jesus had to make it plain</span></span></p><h3 class="c9" id="h.jul3cvarxp46" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Everybody Has a Lazarus in Their Life</span></span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Everyone here has a “Lazarus“</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">a person that you lost</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">a relationship</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Healing that didn’t happen</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Dreams that didn’t manifest</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Addiction not cured</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Character flaw</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Everybody Has a Lazarus - Furtick</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c13" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c5" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxtnbgRzg0GWr08txYEJQKV1dVEo0kf4ee&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1679036809949003&usg=AOvVaw2eBN5YJ0cDEX3379dJ8rpg" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxtnbgRzg0GWr08txYEJQKV1dVEo0kf4ee</span></a></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">The love of God is not proven by the way I feel his presence</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The love of God is proven by the way I deal with his perceived absence</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Some peoples Lazarus has buried so deep that they forgot about it</span></span></p><ul class="c17 lst-kix_t4vhg97imwa7-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c3 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We learned how to move on from the event… But we never processed the disappointment</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c9" id="h.14vfvq6lb19g" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Processing the Disappointment</span></span></h3><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How you process the Disappointment determines whether it becomes</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Faith to propel all you</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Fear to paralyze you</span></li></ul><h3 class="c9" id="h.5d5yebkti3tv" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Disappointment Can Lower Your Expectations</span></span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You never experienced the presence of God</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">So you never expected presence of God</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">So you never experienced the presence of God</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Disappointment is a dangerous thing. It can cause you to set your expectations at the level of your experience and miss. purpose of God in your life</span></span></p><h1 class="c21" id="h.9k4x28txgy14" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c24" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When God Says No</span></span></h1><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God is blessing you with His “no”</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c13" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c5" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/CplhnxpOjxZ/?igshid%3DYmMyMTA2M2Y%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1679036809952863&usg=AOvVaw1lXxyOA8zG_X9rzsD3RRvK" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/CplhnxpOjxZ/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=</span></a></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c6" id="h.nhjbcpedsguj" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c19" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Some promises are Potential</span></span></h2><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">It takes faith</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">God tests your faith</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your promise is on the other side of your faith test</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c26" style="font-weight: 700;">Bible story: </span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Abraham Sacrifice Isaac</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God’s Promises Might Not Happen</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c13" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c5" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cpl5ofyD5Rj/?igshid%3DYmMyMTA2M2Y%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1679036809955040&usg=AOvVaw3jEIvQdRD57WboK0lHNv8u" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cpl5ofyD5Rj/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=</span></a></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c6" id="h.hl0prhmey1jf" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c19" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Contentment</span></span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sometimes we need to learn to be happy with what God has already given us</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Philipians 4: 11-14</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c13" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c5" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/philippians/4-11.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1679036809956145&usg=AOvVaw3PSJ9w5w8QwHrlDep6x2RJ" style="text-decoration: inherit;">11</a></span> Not that I speak from need, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am. <span class="c13" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c5" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/philippians/4-12.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1679036809956533&usg=AOvVaw33iU36rGtEshiXq9TDLBqE" style="text-decoration: inherit;">12</a></span> I know how to get along with little, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need. <span class="c13" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c5" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/philippians/4-13.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1679036809956861&usg=AOvVaw3TXqunzBDH1R1hyTUnV2iX" style="text-decoration: inherit;">13</a></span> I can do all things through Him who strengthens me. <span class="c13" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c5" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/philippians/4-14.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1679036809957098&usg=AOvVaw2U_RmilA7jMOFxp0i4ou06" style="text-decoration: inherit;">14</a></span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> Nevertheless, you have done well to share with me in my difficulty.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c30" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Which disappointments to</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Accept</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Reject</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c6" id="h.ql0f1ibkske3" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c19" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Disappointment in Other People</span></span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sometimes we’ve been disappointed by other people</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c30" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Disappointed in Other People</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c13" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c5" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRWv3TaX/&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1679036809958872&usg=AOvVaw0o38jNwn10RbNWuqdHQCfw" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRWv3TaX/</span></a></span></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Grieve - accept what really happened</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Forgive them and yourself</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Rediscover Your Passion</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Formulate a forward vision</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Guard your heart</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Rehearse God affirmations</span></span></li></ol><h3 class="c22 c23" id="h.2vj6loy6cfvl" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Memory Verses</span></span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jeremiah 29:11</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Proverbs 3:5-6</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Joshua 1:9</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">John 16:33</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Read the Bible</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c13" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c5" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/ClE3ilQLa8l/?igshid%3DYmMyMTA2M2Y%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1679036809962335&usg=AOvVaw05FYjgTndKF_ZZ1-Pb_v-9" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/ClE3ilQLa8l/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=</span></a></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c21" id="h.222tsgfgphoo" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c24" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Discouragement</span></span></h1><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Discourage means to take away your courage</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The enemy wants you to be discouraged</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You can be discouraged by</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700;">Failure</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Health</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Finances</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Relationships</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Discouragement can cause you to give up</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Hoping</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Caring</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Trying</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Believing</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Give up on your dreams</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The enemy will tell you:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">God doesn’t love you</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">God has rejected you</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">God can’t forgive things as bad as what you’ve done</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">No one cares</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Everyone is out to get you</span></li></ul><h2 class="c6" id="h.xmb12o8wkc7e" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Disappointment Lead to Unbelief</span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Satan will attack you with lies and doubt about God</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c13" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c5" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/Co8gqdZu_i6/?igshid%3DYmMyMTA2M2Y%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1679036809967629&usg=AOvVaw0D8NYRI0zhrP0mscrnrCEo" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/Co8gqdZu_i6/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=</span></a></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Toure</span></p><h2 class="c6" id="h.n9rctrqhdl2" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c19" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Afraid to operate in your gifts</span></span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Some of you know how you are supposed to be serving in the Kingdom, but you’re scared</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Matthew 25:25</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">‘And I was afraid, so I went away and hid your talent in the ground. See, you still have what is yours.’</span></span></p><h3 class="c9" id="h.sp6x1uyprixj" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Comparison</span></span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">2 Corinthians 10:12</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">For we do not presume to rank or compare ourselves with some of those who commend themselves; but when they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they have no understanding.</span></span></p><h3 class="c9" id="h.n523fvi676wq" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Discontentment could be a sign that it’s time to move on.</span></span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c13 c16" style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><a class="c5" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/ColQcUoLZji/?igshid%3DYmMyMTA2M2Y%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1679036809969552&usg=AOvVaw3MesJAsuK0cINoiUd4tTpk" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/ColQcUoLZji/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=</span></a></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sometimes a closed door is direction</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c13" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c5" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/shorts/j0Brrbj3AFQ&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1679036809970078&usg=AOvVaw2A-C4YT__ENUQjG_FvMeeH" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/shorts/j0Brrbj3AFQ</span></a></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c21" id="h.c2jhszt147oi" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c24" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How to handle discouragement</span></span></h1><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">2 Corinthians 4:1-17</span></span></p><p class="c14" style="background-color: white; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c11" style="color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c5" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/4-1.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1679036809970773&usg=AOvVaw1lFReHHxxr_iBysOYgaqO0" style="text-decoration: inherit;">1</a></span><span class="c12" style="color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;"> Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we received mercy, we do not lose heart, </span><span class="c11" style="color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c5" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/4-2.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1679036809971021&usg=AOvVaw3StvQvoJsANLejoAiW5qPv" style="text-decoration: inherit;">2</a></span><span class="c12" style="color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;">but we have renounced the things hidden because of shame, not walking in trickery nor distorting the word of God, but by the open proclamation of the truth commending ourselves to every person’s conscience in the sight of God. </span><span class="c11" style="color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c5" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/4-3.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1679036809971325&usg=AOvVaw2_sQcJS31aO3xCjw-u-4LP" style="text-decoration: inherit;">3</a></span><span class="c12" style="color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;">And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled </span><span class="c27" style="color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt;"><a class="c5" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/nasb_/2_corinthians/4.htm%23fn&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1679036809971618&usg=AOvVaw3ckI-vzGLJNHqL5iEv64K8" style="text-decoration: inherit;">[a]</a></span><span class="c12" style="color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;">to those who are perishing, </span><span class="c11" style="color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c5" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/4-4.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1679036809971877&usg=AOvVaw25BstXnZ6O-YNDLk_AnbxW" style="text-decoration: inherit;">4</a></span><span class="c12" style="color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;">in whose case the god of this </span><span class="c27" style="color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt;"><a class="c5" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/nasb_/2_corinthians/4.htm%23fn&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1679036809972116&usg=AOvVaw0QLEGKNELGEtU9vtK1qKC5" style="text-decoration: inherit;">[b]</a></span><span class="c12" style="color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;">world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that </span><span class="c27" style="color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt;"><a class="c5" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/nasb_/2_corinthians/4.htm%23fn&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1679036809972366&usg=AOvVaw0cPb96tCXM5SVudmuy6h8n" style="text-decoration: inherit;">[c]</a></span><span class="c12" style="color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;">they will not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. </span><span class="c11" style="color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c5" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/4-5.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1679036809972608&usg=AOvVaw1ljt_-VDS3NL0sfkdWBccp" style="text-decoration: inherit;">5</a></span><span class="c12" style="color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;">For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your bond-servants on account of Jesus. </span><span class="c11" style="color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c5" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/4-6.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1679036809972879&usg=AOvVaw1pdA_snomAtNlTRUUqjdOo" style="text-decoration: inherit;">6</a></span><span class="c4" style="color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">For God, who said, “Light shall shine out of darkness,” is the One who has shone in our hearts to give the Light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.</span></span></p><p class="c14" style="background-color: white; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c11" style="color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c5" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/4-7.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1679036809973221&usg=AOvVaw3M0sqnRyA4LIR9vxSwQTkD" style="text-decoration: inherit;">7</a></span><span class="c12" style="color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;">But we have this treasure in earthen containers, so that the extraordinary </span><span class="c12 c20" style="color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic;">greatness</span><span class="c12" style="color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;"> of the power will be of God and not from ourselves; </span><span class="c11" style="color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c5" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/4-8.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1679036809973537&usg=AOvVaw3dEd1z3SVQhdfVV6q05Pva" style="text-decoration: inherit;">8</a></span><span class="c12 c20" style="color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic;">we are</span><span class="c12" style="color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;"> afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing; </span><span class="c11" style="color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c5" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/4-9.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1679036809973805&usg=AOvVaw0Bq6TfH6_g24DJbXO81emV" style="text-decoration: inherit;">9</a></span><span class="c12" style="color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span class="c12" style="color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;">persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed; </span><span class="c11" style="color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c5" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/4-10.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1679036809974067&usg=AOvVaw0BeVEqBQ0kP9SEr84UmSS_" style="text-decoration: inherit;">10</a></span><span class="c12" style="color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span class="c12" style="color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;">always carrying around in the body the dying of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. </span><span class="c11" style="color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c5" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/4-11.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1679036809974343&usg=AOvVaw2MTS_Cqxe7yp8AFEBXjw91" style="text-decoration: inherit;">11</a></span><span class="c12" style="color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;"> For we who live are constantly being handed over to death because of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our mortal flesh. </span><span class="c11" style="color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c5" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/4-12.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1679036809974586&usg=AOvVaw2KYoT0shsqZXYLT9t9Iot1" style="text-decoration: inherit;">12</a></span><span class="c4" style="color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">So death works in us, but life in you.</span></span></p><p class="c14" style="background-color: white; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c11" style="color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c5" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/4-13.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1679036809974918&usg=AOvVaw1IyMYkw3_riAscMvpbXsha" style="text-decoration: inherit;">13</a></span><span class="c12" style="color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;">But having the same spirit of faith, according to what is written: “I BELIEVED, THEREFORE I SPOKE,” we also believe, therefore we also speak, </span><span class="c11" style="color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c5" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/4-14.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1679036809975164&usg=AOvVaw00jU3frn_GPA6KXBW8l8J1" style="text-decoration: inherit;">14</a></span><span class="c12" style="color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;"> knowing that He who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us with Jesus, and will present </span><span class="c12 c20" style="color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic;">us</span><span class="c12" style="color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;"> with you. </span><span class="c11" style="color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c5" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/4-15.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1679036809975481&usg=AOvVaw2dX8EOpUmj5ByV4Un0eIEG" style="text-decoration: inherit;">15</a></span><span class="c12" style="color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;"> For all things </span><span class="c12 c20" style="color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic;">are</span><span class="c12" style="color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;"> for your sakes, so that grace, having </span><span class="c27" style="color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt;"><a class="c5" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/nasb_/2_corinthians/4.htm%23fn&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1679036809975797&usg=AOvVaw1f5wXy_LcqXj496W0ygzdR" style="text-decoration: inherit;">[f]</a></span><span class="c4" style="color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">spread to more and more people, will cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God.</span></span></p><p class="c14" style="background-color: white; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c11" style="color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c5" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/4-16.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1679036809976227&usg=AOvVaw0032gN9S0nCwrO7mUzTQl0" style="text-decoration: inherit;">16</a></span><span class="c12" style="color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;"> Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer person is decaying, yet our inner </span><span class="c12 c20" style="color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic;">person</span><span class="c12" style="color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;"> is being renewed day by day. </span><span class="c11" style="color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c5" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/4-17.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1679036809976582&usg=AOvVaw0hhQrMI6nCirhoGKUfo8uu" style="text-decoration: inherit;">17</a></span><span class="c12" style="color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;"> For our momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison, </span><span class="c11" style="color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c5" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/4-18.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1679036809976829&usg=AOvVaw1daeK9hcOTf9OnZuC3uxFX" style="text-decoration: inherit;">18</a></span><span class="c12" style="color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;"> while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.</span></span></p><h2 class="c6" id="h.clf3m36gfg6j" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c19" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Never forget how much God loves me</span></span></h2><p class="c14" style="background-color: white; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c11" style="color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c5" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/4-1.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1679036809977349&usg=AOvVaw0SWyChIeuT5UjB4Unq2Lj7" style="text-decoration: inherit;">1</a></span><span class="c12" style="color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;"> Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we received mercy, we do not lose heart,</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When you get discouraged…you don’t feel the love of God</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You need to focus on God‘s mercy</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Some people only feel God speaking to them in a negative voice</span></span></p><ul class="c17 lst-kix_4hdwgw3zy1dy-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c3 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They only feel conviction</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><ul class="c17 lst-kix_szud6m8v7t96-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When I focus on God‘s love and mercy</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></li><li class="c0 c3 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I don’t have to prove my worth</span></span></li><li class="c0 c3 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I don’t have to wallow in my failures because I know that God forgives me</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c6" id="h.3nk40wy9kkb1" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c19" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Never fake it. Be who I am</span></span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">2 Corinthians 4:2</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">but we have renounced the things hidden because of shame, not walking in trickery nor distorting the word of God, but by the open proclamation of the truth commending ourselves to every person’s conscience in the sight of God.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God didn’t make you to be somebody else</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Stop trying to live for the approval of other people</span></span></p><ul class="c17 lst-kix_prb5acdyaw22-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c3 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God didn’t put you on earth for the approval of other people</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When you try to be something you’re not…that’s discouraging</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Fear is what keeps you from being real</span></span></p><h2 class="c6" id="h.5smmse13jvhm" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c19" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Remember that it’s not about me</span></span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">2 Corinthians 4:5</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your bond-servants on account of Jesus.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The more self focused my life is… The more discouraged I will be</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When you think everything is about you:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Prideful</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Fearful</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Bitter</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God wants you to reach people through your life message</span></span></p><ul class="c17 lst-kix_6mpson28egun-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c3 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">But your life message isn’t about you… It’s about God</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Everything in our culture tells us that you got to think about you</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Have it your way</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Do you</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Live your best life</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">You only live once</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">You’re number one</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">You deserve the best today</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Self care</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You deserve a break today</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Remember it’s not about you when</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">You get praise</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">You get criticized</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Someone disagrees with you</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Someone misunderstands you</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c9" id="h.90pejfnzh2oi" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your Motivation</span></span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You get discouraged when you’re doing it for the wrong reason</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c26" style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: times;">Example: going to ALCF</span></span></p><ul class="c17 lst-kix_1j6drk7d6yy5-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c3 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">Doing because God told me to</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God is more interested in why you do what you do then he is with what or how you are doing</span></span></p><ul class="c17 lst-kix_oqmbjfnzgr3-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c3 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You can do the right result for the wrong reason</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your “why” determines how long you will do something</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Why are you gave your life to Christ</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">While you got married</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Why you took your career</span></li></ul><h2 class="c6" id="h.vnbjl86oskv4" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c19" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Accept Your Limitations</span></span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">2 Corinthians 4:7</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">But we have this treasure in earthen containers, so that the extraordinary greatness of the power will be of God and not from ourselves;</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You get discouraged when you try to be Superman</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You can’t fix everyone's problems</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Anytime you don’t live within the limitations of your life… You get discouraged</span></span></p><ul class="c17 lst-kix_ydfu4vugn27g-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c3 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">finances</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c25 c20" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It’s easier to fill your schedule down to fulfill your schedule</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c20" style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: times;">It’s easier to make a promise than to keep a promise</span></span></p><h3 class="c9" id="h.whgeqjw7ttna" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Pride vs Humility</span></span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Humility is not denying your strength</span></span></p><ul class="c17 lst-kix_aeouc8umrgn8-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c3 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It is being honest about your weakness</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c6" id="h.g96qfh9vm8hp" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c19" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Use your pain to help others</span></span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">2 Corinthians 4:15</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">For all things are for your sakes, so that grace, having spread to more and more people, will cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sometimes God will let you go through pain for the benefit of other people</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your greatest ministry will come out of your deepest hurt if you</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">honest to God</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">honest to yourself</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">talk about it with other people</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c22 c23" id="h.u8jfukjelcal" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Find Your Purpose</span></span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Human beings can handle an enormous amount of pain if they see a purpose in it</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c13" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c5" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/shorts/ymJarwEuZys&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1679036809986795&usg=AOvVaw3Q158UicXDmM3hP_1osKAT" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/shorts/ymJarwEuZys</span></a></span></p><h2 class="c6" id="h.gktdherwj5p7" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c19" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Take time to renew yourself</span></span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">2 Corinthians 4:16</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer person is decaying, yet our inner person is being renewed day by day.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You need to renew yourself every day</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Emotionally</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Mentally</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Physically</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Spiritually</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c9" id="h.h6qhtbne0z7d" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Stay focused on eternity</span></span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">2 Corinthians 4:17-18</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">17 For our momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison, 18 while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You can’t live for just the here and now</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">There are three types of motivation</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Internal</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">External</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Eternal</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“If you look at the world, you'll be distressed. If you look within, you'll be depressed. If you look at God you'll be at rest.”</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">― Corrie Ten Boom</span></p><h3 class="c9" id="h.4axe1oytcao8" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Remember <span class="c7" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">Others Have it Worse</span></span></h3><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c30" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">2 Corinthians 11:23-28</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">23 Are they servants of Christ?--I am speaking as if insane--I more so; in far more labors, in far more imprisonments, beaten times without number, often in danger of death. 24 Five times I received from the Jews thirty-nine lashes. 25 Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked, a night and a day I have spent adrift at sea. 26 I have been on frequent journeys, in dangers from rivers, dangers from robbers, dangers from my countrymen, dangers from the Gentiles, dangers in the city, dangers in the wilderness, dangers at sea, dangers among false brothers; 27 I have been in labor and hardship, through many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure. 28 Apart from such external things, there is the daily pressure on me of concern for all the churches.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h4 class="c23 c33" id="h.bnwqcuqi655e" style="break-after: avoid; color: #666666; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c26">Story</span><span class="c37" style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">: missionaries from Turkey</span></span></h4><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Missionary before him was murdered</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">US Embassy told him to leave because Al-Qaeda was planning to kill them</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">A Muslim came to his door because family was going to kill him</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">If you proselytize (evangelize) the receiver kills you and goes and get the police</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">The police tells them to let your body rot in the street so people will know not to proselytize</span></li></ul><p class="c2 c22" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c30" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c9" id="h.vktiiuk5bicl" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Keep Fighting</span></span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Devil Never wins unless you don’t fight</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c13" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c5" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/CnpoVznukbv/?igshid%3DYmMyMTA2M2Y%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1679036809990982&usg=AOvVaw0EdsSh5Kgs1Q7J78TXHbyr" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/CnpoVznukbv/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=</span></a></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c22 c23" id="h.ra31xbo1lxn" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c24" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">For the Glory of God</span></span></h1><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">John 11:39-44</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">39 Jesus said, “Remove the stone.” Martha, the sister of the deceased, said to Him, “Lord, by this time there will be a stench, for he has been dead four days.” 40 Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?” 41 So they removed the stone. And Jesus raised His eyes, and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me. 42 “But I knew that You always hear Me; nevertheless, because of the people standing around I said it, so that they may believe that You sent Me.” 43 And when He had said these things, He cried out with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” 44 Out came the man who had died, bound hand and foot with wrappings, and his face was wrapped around with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Unbind him, and let him go.”</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Lazarus Was Called…But Still Bound</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c13 c15 c35" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-size: 10.5pt; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c5" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/CptcAKJu6pb/?utm_source%3Dig_web_copy_link&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1679036809992155&usg=AOvVaw1-LfOVlbQi88k-Z2oDq6H5" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/CptcAKJu6pb/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link</span></a></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c15 c18" style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c6" id="h.547cm1ufbhyb" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c19" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sometimes God is Late on Purpose</span></span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Why did Jesus stay 2 more days?</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jesus waited until the fourth day</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">The Jews believed that up until the third day a person’s spirit could return to them</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Jesus let their preconceived time period Expire</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">so that he could show his glory</span></span></li></ul><p class="c22 c2" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c30" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">He had to make sure they knew …it was a miracle</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God showed up “late“ to show them his glory in a way that they had never seen before</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"> <span class="c26" style="font-weight: 700;">4</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> But when Jesus heard this, He said, “This sickness is not meant for death, but is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified by it.”</span></span></p><p class="c22 c2" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c30" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Why did God</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Harden Pharaoh's heart?</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Allow Daniel to be thrown into the lion’s den</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Allow the Hebrew boys to be thrown into the fire</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sometimes God needs to perform a miracle in a way…</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">That everyone knows that it wasn’t you</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">The you know that it wasn’t you</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">That you know that it could only be God that did it</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If God did something miraculous in your life it’s not because …</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">you were so holy</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">your faith is so strong</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Your gift is so powerful</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It’s for the glory of God</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Did God get glory from it?</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It was to give you a testimony</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If you got the miracle…</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If you got the testimony…</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">… go tell it on the mountain</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><b>Instructor:</b> Michael Leadon</p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gqe5YQqc73s" width="320" youtube-src-id="gqe5YQqc73s"></iframe></div><br /><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><h1 class="c22 c23 c29" id="h.dtcps6clw3ez" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; height: 20pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c24" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></h1><h1 class="c22 c23" id="h.oqywau972sqz" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">References</span></h1><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Defeating discouragement with Rick Warren</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Saddleback church</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Facing your disappointment</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Steven Furtick</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Disappointment is dangerous</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Steven Furtick</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Lazarus factor</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Elevation church</span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c21" id="h.xkds8ngumlu1" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c24" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Extra</span></span></h1><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The gates of hell shall not prevail.</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c13" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c5" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/CpN6RB8piE-/?igshid%3DYmMyMTA2M2Y%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1679036809998448&usg=AOvVaw186VvynxAS6L5QBOssF_CM" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/CpN6RB8piE-/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=</span></a></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Demons Wear You Down Emotionally</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c13" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c5" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/ClF2RfAjesO/?igshid%3DYmMyMTA2M2Y%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1679036809999043&usg=AOvVaw3FqwFUgu4hWjTSzBJSSNww" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/ClF2RfAjesO/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=</span></a></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">—---------</span></span></p><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The level that God speaks to us on is the level that we will trust him on</span></span></p><ul class="c17 lst-kix_cgsq1qwfacwd-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c3 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If he speaks to you at the level of feeling you only trust him at the level of feeling</span></span></li><li class="c0 c3 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If he speaks to us in thought we may only trust him at the level of logic</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c9" id="h.b968nifq5r4q" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Acknowledge Your Weaknesses</span></span></h3><p class="c0 c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The stages of your weakness</span></span></p><p></p><div></div><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Don’t know you have them</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Deny</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Hiding</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Rationalizing and excusing</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Accept them</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Glory in them</span></span></li></ol><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p>Unchained Discipleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11710595205237468334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6986426612019457751.post-4460336845442622902023-03-02T23:45:00.005-08:002023-04-02T22:04:48.161-07:00Spiritual Warfare - Part 9 (Disagreements)<p> <span style="font-family: times;"> </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: times; font-size: 15pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Disagreement | Division | Distractions</span></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUy-glmceGxcCTcHdlnkDKbzesbHp-rogADYjUneagAcQzcde2iDOt90lqFHRyro8RP9nVHy5mFu3cPu_345DpHfBAHRNwSZjiviqSwa4eJLoB4l72G5fFCTL1fs1PqT789zqCFG0JWSuU0qt56O_Iu1GMcQPOyha63XRyomeljpSLYqdkIvVOazBm5w/s1280/Spiritual%20Warfare%209-1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUy-glmceGxcCTcHdlnkDKbzesbHp-rogADYjUneagAcQzcde2iDOt90lqFHRyro8RP9nVHy5mFu3cPu_345DpHfBAHRNwSZjiviqSwa4eJLoB4l72G5fFCTL1fs1PqT789zqCFG0JWSuU0qt56O_Iu1GMcQPOyha63XRyomeljpSLYqdkIvVOazBm5w/s320/Spiritual%20Warfare%209-1.png" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br />How do we navigate the enemy's tactics of: disagreement, division and distractions</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: times;">~~<a href="https://youtu.be/Oc0B_Cf3kt4" target="_blank">Watch the Video</a>~~</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Outline:</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Introduction</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Traits of Wholeness</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Review of Spiritual Warfare</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Disagreement / Division</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Distraction</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Fasting</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c5 lst-kix_2tfso1cmx3vl-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c3 c6 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></li></ul></div><div><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Scriptures:</span></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 Corinthians 1:10</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Deuteronomy 32:30</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Luke 11:17</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">2 Corinthians 2:10</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 Corinthians 7:5</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ephesians 4:25-27</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Galatians 5:19-21</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 Timothy 6:3-5</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Romans 16:17</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Titus 3:9-11</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">John 13:34-35</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Collosians 3:2</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Proverbs 28:19</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ezra 8:21</span></span></li><li><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Psalms 69:10</span></span></li></ul><h1 class="c31" id="h.m5ognbfdfhso" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c25" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Introduction</span></span></h1><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 Corinthians 1:10</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all agree and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be made complete in the same mind and in the same judgment.</span></span></p><ul class="c5 lst-kix_6vd4bgtclzqp-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c3 c6 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Paul urges them not to have division</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c10" id="h.5ucz2q6v12rj" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Power of Unity</span></span></h2><ul><li><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">World Wide Web</span></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">HTML</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Browsers</span></span></li></ul><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">One currency</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">DoorDash | Priceline </span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c27" id="h.gpe9qj9anqpn" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Power of Agreement</span></span></h3><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">"For where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them" (Matthew 18:20)</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If you want to go fast… Go alone if you want to go far go together</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c18" style="font-weight: 700;">Example:</span><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> ToastMasters</span></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">momentum</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Deuteronomy 32:30</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“How could one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, Unless their Rock had sold them, And the LORD had given them up?</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Satan wants us to be divided</span></p><h2 class="c8" id="h.bz6peyq3u61" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Knowing the Enemy’s Tactics</span></span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When you cause division… You are doing the devil's work for him</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">That’s one of the tactics of the enemy</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When you know the tactics of the enemy you can stop and say…</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">… Where is this coming from?</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We were just having a nice discussion and now…</span></span></p><ul class="c5 lst-kix_75xgrckcrzzr-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p></li><li class="c3 c6 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I’m mad</span></span></li><li class="c3 c6 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">They’re mad</span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c34 c46 c38 c29" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Maybe it’s the enemy</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></p><h1 class="c31" id="h.wph83cvzlcaf" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c25" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Traits of Wholeness</span></span></h1><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">We are in our series called <span class="c26 c38" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">Seeking Wholeness</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c16" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How can we be:</span></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Spiritually healthy</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Emotionally healthy</span></span></li><li><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Mentally healthy</span></span></li></ul><p class="c16 c20" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Free from oppression of</span></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your past</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Yourself</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Bad thinking</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Strongholds</span></span></li><li><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The enemy</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c16" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sozo</span></span></p><ul><li><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Saved</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Healed</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Delivered from demons</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c16" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dealing with life’s current stresses and also being healed from experiences/wounds of the past</span></span></p><p class="c16 c20" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c16" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’re not just supposed to have eternal life</span></span></p><ul class="c5 lst-kix_1qe8kuln6e51-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c16 c6 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’re supposed to have: joy, peace, patience, and self control here on earth</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c27" id="h.ctkm7fq9wiw1" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Traits of Wholeness</span></span></h3><ul><li><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Authenticity</span></span></li><li class="c3 c6 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_yuo9ldebbevu-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Honesty</span></span></li><li class="c3 c6 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_yuo9ldebbevu-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Kindness</span></span></li><li class="c3 c6 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_yuo9ldebbevu-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not seeking external approval / validation</span></span></li><li class="c3 c6 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_yuo9ldebbevu-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Living by values and principles</span></span></li><li class="c3 c6 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_yuo9ldebbevu-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Setting Boundaries</span></span></li><li class="c3 c6 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_yuo9ldebbevu-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Taking ownership of your responsibilities</span></span></li><li class="c3 c6 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_yuo9ldebbevu-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Living with purpose and passion</span></span></li><li class="c3 c6 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_yuo9ldebbevu-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Optimism</span></span></li><li class="c3 c6 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_yuo9ldebbevu-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Confidence</span></span></li><li class="c3 c6 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_yuo9ldebbevu-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Healthy relationships with others</span></span></li><li class="c3 c6 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_yuo9ldebbevu-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not losing control of your emotions</span></span></li><li class="c3 c6 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_yuo9ldebbevu-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Free from addictions</span></span></li><li class="c3 c6 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_yuo9ldebbevu-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Addressing Conflict with truth and love</span></span></li><li class="c3 c6 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_yuo9ldebbevu-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Vulnerability</span></span></li><li class="c3 c6 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_yuo9ldebbevu-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not critical or Judgemental</span></span></li><li class="c3 c6 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_yuo9ldebbevu-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not jealous</span></span></li><li class="c3 c32 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_yuo9ldebbevu-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Genuinely applaud the success of others</span></span></li><li class="c3 c6 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_yuo9ldebbevu-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgive those who have wronged you in the past</span></span></li><li class="c3 c6 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_yuo9ldebbevu-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Know that you’re worthy of receiving love</span></span></li><li class="c3 c6 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_yuo9ldebbevu-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not afraid to fail</span></span></li><li class="c3 c6 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_yuo9ldebbevu-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Able to manage irrational fear, worry, and anxiety</span></span></li><li class="c3 c6 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_yuo9ldebbevu-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Selfless encounters with others</span></span></li><li class="c3 c6 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_yuo9ldebbevu-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not manipulating others trying to control their actions/reactions</span></span></li><li class="c3 c6 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_yuo9ldebbevu-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You care about how others feel</span></span></li><li class="c3 c6 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_yuo9ldebbevu-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Patient</span></span></li><li class="c3 c6 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_yuo9ldebbevu-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t give into peer/social pressure</span></span></li><li class="c3 c6 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_yuo9ldebbevu-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Can communicate directly</span></span></li><li class="c3 c6 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_yuo9ldebbevu-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t take responsibility for other people's emotions</span></span></li><li class="c3 c32 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_yuo9ldebbevu-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Take responsibility for your own emotions</span></span></li><li class="c3 c6 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_yuo9ldebbevu-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Slow to anger</span></span></li><li class="c3 c6 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_yuo9ldebbevu-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ability to maturely express your wants, needs and desires</span></span></li><li class="c3 c6 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_yuo9ldebbevu-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Being led by the Spirit</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We want to become</span></span></p><ul><li><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">aware of our issues</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">empowered to manage/fix them</span></span></li></ul><h1 class="c31" id="h.xnj7rikg6cp7" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c25" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Review of Spiritual Warfare</span></span></h1><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">3 mistakes Christians make</span></span></p><ul><li><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Think spiritual warfare is a supernatural weird thing that we should ignore</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">We shouldn’t ever talk about Satan or demons because we give them power</span></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Leaves you like Job (ignorant of the tactics of the enemy)</span></span></li></ul><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Get fixated on spiritual warfare</span></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Blamed the devil or demons for all of the problems in our life</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">This takes away personal responsibility</span></span></li></ul></ul><h2 class="c10" id="h.qk8rkethszy6" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Enemies</span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We have an unseen enemies</span></span></p><ul><li><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">the devil</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Demons</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Fallen angels</span></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Rulers, powers, principalities</span></span></li></ul></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c10" id="h.tiz9u5lje093" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Enemy’s Goal in Spiritual Warfare</span></span></h2><ul><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Keep You Operating From Your Flesh</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Prevent You From Walking in Your Purpose</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Challenge Your Identity</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">To Draw us Away from God</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Kill, Steal and Destroy</span></span></li><li><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Damage Relationships</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t be shocked that you have warfare</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c23" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c19" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/CpA2JWorRxT/?igshid%3DYmMyMTA2M2Y%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1677831121096906&usg=AOvVaw3EHP-as68yITjoHfqgQJlN" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/CpA2JWorRxT/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=</span></a></span></p><h2 class="c10" id="h.jistyov8fbzv" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Principalities</span></span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Paul speaks of Rulers, powers, principalities, dominions, thrones</span></span></p><ul class="c5 lst-kix_vpoxjy9fzcfd-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c3 c6 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">In the Old Testament they are referred to as Sons of God (and elohim)</span></span></li><li class="c3 c6 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Daniel refers to them as Princes</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c5 lst-kix_vpoxjy9fzcfd-1 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c3 c32 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Prince of Persia</span></span></li><li class="c3 c32 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Prince of Greece</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They influence the culture of a geographic area</span></span></p><ul class="c5 lst-kix_30va6tjlabvn-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c3 c6 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Influence strongholds/mindsets</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Paul says that they are in Heavenly places</span></span></p><ul class="c5 lst-kix_f1ay7xbzppne-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c3 c6 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They are not on earth</span></span></li><li class="c3 c6 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We are not told to bind them or cast them out</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">He tells us to battle them using the Armor of God</span></span></p><h2 class="c10" id="h.o529mozevb56" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Armor of God</span></span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ephesians 6: 10 - 18^</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We defeat them with</span></span></p><ul><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Living a life of “truthfulness”</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Moral righteousness</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Believing the gospel of Jesus Christ</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Having faith in God</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Having the hope of salvation</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Reading the bible</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Hearing and obeying the Holy Spirit</span></li><ul><li><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Led by the Spirit</span></span></li></ul></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c10" id="h.fnbnpusow2qt" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Demons</span></span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Demons still exist today and still possess people</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Christ has given us authority over demons</span></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">A Christian can’t be possessed by a demon</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Demons can persecute and target Christians</span></li><li><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The apostle did bind and cast out demons</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c10" id="h.670aqrsw2g4m" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Curses</span></span></h2><h3 class="c27" id="h.sojpxtksz62w" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Generational Curses</span></span></h3><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jesus redeemed us from the curses of the law</span></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">We can’t be cursed based on sinning</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">This means that God doesn’t punish us for our sins or the sins of our ancestors</span></li><li><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Therefore there aren’t any generational curses for our sins</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Unbelievers can be under a generational curse from involvement with the occult</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c10" id="h.8spjahjts9pq" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Deliverance is More than Casting Out Demons</span></span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Most Deliverance Isn’t Immediate</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c23" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c19" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkxii8isjPqSCCRDx5Cu8Rp0KLUCwGJOezv&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1677831121102561&usg=AOvVaw1_H6WnlDGiczVrMsAJKgkn" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkxii8isjPqSCCRDx5Cu8Rp0KLUCwGJOezv</span></a></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Guy in class got delivered from alcoholism</span></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Was alone on Thanksgiving</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Relapsed</span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Deliverance is more than casting out demons</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c23" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c19" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/CnRq789JmpX/?igshid%3DYmMyMTA2M2Y%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1677831121103703&usg=AOvVaw1pMwVxwFCOymbLVTSSGyPX" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/CnRq789JmpX/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=</span></a></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Inner healing</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sozo</span></span></p><h2 class="c10" id="h.9k11aacpuoxx" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Enemy’s Attacks</span></span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The battlefield is our minds</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The enemy attacks our thoughts with:</span></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Temptation</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Accusation</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Deception</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Discord / Disagreements / Divisiveness</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Distractions</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Disappointment</span></li><li><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Discouragement</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c27" id="h.41dx71vczzh1" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Temptation</span></span></h3><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The devil didn’t make you do anything… He just gave you the opportunity</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The deception behind temptation is that it will fulfill you</span></span></p><h3 class="c27" id="h.wnslz2okc9b7" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Accusation</span></span></h3><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Once you fall for the temptation… The enemy will start to accuse you</span></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">When you are living righteous… He tells you how wonderful sin is</span></li><li><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When you fall… He tells you how horrible you are</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Condemnation from the enemy makes you feel</span></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Shame</span></li><li><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Regret</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Conviction of the Holy Spirit encourages you to be righteous</span></span></p><h3 class="c27" id="h.1jzmotl44wf" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Deception</span></span></h3><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The bigger goal isn’t just to make you sin, but to make justify why the sin is ok</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c31" id="h.2b4lh6bdgr12" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Disagreement / Division</span></h1><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c18" style="font-weight: 700;">Tactic</span><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">: Divide us</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Luke 11:17</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">But He knew their thoughts and said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste; and a house divided against itself falls.</span></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">A Kingdom will fall from internal division</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Jesus said every kingdom with internal division will eventually fall</span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">A house divided will fall</span></li><li><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">A family divided will fall</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c10" id="h.1iyfjcyf0z5t" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Divisiveness Gives Satan an Advantage</span></span></h2><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What is something the Bible says you can do to help Satan attack you?</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Paul makes it clear that if we are in disagreement…we give Satan an advantage</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Strife in your relationships with others can help Satan</span></span></p><ul class="c5 lst-kix_2gza2f1vb1qr-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c3 c6 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not just your sins</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It’s not just your faith and Christ’s finished work</span></span></p><h2 class="c8" id="h.sg6uy199s05r" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Unforgiveness</span></span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">2 Corinthians 2:10-11</span></span></p><span class="c23" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: times; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c19" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/2-10.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1677831121108919&usg=AOvVaw0GvfH0uBXhbbEEgKSL95Zm" style="text-decoration: inherit;">10</a></span><span style="font-family: times;"> But one whom you forgive anything, I also forgive; for indeed what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, I did so for your sakes in the presence of Ch</span><span style="font-family: times;">rist, </span><span class="c23" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: times; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c19" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/2-11.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1677831121109413&usg=AOvVaw0nE8x2NxDVb_qdYEXebmhS" style="text-decoration: inherit;">11</a></span><span style="font-family: times;"> </span><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">so that no advantage would be taken of us by Satan, for we are not ignorant of his schemes.</span><span style="font-family: times;"><br /><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Repented believer</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Satan scheme is to make you not to forgive someone</span></li></ul></span><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It is Satan’s scheme for us to be in unforgiveness</span></span></p><p class="c12 c20" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c14 c34" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Paul encourages the church at Corinth to forgive and reassure any repentant believer who may have caused the rest of the church grief. The apostle urges the church to make such a person feel welcome and loved. Why? Because Paul particularly does not want Satan to outwit them.</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c8" id="h.9b9xy6a9wu8i" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Deprivation of Sex (in Marriage)</span></span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 Corinthians 7:5</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c23" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c19" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/7-5.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1677831121110854&usg=AOvVaw3cs8gnDAtA05ugD_R1t2zV" style="text-decoration: inherit;">5</a></span><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> Stop depriving one another [of sex], except by agreement for a time so that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.</span></span></p><p class="c12 c20" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Paul tells married couples not to deprive one another sexually, otherwise Satan will capitalize on the deprived spouse’s lack of self-control</span></span></p><h2 class="c8" id="h.jfwqy31v1hhi" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Anger</span></span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ephesians 4:25-27</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c23" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c19" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/ephesians/4-25.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1677831121111624&usg=AOvVaw3PXDa5ZmC90wD7CVzTwAi1" style="text-decoration: inherit;">25</a></span> Therefore, ridding yourselves of falsehood, SPEAK TRUTH EACH ONE OF YOU WITH HIS NEIGHBOR, because we are parts of one another. <span class="c23" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c19" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/ephesians/4-26.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1677831121111794&usg=AOvVaw0H12YR07q6zgMu5B7tvaFB" style="text-decoration: inherit;">26</a></span> BE ANGRY, AND YET DO NOT SIN; do not let the sun go down on your anger, <span class="c23" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c19" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/ephesians/4-27.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1677831121111955&usg=AOvVaw23VN0-LbT8LF8ANtxWPBjL" style="text-decoration: inherit;">27</a></span><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> and do not give the devil an opportunity.</span></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">your neighbor (not just romantic relationships)</span></li><li><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Staying angry gives the devil an opportunity</span></span></li></ul><p class="c12 c20" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Anger becomes unforgiveness</span></span></p><ul class="c5 lst-kix_jpkrhd4azo3s-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c3 c6 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Over time</span></span></li></ul><p class="c12 c20" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not reconciling give Satan advantage</span></p><h3 class="c27" id="h.xlgyp9z3fjir" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Solutions</span></span></h3><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Speak the truth in love</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Be slow to anger</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Act on it and move on</span></li></ul><h2 class="c10" id="h.g5zjm97go02f" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Divisiveness</span></span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Galatians 5:19-21</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">19 Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: sexual immorality, impurity, indecent behavior, 20 idolatry, witchcraft, hostilities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions, 21 envy, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.</span></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Strife</span></li><li><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dissension</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What types of things do people divide over?</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Differences in</span></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Doctrine</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Ethnicity</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Education</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Social economic background</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Age</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Worship styles</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Politics</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Stages in life</span></li><li><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Vaccine / masks</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Some Christians think they should avoid things/people that are different</span></span></p><h3 class="c27" id="h.a2d16ihk8st" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Politics</span></span></h3><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Jews in Jesus day missed the Messiah because they were too hung up on politics</span></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">They were expecting a messiah who was going to overtake the government</span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c27" id="h.733ddfcrpuvs" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Gossip</span></span></h3><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Proverbs 6:16-19^</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">16 There are six things that the LORD hates, Seven that are an abomination to Him: 17 Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood, 18 A heart that devises wicked plans, Feet that run rapidly to evil, 19 A false witness who declares lies, And <span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">one who spreads strife among brothers.</span></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">God hates a person who spread strife</span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c18" style="font-weight: 700;">Example: </span><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">ALCF splits</span></span></p><h2 class="c10" id="h.zet8p7ckuivz" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Doctrine</span></span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 Timothy 6:3-5</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c23" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c19" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/1_timothy/6-3.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1677831121116710&usg=AOvVaw3QvXayEekrqw5_s1_0Is7l" style="text-decoration: inherit;">3</a></span>If anyone advocates a different doctrine and does not agree with sound words, those of our Lord Jesus Christ, and with the doctrine conforming to godliness, <span class="c23" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c19" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/1_timothy/6-4.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1677831121117118&usg=AOvVaw0udeLDCyVKqXafnLGvozLK" style="text-decoration: inherit;">4</a></span> he is conceited and understands nothing; but he has a sick craving for controversial questions and disputes about words, from which come envy, strife, abusive language, evil suspicions, <span class="c23" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c19" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/1_timothy/6-5.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1677831121117443&usg=AOvVaw1Mdy2Hha1fhxRlPRwb0vD8" style="text-decoration: inherit;">5</a></span> <span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">and constant friction between people of depraved mind and deprived of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain.</span></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Craving controversial questions</span></li><li><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Disputes about words (e.g. “luck”)</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c18" style="font-weight: 700;">Story:</span><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> when I joined bible study</span></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Show how much I know</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">It’s not my class</span></li><li><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not my job to correct the teachings</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The enemy will have you focus on things you disagree with instead of the things you agree with</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Has a preacher ever said something you disagree with and you just didn’t hear the whole rest of the sermon?</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Romans 16:17</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, keep your eye on those who cause dissensions and hindrances contrary to the teaching which you learned, and turn away from them.</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You have to have learned the teaching</span></span></p><h2 class="c10" id="h.eqw5xgrwjcl2" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Arguing With Christians</span></span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Titus 3:9-11</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c23" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c19" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/titus/3-9.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1677831121119895&usg=AOvVaw3ECbWfBRhxQPLlOKBL9oBw" style="text-decoration: inherit;">9</a></span> <span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, arguments, and quarrels about the law, because these things are pointless and worthless.</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c23" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c19" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/titus/3-10.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1677831121120374&usg=AOvVaw15O638Sgpvq981_W0IzOjH" style="text-decoration: inherit;">10</a></span> Reject a divisive man after a first and second admonition, <span class="c23" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c19" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/titus/3-11.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1677831121120555&usg=AOvVaw3HnffctB9r8YXqlh023fmf" style="text-decoration: inherit;">11</a></span> <span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">knowing that such a man is corrupt and sinful; he is self-condemned.</span></span></p><ul class="c5 lst-kix_j5s1uyvr160-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c3 c6 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Have nothing more to do with them</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not just disagreement</span></span></p><ul class="c5 lst-kix_k5f1n9plte0u-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c3 c6 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Causing conflict</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><span class="c18" style="font-family: times; font-weight: 700;">Example:</span><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> Sizzler arguments</span><span style="font-family: times;"><ul><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Christian approached us</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">When some people “lose” they want to attack</span></li></ul></span><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c10" id="h.pogy4idoodqa" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When we are divisive as Christians… We destroy our credibility</span></span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">John 13:34-35</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">34 “I am giving you a new commandment, that you love one another; just as I have loved you, that you also love one another. 35 “By this all people will know that you are My disciples: if you have love for one another.”</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Social media</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c18" style="font-weight: 700;">Example:</span><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> TikTok haters</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c10" id="h.5yeenlklm5o5" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Solutions</span></span></h2><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Show grace to Christians with different views on nonessentials</span></li><li><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Value the relationship over being right</span></span></li></ul><h1 class="c31" id="h.qiae1d2zyc68" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c25" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Distraction</span></span></h1><ul class="c5 lst-kix_q9uh21kfnh7e-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c3 c6 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c18" style="font-weight: 700;">Tactic</span><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">: distract us from the things of God</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Collosians 3:2</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c14" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span class="c28 c18" style="background-color: white; color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c19" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/colossians/3-2.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1677831121123210&usg=AOvVaw3T-mNWjlBciWsQlJ1V8sOI" style="text-decoration: inherit;">2</a></span><span class="c14 c34" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What are some things that distract people from focusing on godly things?</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1 c40" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px 0px 0px 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c12" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">The enemy will distract you with</span></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Gossip / Slander</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Trivial things</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Urgent things</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Battling with a brother or sister in the church</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Social media</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Fighting battles that don’t matter</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Thinking about things you shouldn’t be thinking about</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Involved in things that consume too much time</span></li><li><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Mr/Ms Right Now</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c18" style="font-weight: 700;">Example</span><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">: My Quora distraction</span></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">What is singular for Nephilim</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Is Bigfoot a Nephilim?</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Who would win a fight between Jesus and Moses</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">“Do you want a potato?”</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Bon appetito</span></li></ul></ul><h2 class="c8" id="h.wefydzjj6bxw" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Why the Enemy Wants to Distract You</span></span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The enemy will distract you from</span></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Christian walk</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Relationship with God</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Your purpose</span></li></ul><h2 class="c10" id="h.jwynzlfffvyo" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Why We’re Losing Christians</span></span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Why is America less Christian now?</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">“<span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">We are not losing Christians to Islam and the occult. We are losing them to</span></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Football</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Brunch</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Sleeping in”</span></li></ul><h2 class="c10" id="h.x3xlgrujn4yp" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Good Taking Place of The Great</span></span></h2><h3 class="c27" id="h.4sq1sjh33s9j" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Mary and Martha</span></span></h3><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Luke 10:38-42^</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">38 Now as they were traveling along, He entered a village; and a woman named Martha welcomed Him into her home. 39 And she had a sister called Mary, who was also seated at the Lord’s feet, and was listening to His word. 40 But Martha was distracted with all her preparations; and she came up to Him and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to do the serving by myself? Then tell her to help me.” 41 But the Lord answered and said to her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and distracted by many things; 42 but only one thing is necessary; for Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.”</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Good things can take your focus off of what is most important</span></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Job</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Kids</span></li><li><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Too many ministries</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c18" style="font-weight: 700;">Example</span><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">: too many ministries</span></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">St. Paul</span></li></ul><h3 class="c27" id="h.2scp14qkubia" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Apostles Won't Serve Tables</span></span></h3><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Acts 6:1-4^</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c28 c18" style="background-color: white; color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c19" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/acts/6-1.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1677831121128808&usg=AOvVaw35j1agJ3LsPO4VKqV8TVmP" style="text-decoration: inherit;">1</a></span><span class="c14" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;">Now </span><span class="c41 c29" style="background-color: white; color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt;"><a class="c19" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/nasb_/acts/6.htm%23fn&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1677831121129200&usg=AOvVaw2lzDbxxwxMS7wEH00Rv8F_" style="text-decoration: inherit;">[a]</a></span><span class="c14" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;">at this time, as the disciples were increasing </span><span class="c11" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic;">in number,</span><span class="c14" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;"> a complaint developed </span><span class="c11" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic;">on the part of</span><span class="c14" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;"> the </span><span class="c41 c29" style="background-color: white; color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt;"><a class="c19" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/nasb_/acts/6.htm%23fn&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1677831121129535&usg=AOvVaw1xhVyOCMmdKJBkHoiyGNn8" style="text-decoration: inherit;">[b]</a></span><span class="c14" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;">Hellenistic </span><span class="c11" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic;">Jews</span><span class="c14" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;"> against the </span><span class="c11" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic;">native</span><span class="c14" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;"> Hebrews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily serving </span><span class="c11" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic;">of food.</span><span class="c14" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span class="c28 c18" style="background-color: white; color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c19" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/acts/6-2.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1677831121129949&usg=AOvVaw2t5DPJFfQp8LNBmvjWLeOx" style="text-decoration: inherit;">2</a></span><span class="c14" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;">So the twelve summoned the </span><span class="c29 c41" style="background-color: white; color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt;"><a class="c19" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/nasb_/acts/6.htm%23fn&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1677831121130173&usg=AOvVaw2GZsS8a6kchb9AxXgVwZtJ" style="text-decoration: inherit;">[c]</a></span><span class="c14" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;">congregation of the disciples and said, “It is not desirable for us to neglect the word of God in order to serve tables. </span><span class="c18 c28" style="background-color: white; color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c19" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/acts/6-3.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1677831121130405&usg=AOvVaw0677__L7zIOEeZwQ1ZL7qY" style="text-decoration: inherit;">3</a></span><span class="c14" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span class="c14" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;">Instead, brothers </span><span class="c11" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic;">and sisters,</span><span class="c14" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;"> select from among you seven men of good reputation, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may put in charge of this task. </span><span class="c28 c18" style="background-color: white; color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c19" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/acts/6-4.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1677831121130722&usg=AOvVaw3j4yEme5ufDWh9aEuN-xVY" style="text-decoration: inherit;">4</a></span><span class="c14" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span class="c14" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;">But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the </span><span class="c41 c29" style="background-color: white; color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt;"><a class="c19" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/nasb_/acts/6.htm%23fn&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1677831121130994&usg=AOvVaw2qssBCgyZ_Y5TTywbJ7zOv" style="text-decoration: inherit;">[d]</a></span><span class="c14 c34" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">ministry of the word.”</span></span></p><ul><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-family: times; font-size: 12pt;">“It is not desirable for us to negl</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-family: times; font-size: 12pt;">ect the word of God in order to serve tables</span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c14 c34" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c21 c18" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700;">Story:</span><span class="c14 c34" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> Growth groups = little churches</span></span></p><ul><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-family: times; font-size: 12pt;">I Didn’t want to pastor</span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c14 c34" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c18 c21" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700;">Story:</span><span class="c14 c34" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> backup teachers</span></span></p><ul><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-family: times; font-size: 12pt;">Not called to start a Bible study</span></li><li><span class="c14 c34" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Called to “teach”</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“Don’t confuse momentum with instruction”</span></span></p><h2 class="c10" id="h.zapk9ymr64" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Types of Obstacles</span></span></h2><ul><li><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Distraction - you can choose</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Interruption -</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Involuntarily breaks focus</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">you can choose whether or not to deal with it</span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Disruption -</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">you can’t help it; beyond your control</span></li></ul></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What are some examples of distractions?</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c18" style="font-weight: 700;">Distraction</span><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Most news</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Gossip</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Social media</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Sports</span></li><li><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sale at store</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Example: Current News</span></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">S</span><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">chool shooting</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Police killed a black man</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Earthquake in Turkey and Syria</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Revival going on in Asbury</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Power outages</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Trump rigged election</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Crypto market | stock market</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">The Grammy awards - Sam Smith</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Rihanna superbowl performance</span></li><li><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Elon Musk | Kanye West</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c18" style="font-weight: 700;">Example</span><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">: layoff</span></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">“Are you okay?”</span></li><li><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Didn’t know we had one</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What are some examples of interruptions?</span></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Involuntarily breaks focus</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">you can choose whether or not to deal with it</span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Interruption</span></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Email</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Text message alerts</span></li><li><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Smoke detector battery</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What are some examples of disruptions?</span></span></p><ul class="c5 lst-kix_37o03rn42d0f-1" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c3 c32 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">you can’t help it; beyond your control</span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Disruption</span></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Busted pipe</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Layoff</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Loss of loved one</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Health issue</span></li><li><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Car accident</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Solution</span></span></p><ul class="c5 lst-kix_3kbkuiskbqt-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c3 c6 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t treat your distractions like disruptions</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c10" id="h.a32xvyvtoo9f" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Cell Phones</span></span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c14 c34" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It’s hard to keep our minds on godly things when …</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c14 c34" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Who used to own or still owns:</span></span></p><ul><li><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Home phone</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Mailbox</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Bookcase</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Encyclopedia</span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Calculators</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Credit cards</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Calendars</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Little black book</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Photo albums</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Camera</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Video camera</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Maps</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Newspaper</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">GPS</span></li></ul><p class="c12 c20" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Now we have all of that in our pockets</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">More people in the world own a mobile device than on a toothbrush</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Smartphones Make You Dumb</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c23" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c19" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/shorts/aydLdneCupk?feature%3Dshare&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1677831121141590&usg=AOvVaw2onqEWQyJAwSJy3Ap-7ZWE" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/shorts/aydLdneCupk?feature=share</span></a></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c18" style="font-weight: 700;">Science experiment:</span><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> cell phone and mental capacity</span></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Visible</span></li><li><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Phone turned upside down</span></span></li></ul><p class="c12 c20" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c12" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c17 c34" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">59% of the world's population uses social media.</span></span></p><p class="c12" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c17" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 12pt;">The average daily usage is </span><span class="c29 c18 c35" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700;">2 hours and 31 minutes</span><span class="c17 c34" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> (January 2023).</span></span></p><p class="c12" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c17" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">–smartinsights.com</span></span></p><p class="c12 c20" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c12" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7 c18 c36" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“The great use of Twitter and Facebook will be on judgment day to prove that prayerlessness wasn’t due to lack of time”</span></span></p><p class="c12" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">— John piper</span></span></p><p class="c12 c20" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c12" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7 c18 c36" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“It is possible to have the illusion of companionship without the burden of relationship”</span></span></p><p class="c12" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c4"><span style="font-family: times;">—Jentezen Franklin</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Solutions</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c7 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Cell phone</span></span></p><ul class="c5 lst-kix_bfl4p0z1363v-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c3 c6 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c7 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Turn off app alerts</span></span></li><li class="c3 c6 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c7 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Do not disturb</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c10" id="h.745xkeah9rma" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Detours</span></span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We sometimes try to start things too early and they don’t succeed</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We give premature life to things that weren’t supposed to be here yet</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c27" id="h.2hujlovipptm" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Lofty Dreams</span></span></h3><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Proverbs 28:19</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c23" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c19" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/proverbs/28-19.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1677831121146067&usg=AOvVaw2FgwLOE4nLJS1N1KSrITqU" style="text-decoration: inherit;">19</a></span><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">The one who works his land will have plenty of food,</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">but whoever chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c18" style="font-weight: 700;">Story</span><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">: Joe’s ideas</span></span></p><ul class="c5 lst-kix_s30wsf734emj-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c3 c6 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"> always has new idea how we can get rich or famous</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Warren Buffet advice</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c23" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c19" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/3mE_CBgesQQ&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1677831121147395&usg=AOvVaw2zOsVSYUzIxtobpqgKIKl5" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtu.be/3mE_CBgesQQ</span></a></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c10" id="h.g6mr17gy9b3l" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Solutions for Distraction</span></span></h2><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What are things you do to keep from getting distracted?</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Have a “Spiritual Why”</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c23" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c19" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/CozY6WSsypi/?igshid%3DYmMyMTA2M2Y%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1677831121148389&usg=AOvVaw1amRG7JYh_-JT8eJ4H9-zt" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/CozY6WSsypi/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=</span></a></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c27" id="h.hfqxz31kxum6" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Which Kingdom Do You Belong To?</span></h3><ul class="c5 lst-kix_c1b2vb7r8crp-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c12 c6 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c4 c7" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The battle is over our attention</span></span></li></ul><p class="c12 c20" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c12" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7 c18 c36" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Which kingdom are you loyal to?</span></span></p><ul><li><span class="c7 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">spending your time on</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Spending your money on</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Thinking about</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Have your goals set towards</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Have your value based in</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Success / failure</span></li></ul></ul><p class="c12" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What makes you say</span></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">“ today was a good day in “</span></li><li><span class="c4" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">“today was a productive day“</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c18 c36" style="font-weight: 700;">Exercise</span><span class="c7 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">: List out Your Goals</span></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Which ones are goals God gives in the Bible?</span></li><li><span class="c7 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Which ones aid the Kingdom?</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c4"><span style="font-family: times;">Obedience is better than sacrifice</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c26 c38" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c31" id="h.p8w3cdwyfe8s" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c25" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Fasting</span></span></h1><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Fasting is a weapon of spiritual warfare</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Lent</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Why do we fast?</span></span></p><ul class="c5 lst-kix_r8n7r4rcdml4-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c3 c6 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What is the purpose of fasting?</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Why did Jesus fast?</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">People say you need to fast based on “Whatever it is you’re focusing on more than God“</span></span></p><ul class="c5 lst-kix_5pg8fzk4lnlh-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c3 c6 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jesus fasted</span></span></li><li class="c3 c6 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Was it because he was focusing on food more than God?</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ezra 8:21</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek from him a safe journey for ourselves, our children, and all our goods.</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The main purpose of fasting is … to humble yourself</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Psalms 69:10</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c29 c18 c45" style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700;">10 </span><span class="c24" style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt;">When I wept and humbled</span><span class="c29 c43" style="background-color: white; font-size: 7.5pt;"> </span><span class="c24 c34 c42" style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">my soul with fasting,</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c29 c48" style="background-color: white; font-size: 5pt;"> </span><span class="c24 c34 c42" style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">it became my reproach.</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c24 c34 c42" style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Humility isn’t thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less.</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">– C. S. Lewis</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Fasting</span></span></p><ul class="c5 lst-kix_xlvzfutopc0y-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c3 c6 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not a diet</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Putting God’s desires ahead of your own</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Fear of God</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c27" id="h.852y9yba3o3n" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c13" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Take your trust off of yourself and put it into the Lord</span></span></h3><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t trust your</span></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Connections</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Beauty</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Spirituality</span></li><li><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Money</span></span></li></ul><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It is true that my blessings come through men… But my eyes are fixed on you</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c12 c20" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><b>Instructor:</b> Michael Leadon</p><p class="c12 c20" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Oc0B_Cf3kt4" width="320" youtube-src-id="Oc0B_Cf3kt4"></iframe></div><br /><p class="c12 c20" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><br /></p><h1 class="c31" id="h.urk4frkapnei" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">References</span></h1><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">5 ways demons attack believers</span></span></p><p class="c12" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c4"><span style="font-family: times;">David Diga Hernandez</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Demonic attacks (1/2)</span></span></p><p class="c12" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">David Diga Hernandez</span></span></p><p class="c12" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Demonic attacks (2/2)</span></span></p><p class="c12" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">David Diga Hernandez</span></span></p><p class="c12" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Are you under demonic attack? – Seven demonic strategies exposed</span></span></p><p class="c12" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">David Diga Hernandez</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The power of distraction</span></span></p><p class="c12" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jentezen Franklin</span></span></p><p class="c12" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How to know if Satan is attacking you: three signs of spiritual warfare</span></span></p><p class="c12" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Apply godsword.com</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Five targets demons attack in spiritual warfare</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Grace digital Netwerk</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Facing a Satanic attack – Dr. Charles Stanley</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">In Touch Ministries</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Division is demonic | Preston Morrison</span></span></p><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Pillar church</span></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c12" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c23 c4" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c19" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/really-more-mobile-phone-owners-than-toothbrush-jamie-turner/&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1677831121159660&usg=AOvVaw2TXzHKTT3yfRUtvwm8vTAy" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">(99+) Are there Really More Mobile Phone Owners than Toothbrush Owners? | LinkedIn</span></a></span></p><h1 class="c31" id="h.hxaxr5jq6e7r" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c25" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Extra</span></span></h1><p class="c3" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Change The Pattern</span></span></p><p class="c12" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c23 c4" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c19" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/CkdTiGlgh_-/?igshid%3DYmMyMTA2M2Y%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1677831121160845&usg=AOvVaw0KuuFSdjQSMEhQW_MUzDJh" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/CkdTiGlgh_-/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=</span></a></span></p><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c10" id="h.8yw10ul2e58" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c9" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Cell Phones</span></span></h2><p class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c12" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">A landmark report released today by Common Sense Media finds that teenagers (ages 13-18) use an average of nine hours of entertainment media per day and that tweens (ages 8-12) use an average of six hours a day, not including time spent using media for school or homework.</span></span></p><ul class="c5 lst-kix_pn6x9wnlxu9n-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c12 c6 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c7 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">TV</span></span></li><li class="c12 c6 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c7 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Music</span></span></li><li class="c6 c12 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c7 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Social media</span></span></li><li class="c12 c6 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c7 c4" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This will be 24 years of their lives</span></span></li></ul></div>Unchained Discipleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11710595205237468334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6986426612019457751.post-56371913519876449172023-02-18T11:58:00.006-08:002023-04-02T22:05:10.412-07:00Spiritual Warfare - Part 8 (Temptation | Accusation | Deception)<h3><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> Tactics of the Enemy - Temptation | Accusation | Deception</span></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfetIq1ZOk__lAmEu4mFtpNMTAvYfaeHqErG14AIP1gU1Pxuinf4bwXZbMEa-mlEg2cvs_a7LxnULWedL8u7oj_I1Z_TW0t-X_sQnB-wJoucudhE1C1BKehVTAzWLSaWTSFUHPY17-lfLePduynimH0CLYJcg76llViQr4JEZvQ5QHEeLZwv55wXLpFg/s1280/Spiritual%20Warfare%208-1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfetIq1ZOk__lAmEu4mFtpNMTAvYfaeHqErG14AIP1gU1Pxuinf4bwXZbMEa-mlEg2cvs_a7LxnULWedL8u7oj_I1Z_TW0t-X_sQnB-wJoucudhE1C1BKehVTAzWLSaWTSFUHPY17-lfLePduynimH0CLYJcg76llViQr4JEZvQ5QHEeLZwv55wXLpFg/s320/Spiritual%20Warfare%208-1.png" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: times;">Satan attacks us with temptation, accusation, and deception.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: times;">~~ <a href="https://youtu.be/umuixdiiWC0" target="_blank">Watch the Video</a> ~~</span></b></p><p><br /></p><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Outline:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Introduction</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Traits of Wholeness</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Review of Spiritual Warfare</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Who is the Enemy?</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Goal of The Enemy’s Attack</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Temptation</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Accusation</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Deception</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Scriptures:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ephesians 6:11 - 12</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Romans 7:15-19</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Romans 14:17</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Galatians 5:19-21</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">John 10:10</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">James 1:15</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">James 1:13-14</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 Corinthians 10:13</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Revelation 12:9-10</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">2 Corinthians 7:10</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Colosians 2:13-15</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Philippians 4:8</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 Timothy 4:1-2</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">2 Corinthians 10:5</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c27 c17" id="h.v5dtjixjmuat" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Introduction</span></span></h1><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ephesians 6:11 - 12</span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c25 c21" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span class="c36 c21 c16" style="background-color: white; color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c19" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/ephesians/6-11.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1676753118775011&usg=AOvVaw1IekPeUDVZmOCMZkmcMKcZ" style="text-decoration: inherit;">11</a></span><span class="c21 c25" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;"> Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil. </span><span class="c21 c16 c36" style="background-color: white; color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c19" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/ephesians/6-12.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1676753118775273&usg=AOvVaw2TjvOlRX4Q_m_mJqWzVfNF" style="text-decoration: inherit;">12</a></span><span class="c25 c21" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;"> For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual </span><span class="c14" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic;">forces</span><span class="c25 c21" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;"> of wickedness in the heavenly </span><span class="c14" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic;">places.</span><span class="c25 c21 c37" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></span></p><ul class="c5 lst-kix_co7jzu29ztsf-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c25 c37 c21" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Devil = the (false) accuser</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c15" id="h.75yonvylepi4" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“Split” Movie</span></span></h2><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c16" style="font-weight: 700;">Story:</span><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> Watched the movies “Split” & “Glass”</span></span></p><ul class="c5 lst-kix_putz8pmwkykj-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Man had 24 personalities</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c18 c17" id="h.njenpdvva4q3" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c23" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dissociative Identity Disorder</span></span></h3><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Formerly known as multiple personality disorder, this disorder is characterized by "switching" to alternate identities. You may feel the presence of two or more people talking or living inside your head, and you may feel as though you're possessed by other identities.</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Referred to as</span></span></p><ul class="c5 lst-kix_rjhdig675n3t-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“A system”</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“We”</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Used to be commonly believed to be demonic possession</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Scientist in the movie was trying rationalize his super powers as natural</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Beast</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Metal bars were old</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Shotgun shells were old</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Watch rock climbing videos</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">She knew that they were real, but wanted to convince them</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Real Dissociative identity disorder</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Write with different hands at once</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">One has diabetes and others don’t</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c16" style="font-weight: 700;">Story</span><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">: psychologists was half jokingly suggesting his patient might be possessed By a demon</span></span></p><ul class="c5 lst-kix_9y7gvniuabvl-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">He had no scientific explanation</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How do We know what is true?</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If your reality contradicts the bible, you have to leave yourself open to The possibility that you need more knowledge before you will truly understand it</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The bible is our compass</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">In the last lesson we looked at</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Demons</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Deliverance</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Possession</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">But possession isn’t how most Christians encounter demons. Today we will look at the common attacks from demons.</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c27 c17" id="h.m5ognbfdfhso" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Traits of Wholeness</span></span></h1><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">We are in our series called <span class="c29" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">Seeking Wholeness</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c26" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How can we be:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Spiritually healthy</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Emotionally healthy</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Mentally healthy</span></span></li></ul><p class="c26 c30" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Free from oppression of</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your past</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Yourself</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Bad thinking</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Strongholds</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The enemy</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c26" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sozo</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Saved</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Healed</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Delivered from demons</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c26" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dealing with life’s current stresses and also being healed from experiences/wounds of the past</span></span></p><p class="c26 c30" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c26" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’re not just supposed to have eternal life</span></span></p><ul class="c5 lst-kix_al7v6s32hsbi-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c26 c13 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’re supposed to have: joy, peace, patience, and self control here on earth</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c18 c17" id="h.ctkm7fq9wiw1" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c23" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Traits of Wholeness</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Authenticity</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_jq8x8ma4y2m8-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Honesty</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_jq8x8ma4y2m8-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Kindness</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_jq8x8ma4y2m8-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not seeking external approval / validation</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_jq8x8ma4y2m8-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Living by values and principles</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_jq8x8ma4y2m8-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Setting Boundaries</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_jq8x8ma4y2m8-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Taking ownership of your responsibilities</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_jq8x8ma4y2m8-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Living with purpose and passion</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_jq8x8ma4y2m8-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Optimism</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_jq8x8ma4y2m8-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Confidence</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_jq8x8ma4y2m8-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Healthy relationships with others</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_jq8x8ma4y2m8-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not losing control of your emotions</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_jq8x8ma4y2m8-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Free from addictions</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_jq8x8ma4y2m8-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Addressing Conflict with truth and love</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_jq8x8ma4y2m8-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Vulnerability</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_jq8x8ma4y2m8-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not critical or Judgemental</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_jq8x8ma4y2m8-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not jealous</span></span></li><li class="c10 c12 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_jq8x8ma4y2m8-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Genuinely applaud the success of others</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_jq8x8ma4y2m8-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgive those who have wronged you in the past</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_jq8x8ma4y2m8-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Know that you’re worthy of receiving love</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_jq8x8ma4y2m8-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not afraid to fail</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_jq8x8ma4y2m8-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Able to manage irrational fear, worry, and anxiety</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_jq8x8ma4y2m8-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Selfless encounters with others</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_jq8x8ma4y2m8-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not manipulating others trying to control their actions/reactions</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_jq8x8ma4y2m8-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You care about how others feel</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_jq8x8ma4y2m8-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Patient</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_jq8x8ma4y2m8-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t give into peer/social pressure</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_jq8x8ma4y2m8-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Can communicate directly</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_jq8x8ma4y2m8-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t take responsibility for other people's emotions</span></span></li><li class="c10 c12 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_jq8x8ma4y2m8-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Take responsibility for your own emotions</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_jq8x8ma4y2m8-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Slow to anger</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_jq8x8ma4y2m8-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ability to maturely express your wants, needs and desires</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_jq8x8ma4y2m8-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Being led by the Spirit</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We want to become</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">aware of our issues</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">empowered to manage/fix them</span></span></li></ul><h1 class="c27 c17" id="h.xnj7rikg6cp7" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Review of Spiritual Warfare</span></span></h1><p class="c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">3 mistakes Christians make</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Think spiritual warfare is a supernatural weird thing that we should ignore</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">We shouldn’t ever talk about Satan or demons because we give them power</span></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Leaves you like Job (ignorant of the tactics of the enemy)</span></span></li></ul><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Get fixated on spiritual warfare</span></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Blamed the devil or demons for all of the problems in our life</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">This takes away personal responsibility</span></span></li></ul></ul><h2 class="c15" id="h.qk8rkethszy6" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Satan</span></span></h2><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We have an unseen enemy…the devil</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Satan got permission from God to</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_kc1l946ehv5r-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Persecute Job - Job 1:6-12</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_kc1l946ehv5r-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“Sift Peter like wheat” - Luke 22:31-32</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_kc1l946ehv5r-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Tempt Jesus - Matthew 4:1</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not necessarily God’s will (1,2)</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">God allowed it</span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Satan can only be in one place at a time, so most of what we attribute to him…isn’t him</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">But for this study we will use “Satan” and “the enemy” to refer to</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Satan</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">demons</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">fallen angels</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c15" id="h.jistyov8fbzv" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Territorial Spirits</span></span></h2><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">There are specific spirits that influence each nation</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">In the Old Testament they are referred to as Sons of God (and elohim)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Daniel refers to them as Princes</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Prince of Persia</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Prince of Greece</span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Paul refers to them as</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Principalities</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Rulers</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Dominions</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Thrones</span></li></ul></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They influence the culture of a geographic area</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Paul says that they are in Heavenly places</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">They are not on earth</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">These are not demons possessing people</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">He tells us to battle them using the Armor of God</span></span></p><h2 class="c15" id="h.o529mozevb56" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Armor of God</span></span></h2><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ephesians 6: 10 - 18</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We defeat them with</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Living a life of “truthfulness”</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Moral righteousness</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Believing the gospel of Jesus Christ</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Having faith in God</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Having the hope of salvation</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Reading the bible</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Hearing and obeying the Holy Spirit</span></li><ul><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Led by the Spirit</span></li></ul></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c15" id="h.fnbnpusow2qt" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Demons</span></span></h2><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Demons are dead Nephilim</span></span></p><ul class="c5 lst-kix_n9gskrzdag8q-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Disembodied spirits</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Demons still exist today and still possess people</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Christ has given us authority over demons</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">A Christian can’t be possessed by a demon</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Demons can persecute and target Christians</span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Can demons possess a Christian?</span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c19" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/5IqGU_8mOEE&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1676753118789539&usg=AOvVaw1rTzAdjY1zyMXmDe5vehFr" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtu.be/5IqGU_8mOEE</span></a></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c18 c17" id="h.yu3r8kh6gc4x" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c23" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Deliverance</span></span></h3><p class="c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You can’t base your theology on</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Experiences</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Testimonies</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Stories / Anecdotes</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Interviewing demons and satanists</span></li></ul><p class="c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c16 c35" style="font-weight: 700;">Example</span><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">: demons can’t say the name of “Jesus”</span></span></p><ul class="c5 lst-kix_2l2g2dftsd2s-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c4 c13 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">But they do in scripture</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4 c30" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Either they’re not a Christian or they’re not demon possessed</span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c19" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxTCY4AZo4yRrrxuSIQBbFn2Y-mzoMA_L4&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1676753118790862&usg=AOvVaw14O8habYcQxdRQuzOHRif5" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxTCY4AZo4yRrrxuSIQBbFn2Y-mzoMA_L4</span></a></span></p><p class="c4 c30" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c15" id="h.670aqrsw2g4m" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Curses</span></span></h2><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">A Christian can’t be put under a curse</span></span></p><ul class="c5 lst-kix_w45o9p2xlyt1-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">A Christian can be spiritually attacked</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c17 c18" id="h.sojpxtksz62w" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c23" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Generational Curses</span></span></h3><ul class="c5 lst-kix_w45o9p2xlyt1-0" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jesus redeemed us from the curses of the law</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This means that God doesn’t punish us for our sins or the sins of our ancestors</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c5 lst-kix_w45o9p2xlyt1-1 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c10 c12 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The curses of the law don’t apply to Christians</span></span></li><li class="c10 c12 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Therefore there aren’t any generational curses for our sins</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We repeat patterns of sin and negative consequences of our ancestors because we adopted their</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Strongholds</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Genetics</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Parenting examples</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Demons will strategize against families</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Christians can’t be cursed by the Old Covenant with God</span></span></p><ul class="c5 lst-kix_cep5vjnu4bs7-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">but they can make a new covenant with another being (occult)</span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Christians can’t be cursed or possessed</span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c19" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxXLsZfbrgmldZDY1Fwj1_JYQHd9PG42Ez&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1676753118793013&usg=AOvVaw21Y41wniwvqWtrqTfN4iek" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxXLsZfbrgmldZDY1Fwj1_JYQHd9PG42Ez</span></a></span></p><h1 class="c27 c17" id="h.krd2kt2pfiqv" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Who is the Enemy?</span></span></h1><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We have three enemies</span></span></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">The world</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">The flesh</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The devil (and demons)</span></span></li></ol><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Our sinful nature can be tempted by the world or by the enemy</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Pray Instead of Fighting the Person</span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c19" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRqmNAEU/&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1676753118794074&usg=AOvVaw1JGZJJFztZ6tBeN96g8Ulm" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRqmNAEU/</span></a></span></p><h2 class="c15" id="h.igqndyjz3own" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your Flesh</span></span></h2><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Romans 7:15-19</span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">15 For I do not understand what I am doing; for I am not practicing what I want to do, but I do the very thing I hate. 16 However, if I do the very thing I do not want to do, I agree with the Law, that the Law is good. 17 But now, no longer am I the one doing it, but sin that dwells in me. 18 For I know that good does not dwell in me, that is, in my flesh; for the willing is present in me, but the doing of the good is not. 19 For the good that I want, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want.</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“If you turn your flesh loose… You won’t need a devil“</span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">—Ron Carpenter</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We are born with the nature to do wrong because of the sin of Adam and Eve</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c15" id="h.8szt0yg3lpll" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God Can Use Enemies to Promote You</span></span></h2><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Enemies are a necessary means of promotion</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">You would never have heard of Moses if there wasn’t a Pharaoh</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Nobody knew David’s name until he killed Goliath</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c4 c17" id="h.lexervrvv6us" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c23" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Moses</span></span></h3><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Pharaoh was God‘s instrument to promote Moses to a national leader</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">The Jews didn’t know him before that</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">When they saw how God used him to defeat Pharaoh and the greatest army on earth he became great in their eyes</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It took him from being a fugitive to a leader that we still talk about today</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c4 c17" id="h.vf5fi710rik8" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c23" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">David</span></span></h3><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">David killing Goliath gave him national prominence</span></span></p><ul class="c5 lst-kix_efxoywp0f1ep-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">and had him being paraded down the streets of Jerusalem Singing songs in their name</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4 c30" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c24 c16" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Giants Were a Sign of the Promised Land</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c3 c32" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c19" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/shorts/gjgACTePNF8&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1676753118796794&usg=AOvVaw3RwqNgDeEAuodBiNJaC7Ze" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/shorts/gjgACTePNF8</span></a></span></p><p class="c4 c30" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c16" style="font-weight: 700;">Story:</span><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> project manager</span></span></p><ul class="c5 lst-kix_yh79dsbjnugx-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You get visibility by saving a failing project</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4 c30" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Enemies are signs of promotion</span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c19" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/Ck1B_lZplFl/?igshid%3DYmMyMTA2M2Y%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1676753118797525&usg=AOvVaw05w3z-at-M3dfMfD-R36ep" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/Ck1B_lZplFl/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=</span></a></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c15" id="h.su1l656b9g87" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Within God’s Will</span></span></h2><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God allows some things to happen</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">For his glory</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">To grow our character</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4 c30" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">His glory</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Lazarus‘s death</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The man who was lame since birth</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Some things are God ordained</span></span></p><h3 class="c4 c17" id="h.ja7rilcbrbo0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c23" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Thy Will Be Done</span></span></h3><p class="c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We don’t just pray for things to pass</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c35 c16" style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: times;">We pray for God to accomplish his will</span></span></p><h1 class="c17 c27" id="h.shmfno4y269h" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Goal of The Enemy’s Attack</span></span></h1><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What is the goal of the enemy’s attack?</span></span></p><h2 class="c4 c17" id="h.rwnt21ugnq6p" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Keep You Operating From Your Flesh</span></span></h2><h3 class="c18 c17" id="h.mnhyn83fsi5i" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c23" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Keep You From Entering the Kingdom of God</span></span></h3><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Romans 14:17</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.</span></span></p><ul class="c5 lst-kix_jl5y8mwr4s5b-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c4 c13 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This is not talking about a future heaven</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4 c30" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c35 c16" style="font-weight: 700;">Entering</span><span class="c32"> </span><span class="c16 c24" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Kingdom of God = Walking in the Spirit*</span></span></p><p class="c4 c30" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c32">T</span><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">he kingdom of God is an internal kingdom</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">*simplified explanation</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c24 c16" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Galatians 5:19-21</span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c19" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/galatians/5-19.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1676753118801015&usg=AOvVaw1OgB6h8jYK99I89f1Ixk5A" style="text-decoration: inherit;">19</a></span>Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: sexual immorality, impurity, indecent behavior, <span class="c3" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c19" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/galatians/5-20.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1676753118801227&usg=AOvVaw38mCimyoSbmgNrlqI9j7Nb" style="text-decoration: inherit;">20</a></span> idolatry, witchcraft, hostilities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions, <span class="c3" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c19" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/galatians/5-21.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1676753118801436&usg=AOvVaw2MQdCnPJeyZu50V95A2On6" style="text-decoration: inherit;">21</a></span><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">envy, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If the enemy gets you to do these things… He prevents you from walking in the spirit</span></span></p><h2 class="c4 c17" id="h.9s6mrj7ufdx9" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Prevent You From Walking in Your Purpose</span></span></h2><p class="c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Person Hindering Your Purpose is Your Enemy</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c3 c32" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c19" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/shorts/hPYImB48AiE?feature%3Dshare&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1676753118802239&usg=AOvVaw1oIfDJXaT9BfFcE32Nzk3T" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtube.com/shorts/hPYImB48AiE?feature=share</span></a></span></p><p class="c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">That could include giving you material things</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Calling and an addiction</span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c19" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/CoD0f7zIe5F/?igshid%3DYmMyMTA2M2Y%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1676753118802732&usg=AOvVaw3yGEamNruaMBHxzXMW73fn" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/CoD0f7zIe5F/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=</span></a></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c4 c17" id="h.smz7k87n5722" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Challenge Your Identity</span></h2><p class="c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Satan tested Jesus saying “if you are really…“, “If you are… The son of God“</span></span></p><ul class="c5 lst-kix_lv5dwid4c8a-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c4 c13 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">His test and his resistance was over his identity</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4 c30" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c24 c16" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If you become all that you were supposed to become… You will do all that you are supposed to do</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c32"><span style="font-family: times;">So it’s not about “what am I supposed to do?“...But it is about “who am I supposed to become“</span></span></p><h2 class="c15" id="h.aoltukl9jexu" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">To Draw us Away from God and to Himself</span></span></h2><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You Face Opposition When You Switch to God’s Team</span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c19" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/CoCwp5LgPQI/?igshid%3DMWI4MTIyMDE%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1676753118804611&usg=AOvVaw05eu5YIMwfp1zZQQf5LPaw" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/CoCwp5LgPQI/?igshid=MWI4MTIyMDE=</span></a></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c4 c17" id="h.iaocubf9qscd" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">To <span class="c7" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">Destroy Us</span></span></h2><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">John 10:10</span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came so that they would have life, and have it abundantly.</span></p><h2 class="c15" id="h.7x2lm02jq7c4" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Damage Relationships</span></span></h2><h1 class="c27 c17" id="h.qzt7l9n05ske" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What Demonic Attack Looks Like</span></span></h1><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We often imagine demonic attacks as supernatural encounters with some scary looking creatures</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Funny warfare</span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c19" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/ClUmmsTtXUz/?igshid%3DYmMyMTA2M2Y%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1676753118805902&usg=AOvVaw2trZn-JBOnJsS84_xpYSSw" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/ClUmmsTtXUz/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=</span></a></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">But in reality the battlefield is usually our own minds.</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Today we’ll discuss some of the common tactics of the enemy.</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Temptation</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Accusation</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Deception</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Discord / Distention / Disagreement</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Next lesson will cover</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Distraction</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Disappointment</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Doubt</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Depression</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c27 c17" id="h.obmu8x80ecdy" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Temptation</span></span></h1><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What are some things the enemy will tempt you with?</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">James 1:15</span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it has run its course, brings forth death.</span></span></p><ul class="c5 lst-kix_hr5r6to01mi5-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The devil didn’t make you do anything… He just gave you the opportunity</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Demons are like salesmen for sin</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They cause you to think about the pleasure</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Temptation is always</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Lust of the eyes</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Lust of the flesh</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Pride of life</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The deception behind temptation is that it will fulfill you</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">We often use sin as a coping mechanism to fulfill some need</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">To distract us from pain</span></li></ul><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You feel worse afterwards</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c15" id="h.id6xnoyo0ua4" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Temptation Can be a Process</span></span></h2><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c16" style="font-weight: 700;">Example:</span><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> lust</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You saw a person Monday dressed sexy</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">On Tuesday you saw a commercial</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">On Wednesday you listened to some explicit lyrics</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">On Thursday you fell</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Porn</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Sexual immorality</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Adultery</span></li></ul></ul><h2 class="c15" id="h.evd8peuorp0y" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Defense against temptation</span></span></h2><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Look for the pattern</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Reading the Bible</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Memory verses</span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Worship</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Humility</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Mind on God | Fellowship With Christians</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Bible Study</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Church</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Growth groups</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Relationship with God</span></li></ul></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c15" id="h.rcve6qu8crxw" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Temptation vs Testing</span></span></h2><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">James 1:13-14</span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">13 No one is to say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself does not tempt anyone. 14 But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust.</span></p><ul class="c5 lst-kix_jfoumteewkh9-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God will not tempt</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God won’t encourage you to sin</span></span></p><ul class="c5 lst-kix_mu2i57s3nn9k-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The goal of a temptation is to cause you to sin</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God won’t test you to see if you will sin</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c16" style="font-weight: 700;">Example:</span><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> he won’t send you to a bar to see if you have kicked your alcohol addiction</span></span></p><ul class="c5 lst-kix_1fsfs5jrocuq-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Satan / demons will tempt you with your weakness</span></span></li><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They will keep attacking you in the same area</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c18 c17" id="h.c02wvuwld455" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c23" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God’s test may challenge your faith</span></span></h3><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If it is from God… You passing the trial will get you closer to your purpose</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c35 c16" style="font-weight: 700;">Example</span><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">: Abraham sacrificing Isaac</span></span></p><ul class="c5 lst-kix_ybvdpqritgtz-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c4 c13 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Abraham was justified by faith</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Passing God’s test will take you to the next level of faith</span></span></p><h3 class="c4 c17" id="h.pr2e3j27ylp" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c23" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God Limits Satan’s Tests</span></span></h3><p class="c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c24 c16" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 Corinthians 10:13</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">No temptation has overtaken you except something common to mankind; and God is faithful, so He will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it.</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God puts restraints on how much you’re allowed to be tested</span></span></p><h2 class="c15" id="h.syipto4l066i" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Devil Made Me Do It</span></h2><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“ The Devil made me do it“</span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">– – flip Wilson</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The enemy does not have the power to “make“ you do anything</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c27 c17" id="h.61mlmgj8x392" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Accusation</span></span></h1><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Revelation 12:9-10</span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"> <span class="c3" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c19" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/revelation/12-9.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1676753118814354&usg=AOvVaw3d0QsyXZiKEXZYKYcUZUfX" style="text-decoration: inherit;">9</a></span><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. 10 Then I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers and sisters has been thrown down, the one who accuses them before our God day and night.</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Once you fall for the temptation… The enemy will start to accuse you</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">When you are living righteous… He tells you how wonderful sin is</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When you fall… He tells you how horrible you are</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4 c30" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The devil will give you the disease and the vaccine</span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c19" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/CnnnwLXr_JL/?igshid%3DYmMyMTA2M2Y%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1676753118815371&usg=AOvVaw2XRrZUVYuZfbjQ4sgouhQM" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/CnnnwLXr_JL/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=</span></a></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">The devil is called the tempter and the accuser</span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c15" id="h.7y58lyr15clo" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Thought From Nowhere</span></span></h2><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You get a thought out of nowhere about something you did in your past</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Causing</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Shame</span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Are you constantly struggling with the guilt from their past?</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">You heard about forgiveness but you don’t believe it applies to you</span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When you get a flashback of something you did or a thought… That is the accusation of the enemy working against you</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Trying to shame you</span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The enemy</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Doesn’t want you to have peace</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Want you to live in shame because of your past</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4 c30" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jesus didn’t just die to take away the sin… He died to take away the shame</span></span></p><h3 class="c4 c17" id="h.b7v1b16vpe2e" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c23" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Conviction vs Condemnation</span></span></h3><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">2 Corinthians 7:10</span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">For the sorrow that is according to the will of God produces a repentance without regret, leading to salvation, but the sorrow of the world produces death.</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The conviction of the Holy Spirit is when the Holy Spirit spotlights what you were doing in an effort to get you to change/repent</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Condemnation from the enemy makes you feel</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Shame</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Regret</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4 c30" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Conviction brings you closer to God</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Condemnation makes you hide from God in shame</span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Conviction says “I made a mistake”</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Condemnation says “I am a mistake”</span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The conviction of the Holy Spirit leads to a solution of the problem</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">The condemnation of the enemy leads to The illusion of a problem</span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c16" style="font-weight: 700;">Example</span><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">: check engine light</span></span></p><ul class="c5 lst-kix_jqzbl2m1h9kz-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your Conscious is to the mind what pain is to the body</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4 c30" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c24 c16" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The difference is the point of repentance</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Once you repent you should move on</span></li><li><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You should get peace</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c4 c17" id="h.6js1v54yebeb" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c23" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Solution: Armor of God</span></span></h3><p class="c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c16 c34" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Breastplate of Righteousness</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When you sin you open the door to the accusation of the enemy</span></span></p><p class="c4 c30" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c16 c38" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Gospel of Peace</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Christ suffered and died to give you that peace</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The grace of God is undeserved… It is unmerited favor</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God doesn’t deal with us according to our sin</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c32"><span style="font-family: times;">Some of you can’t enjoy your life right now because you were so worried about your past</span></span></p><h2 class="c15" id="h.lwzeukj6t5l2" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jesus Disarmed the Rulers and Authorities</span></span></h2><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Colosians 2:13-15</span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"> <span class="c3" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c19" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/colossians/2-13.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1676753118824563&usg=AOvVaw2fHlBw7JUF9Jy0Sle5H2Pc" style="text-decoration: inherit;">13</a></span> And when you were dead in your wrongdoings and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our wrongdoings, <span class="c3" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c19" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/colossians/2-14.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1676753118824989&usg=AOvVaw1J0I7dqksLO1et3uojYJ3s" style="text-decoration: inherit;">14</a></span> having canceled the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. <span class="c3" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c19" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/colossians/2-15.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1676753118825295&usg=AOvVaw0dT62qQ9l2e5jh6N3-C4EA" style="text-decoration: inherit;">15</a></span> <span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">When He had disarmed the rulers and authorities, He made a public display of them, having triumphed over them through Him.</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c25 c37 c21" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c16" style="font-weight: 700;">W</span><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">hat does it mean that, at the cross, Jesus “disarmed” Satan and his rebel angels? </span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c40" style="font-style: italic;">Satan has no record of debt with which to accuse. Jesus snatched Satan’s means of accusation right off his forked tongue. This is the primary way he was disarmed. The repentant sinner’s record, then, is erased. It seems Satan’s strategy was to accuse and damn by means of a guilty record, but through the substitutionary and atoning blood sacrifice of Jesus, there is now no record with which to charge.</span><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">-- Michael Heiser</span></span></p><h1 class="c27 c17" id="h.47j85a8wq1xn" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Deception</span></span></h1><h2 class="c15" id="h.ai4977lryk1y" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your thoughts</span></span></h2><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Philippians 4:8</span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, think about these things.</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Demonic beings can suggest ideas</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Self-pity</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Jealousy</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Pride</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Demonic doctrines</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">These entry points allow the enemy to get influence over you by deception</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It’s not the thoughts that come and go… Is the thoughts that come and stay</span></span></p><h2 class="c15" id="h.41jsw45htss" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c7" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Strongholds</span></span></h2><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The enemy offers us lies about</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Marriage</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Relationships</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Money</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Culture</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Occultism- turning to other spirits</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Atheism</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Evolution</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Moral relativity</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Postmodernism</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Progressivism</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Humanism</span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Secularism</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c4 c17" id="h.pv4tq1ittgs9" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">False Doctrines</span></h2><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 Timothy 4:1-2</span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons, 2 by means of the hypocrisy of liars seared in their own conscience as with a branding iron,</span></span></p><ul class="c5 lst-kix_p8tfu4ov02s7-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c1 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“Teachings of demons”</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The enemy gets you to believe doctrines that</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Distractions</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Unbiblical</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Bizarre</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Tormenting</span></li><li><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Can cause you to question God</span></span></li></ul><p class="c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If you believe you can at any moment have a demon and you’ll be constantly worrying about demons</span></span></p><p class="c4 c30" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c24 c16" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">2 Corinthians 10:5</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We are destroying arguments and all arrogance raised against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ,</span></span></p><p class="c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We have to identify the deception</span></span></p><ul class="c5 lst-kix_5ui82rq6cnfr-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c4 c13 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">By knowing the word</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c4 c17" id="h.nxcdwx7lt0lx" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c23" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Focusing on One Truth</span></span></h3><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Every heresy is due to an overemphasis upon some truth, without allowing other truths to qualify and balance it.</span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">— John Stott</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Some doctrines over focus on one thing</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Prosperity</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Demons</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Healing and miracles</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Love</span></span></li><li><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Grace</span></span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c4 c17" id="h.r81mh412u20o" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c23" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Misusing the Bible</span></span></h3><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c24 c16" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What are ways Christians misuse the bible?</span></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">God says love everybody, so I can love someone of the same sex if I want to</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">The Bible says the husband is over the wife so I can abuse my spouse</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Jesus turned water to wine, so it’s OK for me to be drunk all the time</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">It’s ok if I sin because I’ll still go to heaven</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">We can do everything that Jesus did</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">We can heal anyone if we have enough faith</span></li></ul><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c27 c17" id="h.66h0j4kw4ee3" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Conclusion</span></span></h1><p class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Prayer for deliverance - Elizabeth prays 4u</span></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c19" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/ClrTpR7J-vL/?igshid%3DYmMyMTA2M2Y%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1676753118837325&usg=AOvVaw3A2DE9-7tPRCTyXkWBR1Gs" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/ClrTpR7J-vL/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=</span></a></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b>Instructor:</b> Michael Leadon</span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><h1 class="c27 c17" id="h.urk4frkapnei" style="break-after: avoid; font-family: Arial; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">References</span></h1><p class="c10" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Hidden in plain sight 5</span></p><p class="c10" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Ron carpenter</span></p><p class="c2" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">What is the spiritual warfare and sufficiency of scripture | Justin Peterson and Jim Osmond</span></p><p class="c10" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">S04J TV | show one, show 2</span></p><p class="c2" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Hidden in plain sight 6</span></p><p class="c10" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;">Ron carpenter</p><p class="c4 c30" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">5 ways demons attack believers</span></p><p class="c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">David Diga Hernandez</span></p><p class="c2" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">How to expose in closed doors to the Demonic</span></p><p class="c10" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;">David Diga Hernandez</p><p class="c2" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Demonic attacks (1/2)</span></p><p class="c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">David Diga Hernandez</span></p><p class="c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Demonic attacks (2/2)</span></p><p class="c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">David Diga Hernandez</span></p><p class="c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Are you under demonic attack? – Seven demonic strategies exposed</span></p><p class="c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c32" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">David Diga Hernandez</span></p><p class="c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">How to know if Satan is attacking you: three signs of spiritual warfare</span></p><p class="c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Apply godsword.com</span></p><p class="c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Satan in the Bible</span></p><p class="c10" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;">https://www.logos.com/grow/satan-in-the-bible/</p><p class="c4 c30" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Necessity of an enemy part one</span></p><p class="c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Ron Carpenter</span></p><p class="c4 c30" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">The necessity of an enemy part two</span></p><p class="c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Ron Carpenter</span></p><p class="c4 c30" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Facing a Satanic attack – Dr. Charles Stanley</span></p><p class="c10" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">In Touch Ministries</span></p><p class="c4 c30" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><h1 class="c27 c17" id="h.5lep7246f42i" style="break-after: avoid; font-family: Arial; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">Extra</span></h1><p class="c2" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;">Demons <span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">know who you are</span></p><p class="c10" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c19" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRGjj7bq/&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1676753118843584&usg=AOvVaw2KRRIq2mqPxIEK1xZHp9SZ" style="text-decoration: inherit;">https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRGjj7bq/</a></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Funny warfare</span></p><p class="c10" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c19" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/ClUmmsTtXUz/?igshid%3DYmMyMTA2M2Y%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1676753118844024&usg=AOvVaw01i-kDefGush2nYhmyBYlg" style="text-decoration: inherit;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/ClUmmsTtXUz/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=</a></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Hysterical contagion</span></p><p class="c10" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c19" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hysterical_contagion&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1676753118844387&usg=AOvVaw2kdoYCvuVwVj6s_xA-dQeL" style="text-decoration: inherit;">Hysterical contagion - Wikipedia</a></span></p><p class="c2" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c10" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Change The Pattern</span></p><p class="c4" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c3 c32" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c19" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/CkdTiGlgh_-/?igshid%3DYmMyMTA2M2Y%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1676753118844757&usg=AOvVaw1Ivo-k11PMpm5pAk3LVo9M" style="text-decoration: inherit;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/CkdTiGlgh_-/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=</a></span></p><div><br /></div><p class="c10" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p>Unchained Discipleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11710595205237468334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6986426612019457751.post-63030141318431523732023-02-04T11:59:00.006-08:002023-04-02T22:05:24.492-07:00Spiritual Warfare 7 (Demons)<h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"> Demons</span></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuydltqWFt5EDrKoQkXdfAYAaear8fW4hDmnw2y2ID_EWVa9IkLeXuqiksoAzTXo6zciXrQ8ZQ5Q44atRCRUGPv2WwBIr6DELa4Ft5Y8_LhAxt012uXV_BfPYnophJlKK0p7qySRYe2wU5UuX1uH6i_Dd27dzX3N55yrn2zs6hkGgsuTQXcU1HmtW1PA/s1280/Spiritual%20Warfare%207-1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuydltqWFt5EDrKoQkXdfAYAaear8fW4hDmnw2y2ID_EWVa9IkLeXuqiksoAzTXo6zciXrQ8ZQ5Q44atRCRUGPv2WwBIr6DELa4Ft5Y8_LhAxt012uXV_BfPYnophJlKK0p7qySRYe2wU5UuX1uH6i_Dd27dzX3N55yrn2zs6hkGgsuTQXcU1HmtW1PA/s320/Spiritual%20Warfare%207-1.png" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">What are demons and should we be casting them out?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">~~ <a href="https://youtu.be/I_KTk564SQk" target="_blank">Watch the Video</a> ~~</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Outline:</span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Introduction</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Traits of Wholeness</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Review of Spiritual Warfare</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Review Territorial Spirits</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">What is a Demon?</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Where did they come from?</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Types of Demons / Spirits in Bible</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Satan is Not a Demon</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Evil Spirits From God</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Demon Possession</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Deliverance Ministry Teachings</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Criticisms Against Deliverance Ministries</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Jewish Exorcism</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Biblical Deliverance</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Biblical Based Deliverance Methods</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Free From Bondage</span></li></ul><div><span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 14.6667px;"><br /></span></span></div><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Scriptures:</span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Matthew 10:1</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">1 Corinthians 8:5-6</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Matthew 4:1</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Luke 22:31-32</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">1 Kings 22:19-23</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">1 Samuel 16:14</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">1 Corinthians 6:19-20</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">1 John 4:4</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Mark 5:2-13</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Mark 15: 15-18</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">James 1:13-14</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">2 Peter 2:10-11</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Jude 1:9</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Mark 1:23-27</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Mark 9:38-41</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Matthew 17:19-21</span></li><li><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">John 14:27</span></li></ul><h1 class="c19" id="h.pmn46aui8k3y" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-family: times; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">Introduction</span></h1><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Matthew 10:1</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c9" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://biblehub.com/matthew/10-1.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1675541012900902&usg=AOvVaw2Q6UZ1TKdrMGNYeuRtuuT8" style="text-decoration: inherit;">1</a></span><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Jesus called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority to drive out impure spirits and to heal every disease and sickness.</span></span></p><ul class="c10 lst-kix_gegjtvtzhuz3-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Impure spirits</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">The disciples were given authority to cast out demons</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Demons exist today</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">We’re going to talk about casting out demons today</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">We are going to cover a lot of spiritual concepts today</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Not going to teach deliverance</span></p><ul class="c10 lst-kix_c9qnwly1h3oh-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">But we will talk about it</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">How many times have you been possessed?</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">How many times have you been tempted to sin?</span></p><h1 class="c19" id="h.m5ognbfdfhso" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-family: times; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">Traits of Wholeness</span></h1><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">We are in our series called <span class="c32" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">Seeking Wholeness</span></span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c25" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">How can we be:</span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Spiritually healthy</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Emotionally healthy</span></li><li><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Mentally healthy</span></li></ul><p class="c25 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Free from oppression of</span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Your past</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Yourself</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Bad thinking</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Strongholds</span></li><li><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">The enemy</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c25" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Sozo</span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Saved</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Healed</span></li><li><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Delivered from demons</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c25" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Dealing with life’s current stresses and also being healed from experiences/wounds of the past</span></p><p class="c25 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c25" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">We’re not just supposed to have eternal life</span></p><ul class="c10 lst-kix_br1ivfwkm9t4-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c4 c25 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">We’re supposed to have: joy, peace, patience, and self control here on earth</span></li></ul><h3 class="c1" id="h.ctkm7fq9wiw1" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-family: times; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">Traits of Wholeness</span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_zedaa2e9c93j-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Authenticity</span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_zedaa2e9c93j-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Honesty</span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_zedaa2e9c93j-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Kindness</span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_zedaa2e9c93j-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Not seeking external approval / validation</span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_zedaa2e9c93j-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Living by values and principles</span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_zedaa2e9c93j-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Setting Boundaries</span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_zedaa2e9c93j-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Taking ownership of your responsibilities</span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_zedaa2e9c93j-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Living with purpose and passion</span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_zedaa2e9c93j-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Optimism</span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_zedaa2e9c93j-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Confidence</span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_zedaa2e9c93j-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Healthy relationships with others</span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_zedaa2e9c93j-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Not losing control of your emotions</span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_zedaa2e9c93j-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Free from addictions</span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_zedaa2e9c93j-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Addressing Conflict with truth and love</span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_zedaa2e9c93j-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Vulnerability</span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_zedaa2e9c93j-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Not critical or Judgemental</span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_zedaa2e9c93j-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Not jealous</span></li><li class="c0 c8 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_zedaa2e9c93j-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Genuinely applaud the success of others</span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_zedaa2e9c93j-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Forgive those who have wronged you in the past</span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_zedaa2e9c93j-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Know that you’re worthy of receiving love</span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_zedaa2e9c93j-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Not afraid to fail</span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_zedaa2e9c93j-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Able to manage irrational fear, worry, and anxiety</span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_zedaa2e9c93j-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Selfless encounters with others</span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_zedaa2e9c93j-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Not manipulating others trying to control their actions/reactions</span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_zedaa2e9c93j-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">You care about how others feel</span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_zedaa2e9c93j-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Patient</span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_zedaa2e9c93j-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Don’t give into peer/social pressure</span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_zedaa2e9c93j-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Can communicate directly</span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_zedaa2e9c93j-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Don’t take responsibility for other people's emotions</span></li><li class="c0 c8 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_zedaa2e9c93j-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Take responsibility for your own emotions</span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_zedaa2e9c93j-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Slow to anger</span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_zedaa2e9c93j-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Ability to maturely express your wants, needs and desires</span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_zedaa2e9c93j-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Being led by the Spirit</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">We want to become</span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">aware of our issues</span></li><li><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">empowered to manage/fix them</span></li></ul><h1 class="c19" id="h.xnj7rikg6cp7" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-family: times; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">Review of Spiritual Warfare</span></h1><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">We have an unseen enemy…the devil</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">The devil and demons are real</span></p><h2 class="c14" id="h.yu3r8kh6gc4x" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c21" style="font-family: times; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">Curses</span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">a solemn utterance intended to invoke a supernatural power to inflict harm or punishment on someone or something</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">–Oxford dictionary</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">To be put under a curse is to authorize a condition on your life that attracts harm</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">To be put under a blessing is to authorize a condition on your life that attracts positive</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">A Christian can’t be put under a curse</span></li><li><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">A Christian can be spiritually attacked</span></li></ul><h3 class="c1" id="h.sojpxtksz62w" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-family: times; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">Generational Curses</span></h3><ul class="c10 lst-kix_rbep08ncsaou-0" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Jesus redeemed us from the curses of the law</span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">This means that God doesn’t punish us for our sins or the sins of our ancestors</span></li></ul><ul class="c10 lst-kix_rbep08ncsaou-1 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c8 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">The curses of the law don’t apply to Christians</span></li><li class="c0 c8 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">No generational curses from God</span></li><li class="c0 c8 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Although demons will strategies against families</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">We repeat patterns of sin and negative consequences based on</span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Strongholds</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Genetics</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Following parents examples</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Coping mechanisms</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Conflict/argument styles</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Parenting techniques</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Relationship roles</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Gender roles</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Relationship expectations</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Mindset / view of life</span></li></ul></ul><h1 class="c19" id="h.o89mnm2gxx5r" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-family: times; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">Review Territorial Spirits</span></h1><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">There are spirit beings that influence geographical areas (E.g. nations)</span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Old Testament refers to them as Sons of God, gods, goddesses</span></li><li><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Other nations worship them as idols</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Daniel referred to them as Princes</span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Prince of Persia</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Prince of Greece</span></li><li><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Michael - Prince over Israel</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">God’s warns us not to ___ them</span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Worship</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Consult</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Petition</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Paul refers to them as</span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Rulers</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Authorities</span></li><li><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Principalities</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">1 Corinthians 8:5-6</span></p><span style="font-family: times;"><span face="Roboto, arial, sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">5 For even if there are so-called gods, </span><span face="Roboto, arial, sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">whether in heaven or on earth (as indeed there are many “gods” and many “lords”), 6 yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live.</span><br /></span><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">There are beings in Heaven referred to as “gods”</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">We worship God alone</span></li></ul><h2 class="c14" id="h.o529mozevb56" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c21" style="font-family: times; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">Armor of God</span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c20" style="font-family: times; font-weight: 700;">Ephesians 6: 10 - 18</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Paul speak of these rulers, principalities and authorities</span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">In Heavenly places</span></li><li><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">They have not been cast out of Heaven</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">They influence the culture of a nation</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">We defeat them with</span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Living a life of “truthfulness”</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Moral righteousness</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Believing the gospel of Jesus Christ</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Having faith in God</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Having the hope of salvation</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Reading the bible</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Hearing and obeying the Holy Spirit</span></li><ul><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Led by the Spirit</span></li></ul></ul><p class="c0 c6 c27" style="background-color: white; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><h1 class="c19" id="h.1h6oc44avann" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-family: times; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">What is a Demon?</span></h1><h2 class="c14" id="h.bo0nk3xrvhhj" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c21" style="font-family: times; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">Most Cultures Believe in Demons</span></h2><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Middle East / Muslim / Asia - jinn and the evil eye</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Latin America - La Llorona</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Japan - Baku</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Africa - Ancestral spirits, water spirits</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Daemon</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">The Greek word daemon refers to any spiritual being whether it is good or evil. </span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">God or goddess</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Lesser supernatural being</span></li><li><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Disembodied human spirit</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Analogous to old testament “elohim”</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">King James never uses the word demon.</span></p><ul class="c10 lst-kix_9bjh12gffmdz-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">It will always say “devils“</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">In the New Testament, Demon generally refers to a disembodied spirit that is hostile to God. </span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Terms for spirits that harm humans</span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Unclean spirits</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Evil spirits</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Demons</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Familiar spirits</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Devils</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Seducing spirits</span></li><li><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Foul spirit</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Some passages use “evil spirits” to mean sicknesses or mental diseases. </span></p><h2 class="c14" id="h.gl2bqsbv5j8k" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c21" style="font-family: times; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">Where Do Demons Come From?</span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Theories</span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_8rqquhwpu69g-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Fallen angels</span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_8rqquhwpu69g-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Disembodied spirits of a pre-Adamic race</span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_8rqquhwpu69g-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Disembodied spirits of the Nephilim who died during the flood</span></li></ul><h3 class="c1" id="h.iogsqmfgob4k" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-family: times; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">Not Fallen Angels</span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Demons don’t have bodies (Matthew 12:43-45)</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c20" style="font-weight: 700;">Example</span><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">: When Jesus was walking on water they said “it’s a ghost” not “it’s a demon”</span></span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Fallen angels are sentenced to “the pit” awaiting judgment (2 Peter 2:4-5)</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Demons Cannot be Fallen Angels</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: times; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c9" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/shorts/9pfHx4RihMs?feature%3Dshare&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1675541012922191&usg=AOvVaw0wsHyZlYFzOya86LDHmvNQ" style="text-decoration: inherit;">https://youtube.com/shorts/9pfHx4RihMs?feature=share</a></span></p><h3 class="c1" id="h.cpyk1ld5x79a" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-family: times; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">Arguments against the gap theory</span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Genesis is not chronological</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Genesis 3 is a more detailed version of Genesis 2</span></p><ul class="c10 lst-kix_4n821w1g0zb1-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Similar to Genesis 10 and 11 (Shem)</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">D<span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">eath was not in the world before (Adam’s) sin - Romans 5:12</span></span></p><h2 class="c14" id="h.dmcr7pj9uyj6" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c21" style="font-family: times; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">Nephilim</span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">The Jews believed that demons were disembodied spirits of the Nephilim</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c12" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Tamunefal = Tamu (one who is dead or buried) + Nephal (singular for Nephilim)</span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Common word for demon at the time of Christ</span></li><li><span class="c11" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Dead Nephilim</span></li></ul><p class="c12" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Book of Enoch</span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Referenced in Jude and 2 Peter</span></li><li><span class="c11" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Not canon</span></li></ul><p class="c12 c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">“Unclean spirit” is used to designate that the origin of these spirits is from the unnatural mixture of humans and spirit beings. </span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Demons are disembodied spirits of the Nephilim</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><h1 class="c19" id="h.k7mzx8prl4yz" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-family: times; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">Types of Demons / Spirits in Bible</span></h1><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Some different demons have different abilities</span></p><ul class="c10 lst-kix_nfmi7yc3p95m-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><li><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Seducing spirits (1 Tim 4:1)</span></li></ul><ul class="c10 lst-kix_nfmi7yc3p95m-1 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><li class="c0 c8 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">seduce people away from the faith</span></li></ul><ul class="c10 lst-kix_nfmi7yc3p95m-0" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Spirit of infirmity (Luke 13:11)</span></li></ul><ul class="c10 lst-kix_nfmi7yc3p95m-1 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><li class="c0 c8 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Cause sickness</span></li><li class="c0 c8 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">They aren’t the sickness</span></li></ul><ul class="c10 lst-kix_nfmi7yc3p95m-0" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Miracle working (Rev 16:14)</span></li></ul><ul class="c10 lst-kix_nfmi7yc3p95m-1 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><li class="c0 c8 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Perform miraculous acts in order to persuade people from the faith</span></li></ul><ul class="c10 lst-kix_nfmi7yc3p95m-0" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Spirit of divination (Acts 16:16)</span></li></ul><ul class="c10 lst-kix_nfmi7yc3p95m-1 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><li class="c0 c8 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Tell the future</span></li></ul><ul class="c10 lst-kix_nfmi7yc3p95m-0" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">The devouring (Malachi 3:11)</span></li></ul><ul class="c10 lst-kix_nfmi7yc3p95m-1 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><li class="c0 c8 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Attacks your finances</span></li></ul><ul class="c10 lst-kix_nfmi7yc3p95m-0" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Spirit of fear (2 Timothy 1:7)</span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Spirit of deception ( Isaiah 19:13-15)</span></li></ul><ul class="c10 lst-kix_nfmi7yc3p95m-1 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><li class="c0 c8 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Confusion, distortion</span></li></ul><ul class="c10 lst-kix_8auywyxvkg9a-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Mute ( Matthew 8:32-33)</span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">Deaf and Mute (Mark 1:24)</span></li></ul><h1 class="c19" id="h.ycwks4q4jq3f" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-family: times; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">Satan is Not a Demon</span></h1><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Satan is a fallen Heavenly being</span></p><h2 class="c14" id="h.sq1ipe8z6tqb" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c21" style="font-family: times; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">Satan Gets Permission From God</span></h2><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Job 1:6-12^</span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">God was meeting with Sons of God</span></li><li><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Satan came and asked for permission to attack Job</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Matthew 4:1</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c9" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/matthew/4-1.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1675541012927850&usg=AOvVaw3nQqG0krL9eezsbzxD962_" style="text-decoration: inherit;">1</a></span><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c13" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-family: times; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Luke 22:31-32</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">31 “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded permission to sift you like wheat;</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">32 but I have prayed for you, that your faith may not fail; and you, when once you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.”</span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Satan wanted to harm Peter</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Apparently God said ok</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Jesus didn’t rebuke satan</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Jesus prayed for Peter</span></li></ul><h3 class="c1" id="h.fj1ftt7yclqv" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-family: times; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">Satan is not omnipresent</span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">He can’t be at our church and in a church in Beijing at the same time</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c20" style="font-family: times; font-weight: 700;">Satan is not at the same level as God</span></p><h1 class="c19" id="h.tkunmp3zdd" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-family: times; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">Evil Spirits From God</span></h1><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Sent as punishment for wickedness</span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">These are not demons</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">These are “angels” executing judgment from God</span></li><li><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">“Evil” refers to the action they will perform against a human not their allegiance</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">1 Kings 22:19-23</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">19 Micaiah continued, “Therefore hear the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne with all the multitudes of heaven standing around him on his right and on his left. 20 And the LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab into attacking Ramoth Gilead and going to his death there?’ “One suggested this, and another that. 21 Finally, a spirit came forward, stood before the LORD and said, ‘I will entice him.’ 22 “ ‘By what means?’ the LORD asked. “ ‘I will go out and be a deceiving spirit in the mouths of all his prophets,’ he said. “ ‘You will succeed in enticing him,’ said the LORD. ‘Go and do it.’ 23 “So now the LORD has put a deceiving spirit in the mouths of all these prophets of yours. The LORD has decreed disaster for you.”</span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">This is another one of those meetings like in Job</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">National rulers can have their free will overridden by God</span></li><li><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">God won’t interfere with your free will, but other spirits will</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">1 Samuel 16:14</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">14 Now the Spirit of the LORD had departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD tormented him.</span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">The spirit was from God</span></li><li><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Notice that the “Spirit of the LORD” had to depart from Saul before the other spirit could torment him</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">1 Samuel 18:10-11</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">10 The next day an evil spirit from God came forcefully on Saul. He was prophesying in his house, while David was playing the lyre, as he usually did. Saul had a spear in his hand 11 and he hurled it, saying to himself, “I’ll pin David to the wall.” But David eluded him twice.</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">There are other cases where God uses an “evil spirit” to enact judgment on evil doers. It is up to God to decide how evil is punished. By definition, punishment of evil is just.</span></p><ul class="c10 lst-kix_qnfjx4sfvi3u-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">E.g. The death penalty</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">This is done to influence national rulers</span></p><ul class="c10 lst-kix_owmd9bsm0089-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">God can override the free will of national rulers (using other spirits)</span></li></ul><h1 class="c19" id="h.qnex3bbawp5t" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-family: times; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">Demon Possession</span></h1><ul class="c10 lst-kix_s0x26g5847sd-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">People are demon possessed today</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Spirit possession is an unusual or altered state of consciousness and associated behaviors purportedly caused by the control of a human body by spirits, ghosts, demons, or gods.</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c34 c27 c38" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-family: times; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> –Wikipedia</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c38 c34 c27" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-family: times; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">True demonic possession describes a person being taken over by an intruding alien entity which is usually referred to and known as a demon. Almost all of the symptoms of apparent demonic possession, which are often portrayed in highly dramatic ways in films and ‘mockumentaries’ about deliverance and exorcism (including aversion to religious symbols, changes in voice, multiple personalities, and uninhibited rage) can be attributed to factors other than the demonic. In fact, true demonic possession is extremely rare. Most cases of spiritual crises, which are presented and assessed in the context of deliverance ministry, range between spiritual temptation and spiritual oppression.</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">– Church of England</span></p><h2 class="c14" id="h.yp63pz2vhtng" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c21" style="font-family: times; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">Can a Christian Be Demon possessed?</span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">It is hotly debated whether or not Christians can be possessed by demons</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">In Greek, words like “possess“ refer to ownership.</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">1 Corinthians 6:19-20</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">19 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? 20 For you have been bought for a price: therefore glorify God in your body.</span></p><ul class="c10 lst-kix_nxaeeats1tl8-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">This was written to sinful believers</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">The assumption is that you can’t be a temple of the Holy Spirit and house the demon at the same time</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">1 John 4:4</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">You are from God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.</span></p><ul class="c10 lst-kix_4wneokdzs46j-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Two spirits cannot indwell the same body at the same time</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c32" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">While the Bible does not explicitly state whether a Christian can be possessed by a demon, related biblical truths make it abundantly clear that Christians cannot be demon possessed. There is a distinct difference between being possessed by a demon and being oppressed or influenced by a demon. Demon possession involves a demon having direct/complete control over the thoughts and/or actions of a person (Matthew 17:14-18; Luke 4:33-35; 8:27-33). Demon oppression or influence involves a demon or demons attacking a person spiritually and/or encouraging him/her into sinful behavior.</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">—GotQuestions.org</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Demons cannot (Christians)</span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Own you</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Attach themselves to you</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Live within you</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Control your physical capacities</span></li><li><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Enter you</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">The only exception might be if a Christian willingly submitted their body over the the control of a spirit</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">*We cannot deny the fact that there are people who claim to be Christians who appear to be demon possessed</span></p><h3 class="c1" id="h.dl7tgmwwa7mm" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-family: times; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">Possession vs Oppression</span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Possession is</span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Control</span></li><li><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Indwelling</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Christians Can Be</span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Persecuted</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Tempted</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Harassed</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Captivated by false teaching</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Enslavement to sin</span></li></ul><h2 class="c12 c26" id="h.1351uom56tgd" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c21" style="font-family: times; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">Signs of Demonic Possession</span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Signs of demonic possession</span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_gvohiv4lks3e-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Obsession with death</span></li><li class="c0 c8 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_gvohiv4lks3e-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Morbid thinking</span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_gvohiv4lks3e-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Supernatural ability</span></li><li class="c0 c8 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_gvohiv4lks3e-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Strength</span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_gvohiv4lks3e-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Violence or barbaric behavior</span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_gvohiv4lks3e-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Mental instability</span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_gvohiv4lks3e-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Self harm</span></li><li class="c0 c8 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_gvohiv4lks3e-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Physical</span></li><li class="c0 c8 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_gvohiv4lks3e-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Words</span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_gvohiv4lks3e-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Very uncomfortable in the manifested presence of God</span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_gvohiv4lks3e-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Addiction</span></li><li class="c0 c8 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_gvohiv4lks3e-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">slavery mentality</span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_gvohiv4lks3e-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Obsession with the occult</span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_gvohiv4lks3e-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Contempt for God‘s authority</span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_gvohiv4lks3e-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Suicidal tendencies</span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_gvohiv4lks3e-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Sickness</span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_gvohiv4lks3e-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Spreading demonic/unbiblical doctrines</span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_gvohiv4lks3e-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Manipulative personality</span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_gvohiv4lks3e-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Torment</span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_gvohiv4lks3e-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Depression</span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_gvohiv4lks3e-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Fear</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">*everyone has some of these traits at some time so don’t get paranoid and assume you are possessed because you have one or two of the “normal” signs</span></p><h3 class="c1" id="h.ewfcln70ieu2" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-family: times; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">Legion</span></h3><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Mark 5:2-13</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">2 When He got out of the boat, immediately a man from the tombs with an unclean spirit met Him. 3 He lived among the tombs; and no one was able to bind him anymore, not even with a chain, 4 because he had often been bound with shackles and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him and the shackles broken in pieces; and no one was strong enough to subdue him. 5 Constantly, night and day, he was screaming among the tombs and in the mountains, and cutting himself with stones. 6 Seeing Jesus from a distance, he ran up and bowed down before Him; 7 and shouting with a loud voice, he said, “What business do You have with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I implore You by God, do not torment me!” 8 For He had already been saying to him, “Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!” 9 And He was asking him, “What is your name?” And he said to Him, “My name is Legion, for we are many.” 10 And he begged Him earnestly not to send them out of the region. 11 Now there was a large herd of pigs feeding nearby on the mountain. 12 And the demons begged Him, saying, “Send us into the pigs so that we may enter them.” 13 Jesus gave them permission. And coming out, the unclean spirits entered the pigs; and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea, about two thousand of them; and they were drowned in the sea.</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">What we see</span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Jesus never used the name “Legion” to cast out the demon</span></li><li><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">The demon said the name “Jesus”</span></li></ul><h1 class="c19" id="h.4qq4qqpb2g0w" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-family: times; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">Deliverance Ministry Teachings</span></h1><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">What is deliverance?</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">In Christian terms, deliverance is defined as release from evil spiritual influences which oppress a person or hinder the individual’s response to God’s saving grace.</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Cat deliverance</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: times; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c9" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/ClUsUATuhx2/?igshid%3DYmMyMTA2M2Y%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1675541012940125&usg=AOvVaw3q2Pj8mfUpCRtzuJqkO880" style="text-decoration: inherit;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/ClUsUATuhx2/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=</a></span></p><h2 class="c14" id="h.dr1c16ahh3ty" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c21" style="font-family: times; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">What is deliverance ministry</span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">The generally agreed-upon definition of “deliverance ministry” will usually focus on the casting out of demons or spirits in an attempt to solve problems related to specific demons. For example, a deliverance minister may seek to help someone overcome anger by casting out a spirit of anger. Deliverance ministries also focus on tearing down <span class="c3" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c9" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.gotquestions.org/spiritual-strongholds.html&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1675541012940649&usg=AOvVaw1yEKoiUV7EyCemAqM3WMtV" style="text-decoration: inherit;">spiritual strongholds</a></span> in one’s life, finding inner healing, and claiming the victory in Christ over all enemies. Many refer to <span class="c3" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c9" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.gotquestions.org/soul-ties.html&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1675541012940864&usg=AOvVaw1u8xJu84qtBuPsn2it2J6_" style="text-decoration: inherit;">soul ties</a></span><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">, curses, and the “legal rights” of demons.</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">—Got Questions.org</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Christian exorcism could be defined as the rite of casting out evil spirits, based on the example of Christ and the apostles. It is the specific act of binding and releasing, performed on a person who is believed to be possessed by a non-human malevolent spirit.</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">–House of Bishops</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Mark 16: 15-18</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c9" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/mark/16-15.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1675541012941530&usg=AOvVaw3g71C-WtYNtL1h3R4cJCZF" style="text-decoration: inherit;">15</a></span> And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. <span class="c3" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c9" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/mark/16-16.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1675541012941734&usg=AOvVaw3wh8rmf-KihT7vvZhjrCil" style="text-decoration: inherit;">16</a></span> The one who has believed and has been baptized will be saved; but the one who has not believed will be condemned. <span class="c3" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c9" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/mark/16-17.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1675541012941947&usg=AOvVaw2qCBRh9R1zjtNCY2NvbteH" style="text-decoration: inherit;">17</a></span> These signs will accompany those who have believed: in My name they will cast out demons, they will speak with new tongues; <span class="c3" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c9" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/mark/16-18.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1675541012942171&usg=AOvVaw12ehxLcYiEhWeXHls3gklk" style="text-decoration: inherit;">18</a></span><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">they will pick up serpents, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not harm them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”</span></span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c7 c34" style="background-color: white; color: #081c2a; font-family: times; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c20" style="font-weight: 700;">Some d</span><span class="c2" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">eliverance ministries claims</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Deliverance</span><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> is the majority of what Jesus did in his ministry</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">There is no indication that this gift has ceased</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Demons can possess a Christians flesh but not the spirit</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">They can have a demon living in their body</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">The Holy Spirit cannot live in the flesh</span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Items can be cursed to possess demons</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">The devil has strength when we give up our authority through sin</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Christ's authority is our authority because we are seated in heavenly places with Christ. </span></li></ul><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">They believe exorcism as a tool for</span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Dealing with temptation</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Casting out demons</span></li><li><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Breaking generational curses</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Demonic Access given by</span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Occult activity</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Sin</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Unforgiveness</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Drugs</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Hallucinatinagenics</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Repeated sexual abuse</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Bitterness</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Idolatry</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Witchcraft</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Trauma</span></li><li><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Unforgiveness</span></li></ul><h2 class="c14" id="h.ueomlvuyw7r" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c21" style="font-family: times; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">Deliverance Methods</span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Cast demons out by</span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Name of Jesus</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Bind and then rebuking</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Plead the blood of Jesus</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Getting the demon’s name</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Olive oil</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Fasting</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Praying</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Renounce your involvement in any witchcraft/occult activity</span></li><li><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Holy Water</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Exorcism</span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">If Satan has a legal right to be there it could take hours.</span></li><li><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Demons can’t say the name of Jesus</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">We will examine which of these claims are biblical and which are not</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><h1 class="c19" id="h.p10kegreio3a" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-family: times; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">Criticisms Against Deliverance Ministries</span></h1><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c32" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">It is unclear how big a part demon exorcism is meant to play in modern evangelism. A conservative view is preferable because of the very real threat of abuse. Too many Christian circles consider every illness, sin, and run of bad experiences to be caused by direct demonic involvement. It is abuse to subject people to "exorcisms" when they have a very real need of doctors, counselors, or just job training. We can functionally "cast out demons" without exorcising. Speaking truth does very real damage to Satan's work. Truth will free people from bonds of sin—both their own and others (John 8:31–32).</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><h3 class="c1" id="h.5cct5n2o73pr" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-family: times; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">Blaming everything on demons denies our fallen nature</span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">If you blame yourself from demons then you have absolved yourself from personal responsibility</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">James 1:13-14</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">13 No one is to say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself does not tempt anyone. 14 But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust.</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">The Christians primary enemy is not the devil</span></p><ul class="c10 lst-kix_jg9qhfdzzph2-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">It is the flesh</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c20" style="font-weight: 700;">Note:</span><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> curing addictions</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Caused by demons = immediate</span></li><li><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Flesh = over time</span></li></ul><h3 class="c1" id="h.5nmiox8zh6jg" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-family: times; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">There is no instruction in the epistle on any of this</span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">The Bible doesn’t discuss in detail what a believer should and should not do. </span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Issues</span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Gives too much power to “our words”</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Specific methods not from bible</span></li></ul><h3 class="c1" id="h.hbxan5u2siei" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-family: times; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">Interviewing Demons</span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: times; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c9" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxPktnHEDWjHb6-W-4j4Vg3LvWnOZrEXIT&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1675541012948200&usg=AOvVaw0QeJqux3myhJ7rbGvNInHB" style="text-decoration: inherit;">https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxPktnHEDWjHb6-W-4j4Vg3LvWnOZrEXIT</a></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Demons as a source of information</span></li><li><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Occult as source of information</span></li></ul><h3 class="c1" id="h.j0eqyk5e3cu3" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-family: times; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">Keeps You In Bondage</span></h3><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Some Christians are afraid that they will open the door giving demons access if they</span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Talk about demons</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Read scripture about demons</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Touch an object</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Go to a website</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Have the wrong book or object in their house</span></li><li><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Forgot to announce something they did in the past</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">The Doctrine says we have power and authority but people are more fearful</span></p><h3 class="c1" id="h.7mcg97udosl4" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-family: times; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">Binding and Loosing</span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Verses about binding aren’t about spiritual warfare</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Who Keeps Loosening Satan?</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: times; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c9" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxXnCsWPU9kgu-4KVx5JowliJtdaeAx88_&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1675541012950002&usg=AOvVaw0DmwCH3j23e-U8sBefGBei" style="text-decoration: inherit;">https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxXnCsWPU9kgu-4KVx5JowliJtdaeAx88_</a></span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Satan is not bound. Rev 20 - he’ll be bound in the future</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">*Jesus does talk about “binding the strong man”</span></p><h3 class="c1" id="h.isvdje7pdyuf" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-family: times; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">Rebuking Satan</span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Don’t Rebuke High Ranking Angels</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c20" style="font-weight: 700;">Rebuke:</span> <span class="c39" style="color: #202124; font-size: 10.5pt;">express sharp </span><span class="c39" style="color: #202124; font-size: 10.5pt;">disapproval </span><span class="c30" style="color: #202124; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;">or criticism of (someone) because of their behavior or actions.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c30" style="color: #202124; font-family: times; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">* The Bible speaks of rebuking demons, but not Satan</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">2 Peter 2:10-11</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">10 and especially those who indulge the flesh in its corrupt passion, and despise authority.</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Reckless, self-centered, they speak abusively of angelic majesties without trembling, 11 whereas angels who are greater in might and power do not bring a demeaning judgment against them before the Lord</span></p><ul class="c10 lst-kix_nx7pfl6hdbh-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">This is talking about false prophets</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Jude 1:9</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">9 But Michael the archangel, when he disputed with the devil and argued about the body of Moses, did not dare pronounce against him a railing judgment, but said, "The Lord rebuke you!"</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">The bible tells us not to rebuke Satan</span></p><ul class="c10 lst-kix_8naub4511fjr-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">We can Ask God to rebuke him</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Issues:</span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">It’s probably a demon attacking you and not satan</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">If it’s Satan he may have gotten permission</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">We are taking our focus off of God… And putting it on to Satan</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Calling a demon “Satan” is giving it too much honor</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Jesus resisted Satan</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">He didn’t rebuke him or cast him out like he did the demons</span></li></ul></ul><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">The two words the scripture uses for us regarding Satan are</span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Resist the devil ( James 4:7)</span></li><li><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Stand</span></li></ul><h3 class="c1" id="h.szf1zf9jist6" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-family: times; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">Denies the Need for God</span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">People want to be in control and not depend on God</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">If we had all of this authority… There would be no need for Christ</span></p><ul class="c10 lst-kix_494rrjuer5kg-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">It is an elevation of man</span></li></ul><h1 class="c19" id="h.ejluvvsoqyb3" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-family: times; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">Jewish Exorcism</span></h1><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Tools commonly used for exorcism in Jesus’ time</span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Incense</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Potions</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Rings</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Balls of water</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Amulets</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Ashes</span></li><li><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Various spices</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c20" style="font-weight: 700;">Example:</span><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> The Chosen</span></span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Exorcisms existed before Jesus was born, so why shouldn’t it exist now</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">The main question is how much focus do you give it</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c13" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-family: times; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Story: Zac Poonen</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c13" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-family: times; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">He delivered a man from a demon and the man wanted to give a testimony in the church</span></p><ul class="c10 lst-kix_d0mep9atpfkq-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c36 c37 c27" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-family: times; font-size: 12pt;">“We don’t celebrate being freed from demons… We celebrate being freed from sins”</span></li></ul><h1 class="c19" id="h.hz1lm0r4mly3" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Biblical Deliverance</span></h1><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">In biblical deliverance we see</span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Jesus drove demonic beings out instantly</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Demons addressing the exorcist Mark 1:24;5:7</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Verbal demands made of demons Mark 1:25; 5:9;9:25</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">“Come out of him!”; “What is your name?”</span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Demons sent from person to another living being</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Anointing oil used</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Casting out demons cured sickness</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Jesus didn’t pray to cast out demons</span></li><li><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Demons can say the name “Jesus”</span></li></ul><h3 class="c1" id="h.7bnzpnghvbk8" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-family: times; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">Demon Can Says “Jesus”</span></h3><p class="c26 c40 subtitle" id="h.k9vzpgdn1jgm" style="break-after: avoid; color: #666666; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 16pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c34 c44" style="font-family: times; font-size: 15pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Problem with creating a doctrine from your experiences</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Mark 1:23-27</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">23 Just then there was a man in their synagogue with an unclean spirit; and he cried out, 24 saying, “What business do you have with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are: the Holy One of God!” 25 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be quiet, and come out of him!” 26 After throwing him into convulsions and crying out with a loud voice, the unclean spirit came out of him. 27 And they were all amazed, so they debated among themselves, saying, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey Him.”</span></p><ul class="c10 lst-kix_rcmzgtsfnp32-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Demons can say the name of Jesus</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Demons Don’t Want Allow People to Say Jesus - Zach Poonen</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: times; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c9" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/8unP3BqiK74&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1675541012957202&usg=AOvVaw1Y9EbOFVDlV1JGnnBRyR-9" style="text-decoration: inherit;">https://youtu.be/8unP3BqiK74</a></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">0:36 - 2:06</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">That is the problem when you get your doctrine from experiences versus the Bible. Demons will try to get you to believe a lie.</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Matthew 12:43-45 (NASB20)</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">43 “Now when the unclean spirit comes out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and does not find it. 44 “Then it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came’; and when it comes, it finds it unoccupied, swept, and put in order. 45 “Then it goes and brings along with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they come in and live there; and the last condition of that person becomes worse than the first. That is the way it will also be with this evil generation.”</span></p><ul class="c10 lst-kix_2lopyxtye7y3-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Demons lose strength when they are without a human vessel</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><h1 class="c19" id="h.r8pyi4f8i7o9" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-family: times; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">Biblical Based Deliverance Methods</span></h1><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c34 c20 c37 c27 c43" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-family: times; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">You Can Cast Out Demons Like Jesus</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3 c36 c27" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: times; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c9" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxQANAHjFkgw1KHwDafm1Tdy4QK2yPrZkl&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1675541012958444&usg=AOvVaw02hXu5NxAIvvPjjFO2jsfB" style="text-decoration: inherit;">https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxQANAHjFkgw1KHwDafm1Tdy4QK2yPrZkl</a></span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">How to Test If Biblical Method</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: times; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c9" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkx-gXcR4kl3mYbhRK4dcB4uUHMy4w_ezk_&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1675541012958847&usg=AOvVaw339jUp7OW0KH3ssEO7TsA_" style="text-decoration: inherit;">https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkx-gXcR4kl3mYbhRK4dcB4uUHMy4w_ezk_</a></span></p><ul class="c10 lst-kix_3udbr7lgjjj4-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">He didn’t say do everything Jesus and the apostles did</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">A test is</span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Did you see Jesus do it or teach it?</span></li><li><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Did you see the apostles do it or teach it?</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Deliverance Should Be Quick - David Diga Hernandez</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: times; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c9" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxC6eHQGYNNnfbQzW22fY5GbZjf7voZ-ya&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1675541012959605&usg=AOvVaw3VIdIg06gdfnCaKQeoOvzP" style="text-decoration: inherit;">https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxC6eHQGYNNnfbQzW22fY5GbZjf7voZ-ya</a></span></p><h2 class="c14" id="h.4jzdmd53yvy" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c21" style="font-family: times; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">Authority</span></h2><h3 class="c1" id="h.xbdtlb5i49o" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-family: times; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">Name of Jesus</span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Mark 9:38-41</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c9" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/mark/9-38.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1675541012960184&usg=AOvVaw0pkZIaCiS9zNlajfW0XPjj" style="text-decoration: inherit;">38</a></span><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">John said to Him, “Teacher, we saw someone else driving out demons in Your name, and we tried to stop him, because he does not accompany us.”</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c9" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/mark/9-39.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1675541012960502&usg=AOvVaw19HOtRmnMcHJbUTG7DazxI" style="text-decoration: inherit;">39</a></span>“Do not stop him,” Jesus replied. “For no one who performs a miracle in My name can turn around and speak evil of Me. <span class="c3" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c9" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/mark/9-40.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1675541012960692&usg=AOvVaw25oH4Ds3Pr69Xm2Mhy_9hI" style="text-decoration: inherit;">40</a></span>For whoever is not against us is for us. <span class="c3" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c9" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/mark/9-41.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1675541012960990&usg=AOvVaw1s2rbNoOaFicdRhk2imINg" style="text-decoration: inherit;">41</a></span><span class="c5" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Indeed, if anyone gives you even a cup of water because you bear the name of Christ, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">“In my name”</span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">In my power</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">In my authority</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">In my stead</span></li><li><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">By my will</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">7 Sons of Sceva</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Authority doesn’t come just by saying the phrase “in the name of Jesus“</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">There is nothing wrong with saying it</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">There is nothing magical about saying it</span></p><h3 class="c1" id="h.p8q4s9u8thrc" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-family: times; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">Videos</span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">How to cast out demons - only authority</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: times; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c9" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/reel/CkxUIKej80e/?igshid%3DYmMyMTA2M2Y%3D&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1675541012962379&usg=AOvVaw1YtkoED94oFnCU-PzU3PGC" style="text-decoration: inherit;">https://www.instagram.com/reel/CkxUIKej80e/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=</a></span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Zach Poonen - deliverance is immediate</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: times; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c9" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxEgU2EP3sOV999Wdxr6x9toksCKch-kN6&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1675541012962776&usg=AOvVaw3MDmfSxAYuDlKjhddl0xUN" style="text-decoration: inherit;">https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxEgU2EP3sOV999Wdxr6x9toksCKch-kN6</a></span></p><h2 class="c14" id="h.35ickeaesb9g" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c21" style="font-family: times; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">What if the demons aren’t responding?</span></h2><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Matthew 17:19-21</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not cast it out?” 20 And He said to them, “Because of your meager faith; for truly I say to you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.” 21[But this type only comes out through prayer and fasting]</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Reasons given for not working</span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Unbelief</span></li><li><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Need prayer and fasting</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">The lack of faith takes you out of alignment with the authority</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Can you see the Holy Spirit getting tired and saying… This one is a tough one?</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">What if the Demon Doesn’t Come Out?</span></p><p class="c12" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c3 c24" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: times; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c9" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkxi36-o2utLqth4wdgvmUV6NAWNtzQU7vz&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1675541012964095&usg=AOvVaw3ur2jlkw5loU_jOwaSNXFj" style="text-decoration: inherit;">https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkxi36-o2utLqth4wdgvmUV6NAWNtzQU7vz</a></span></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Is this person really demon possessed</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Does this person want to be set free?</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Is this person really saved?</span></li><li><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">You need to fast and pray</span></li></ol><h1 class="c19" id="h.m5b28cw797nl" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-family: times; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">Free From Bondage</span></h1><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">John 14:27</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">“Peace I leave you, My peace I give you; not as the world gives, do I give to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled, nor fearful.</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Story: 6 years ago</span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">studied deliverance / demonology</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Always binding demons and satan</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Put quotes over my doors</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Threw out books and statues</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Was afraid I needed to study the right prayers and words to say</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">I need a special prayer for</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Dream protection</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Soul ties</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Finances</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Demonic attack</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Anger</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Witches / sorcery</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Occult ties</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Ancestors sin</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Removing curses from objects in my house</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Places I went that day</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Websites visited</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Renounce everything</span></li></ul></ul><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Experienced greater demonic activity</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">My faith was in saying the right words</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Less peace than before I knew about demons</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">I envisioned demons saying</span></p><ul class="c10 lst-kix_wmudnnh1j6bh-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">“Oh he didn’t plead the blood of Jesus, so we’re good”</span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">He forgot to bind me first</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Afraid to teach this lesson</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">If your doctrine leaves you living in fear that</span></p><ul class="c10 lst-kix_7ebh4xkqdns5-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Didn’t say the right words</span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">forget to rebuke something</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">It’s putting you in bondage</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Where do you see demonic activity?</span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Countries where occult activities are practiced</span></li><li><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Churches with Deliverance ministries</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">If we have Jesus’ authority then we have Jesus authority</span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Our authority is by faith alone</span></li><li><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Satan wants to make you doubt</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">We don’t have to have the “magic words” </span></p><ul class="c10 lst-kix_l9f4wg1hhk3e-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">That’s occult practices</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">If you have the authority of Jesus you are operating in the “name of Jesus”</span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">It’s not based on saying “In the name of Jesus”</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">It’s not based on saying the right sequence of words</span></li><li><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">It is not based on you remembering and renouncing things of the past</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">If your theology is making you afraid… there’s a problem</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Your faith shouldn’t be in your words</span></p><ul class="c10 lst-kix_g85v9v4bb19w-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Your faith shouldn’t be in your works</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">My faith should be in Jesus</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b>Instructor:</b> Michael Leadon</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/I_KTk564SQk" width="320" youtube-src-id="I_KTk564SQk"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><h1 class="c19" id="h.6tyd28zfw4o4" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-family: times; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">References</span></h1><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Demons</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Michael Heiser</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Angels</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Michael Heiser</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: times; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c9" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://dailytargum.com/article/2019/10/demons-of-different-cultures&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1675541012970504&usg=AOvVaw3Ll31-1m6cXDRhpF9LZPfN" style="text-decoration: inherit;">Different demons: Various cultures' worst nightmares | The Daily Targum</a></span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: times; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c9" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://reknew.org/2018/12/what-does-the-bible-mean-when-it-says-god-sent-an-evil-spirit-on-certain-people/&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1675541012971074&usg=AOvVaw2L6uWNLTQ9ANE_R_SP713d" style="text-decoration: inherit;">https://reknew.org/2018/12/what-does-the-bible-mean-when-it-says-god-sent-an-evil-spirit-on-certain-people/</a></span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Is the deliverance ministry biblical</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Smart Christian‘s channel</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Deliverance 1</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Deliverance 101</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Deliverance 102</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Carol Dews (<span class="c3" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c9" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.dewnamis.com/endorsements&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1675541012972017&usg=AOvVaw2OAZzO037aHyBjyCfurAmm" style="text-decoration: inherit;">ENDORSEMENTS | dewnamis</a></span>)</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Deliverance ministry is not biblical</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Pastor Adam Malone</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">What is deliverance ministry and is it biblical?</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Doctrine forensics</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Superstition, astrology and the occult</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Mike Mazzalongo | Bible talk.tv</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Zach Poonin – casting out demons and having authority over the satanic powers</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ahava Jerusalem</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c13" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-family: times; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Why demons have to obey you</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">David Hernandez</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">What is the spiritual warfare and sufficiency of scripture | Justin Peterson and Jim Osmond</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">S04J TV | shows 1-8</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Demon possession</span></p><p class="c12" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">David Diga Hernandez</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">16 signs of real demonic possession</span></p><p class="c12" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">David Diga Hernandez</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">How to cast out demons the Biblical Way,</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">David Diga Hernandez</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3 c20" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: times; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c9" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/docs/default-source/members/sigs/spirituality-spsig/spirituality-special-interest-group-publications-beatrice-brandon-symptoms-of-spiritual-crisis.pdf?sfvrsn%3D2f12d0bb_2&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1675541012974370&usg=AOvVaw1wwkCqEjbl6Nv1twRNv2VU" style="text-decoration: inherit;">spirituality-special-interest-group-publications-beatrice-brandon-symptoms-of-spiritual-crisis.pdf (rcpsych.ac.uk)</a></span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Continually what are demons in the Bible? Alan Nolan explains angels and Demons</span></p><p class="c12" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Cornerstone Fellowship</span></p><p class="c12" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Rebuking the devil: should Christians do it?</span></p><p class="c12" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Pursuing the Savior</span></p><p class="c12" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Can we bind a rebuke Satan?</span></p><p class="c12" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Real talk with Jordan Riley</span></p><p class="c12" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Binding and loosing: does Jude 1:9 mean we can’t rebuke the devil? Response to Alan Parr part four</span></p><p class="c12" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c24" style="font-family: times;">The objective believer</span></p><h1 class="c19" id="h.ixml2ui2ivn2" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-family: times; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">Extra</span></h1><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><h2 class="c14" id="h.omg7boyu2ge3" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c21" style="font-family: times; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">In the presence of God</span></h2><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Luke 1:19-20 (ESV)</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">19 And the angel answered him, “I am Gabriel. I stand in the presence of God, and I was sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news. 20 And behold, you will be silent and unable to speak until the day that these things take place, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their time.”</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Why did Gabriel say “I stand in the presence of God”?</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><h2 class="c14" id="h.h66pkfuactwm" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c21" style="font-family: times; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">Evil Spirits from God</span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Judges 9:22-23 (NIV)</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">22 After Abimelek had governed Israel three years, 23 God stirred up animosity between Abimelek and the citizens of Shechem so that they acted treacherously against Abimelek.</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><h2 class="c14" id="h.zdqtlzvlhjba" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c21" style="font-family: times; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">Christian Faith and Demonology</span></h2><ul class="c10 lst-kix_bwadbonj9xg7-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">The Vatican</span></li></ul><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c3" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: times; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c9" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19750626_fede-cristiana-demonologia_en.html&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1675541012976936&usg=AOvVaw03Jn7lRm9x5_PPNmFNVlFI" style="text-decoration: inherit;">https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19750626_fede-cristiana-demonologia_en.html</a></span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">For all the above, finally, the names of Satan and of the devil are only mythical or functional personifications, the significance of which is solely to underline in a dramatic fashion the hold which evil and sin have on mankind. They are only words, which it is up to our times to decipher, even at the cost of having to find another way of inculcating into Christians the duty of struggling against all the forms of evil in the world.</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">…</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Without ever placing Satan at the centre of his Gospel, Jesus nevertheless only spoke of him on what were clearly crucial occasions and by means of important pronouncements.</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><h2 class="c14" id="h.ufu26bkz0xms" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c21" style="font-family: times; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">The Sadducees didn’t believe in demons</span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">1. They did not believe in the validity of the interpretations of the Torah. They took the words at face value</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Humanity was meant to be self-sufficient. Sadducees denied God’s investment in our everyday life.</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">3. They denied that there was any sort of afterlife. When a person died so did their soul. The only punishment or reward was during the person’s lifetime.</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">4. They did not believe in a spiritual world meaning they didn’t believe in angels or demons.</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">A remark in the Acts of the Apostles, clarifying a dispute which had arisen among the members of the Sanhedrin concerning a statement made by Saint Paul, shows us in fact that, in contrast to the Pharisees, the Sadducees admitted “neither resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit”, which, as good exegetes understand it, means that they no more believed in angels and demons than in the resurrection of the body (3). Thus, on the subject of Satan and demons, as on that of angels, contemporary opinion seems to have been clearly split into two diametrically opposed views.</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">—The Vatican</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><h3 class="c1" id="h.e9q9vpqeikph" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-family: times; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">Where You Find Demonic Possession</span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Demon possession starts to decrease dramatically as the level of civilization and education increases. </span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">You see it more in places where people believe in it</span></p><ul class="c10 lst-kix_uup5pvyx2ekq-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Countries where occultism is practiced</span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Churches with deliverance ministries</span></li></ul><h2 class="c14" id="h.phdcdr7co9ve" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c21" style="font-family: times; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">Can Christians Be Possessed?</span></h2><h3 class="c1" id="h.ul9nc9bun191" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-family: times; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">Christians Can Fall Under the Influence of Evil Spirits</span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">We might ask “ can Christians come under a high degree of influence by a demonic spirit” or “ is it possible for Christians to yield control of their bodies to a demonic spirit in the same ways that they yield to the power of sin?“ </span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">…yes</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">1 Timothy 4:1 (NIV) The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons.</span></p><ul class="c10 lst-kix_wtoeqp20x4q3-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">These are believers. </span></li></ul><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">They did not see what they were doing as being out of step with the faith. </span></p><h2 class="c14" id="h.3w6xq0j387uo" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c21" style="font-family: times; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">Deliverance Ministry</span></h2><h3 class="c1" id="h.n51k1adydbce" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-family: times; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">House of Bishops</span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">The House of Bishops’ guidelines on the deliverance ministry, which were established in 1975, state:</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">The following factors should be borne in mind:</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">1. It should be done in collaboration with the resources of medicine.</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">2. It should be done in the context of prayer and sacrament.</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">3. It should be done with the minimum of publicity.</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">4. It should be done by experienced persons authorized by the diocesan bishop.</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">5. It should be followed up by continuing pastoral care’.</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">I also recommend that parish priests who are involved in local cases are told about eight ‘golden rules’iii regarding cases which involve enquiries about paranormal phenomena and deliverance ministry issues:</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Always look for a natural or psychological explanation before going for the supernatural or paranormal one.</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Bring love and reassurance. The quality of care often does more to help the situation than doing all the right things.</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Do not collude with other people’s prejudices or demonologies, but be sympathetic.</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Always overcome evil with good and avoid any hint of Christian ‘magic’.</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">5. Proclaim the victory of Christ in what is said and done: preach the gospel</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">in every situation.</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">6. Seek help, advice and supervision.</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">7. Remember that deliverance ministry is only one area of ministry and don’t</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">give it prominence it doesn’t deserve.</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">8. Avoid too narrow a view of evil - and don’t be blinded to the real evils in</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">society and the battle for peace and justice.</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">In the major exorcism, the exorcist commands the spiritual or demonic force to depart from the client, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and to go to the place appointed by Almighty God for that evil spirit or demon, doing no harm on the way and never to return.</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">A major exorcism is not a medical placebo to be ministered to a patient/client who is not truly demonically possessed.</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">——————————————————-</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">People cannot be possessed today because</span></p><ol class="c10 lst-kix_72t4wulam0bn-0 start" start="1" style="counter-reset: lst-ctn-kix_72t4wulam0bn-0 0; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_72t4wulam0bn-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Satan has been bound (Zach 13:1-2; Luke 10:18; 11:21-23; John 12:31; Romans 8:35)</span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_72t4wulam0bn-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Demonic possession ceased in the Apostolic era (Acts 5:16; 8:7)</span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_72t4wulam0bn-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Satan works through deception (not possession)</span></li></ol><ol class="c10 lst-kix_72t4wulam0bn-1 start" start="1" style="counter-reset: lst-ctn-kix_72t4wulam0bn-1 0; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c8 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_72t4wulam0bn-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">2 Corinthians 11:13-14</span></li><li class="c0 c8 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_72t4wulam0bn-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">James 4:7</span></li></ol><ol class="c10 lst-kix_72t4wulam0bn-0" start="4" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_72t4wulam0bn-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Modern demon possessions are variant emotional disturbances</span></li></ol><ol class="c10 lst-kix_72t4wulam0bn-1 start" start="1" style="counter-reset: lst-ctn-kix_72t4wulam0bn-1 0; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c8 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_72t4wulam0bn-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Obsession</span></li><li class="c0 c8 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_72t4wulam0bn-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Dissociation</span></li><li class="c0 c8 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_72t4wulam0bn-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Somnambulism</span></li></ol><ol class="c10 lst-kix_72t4wulam0bn-2 start" start="1" style="counter-reset: lst-ctn-kix_72t4wulam0bn-2 0; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c35 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_72t4wulam0bn-2 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 108pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">sleep walking</span></li></ol><ol class="c10 lst-kix_72t4wulam0bn-1" start="4" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c8 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_72t4wulam0bn-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Contagion Syndromes</span></li></ol><ol class="c10 lst-kix_72t4wulam0bn-2 start" start="1" style="counter-reset: lst-ctn-kix_72t4wulam0bn-2 0; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c35 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_72t4wulam0bn-2 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 108pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Mob syndrome</span></li></ol><p class="c6 c15" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 6pt;"><span class="c22" style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7" style="background-color: white; color: #081c2a; font-size: 12pt;">The Gospels and Acts relate that Jesus and the disciples cast out demons. The teaching portions of the New Testament (Romans through Jude) refer to demonic activity yet do not discuss the method of casting them out, nor are believers exhorted to do so. We are told to put on the whole armor of God to stand against spiritual wickedness (</span><span class="c3 c36 c27" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c9" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Eph%25206.10%25E2%2580%259318&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1675541012985689&usg=AOvVaw0umOABkTJfNea8hjuAV2sA" style="text-decoration: inherit;">Ephesians 6:10–18</a></span><span class="c7" style="background-color: white; color: #081c2a; font-size: 12pt;">). We are told to resist the devil (</span><span class="c3 c27 c36" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c9" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblia.com/bible/esv/James%25204.7&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1675541012986143&usg=AOvVaw0zc0JPva6Sgsgt10Zc9SQR" style="text-decoration: inherit;">James 4:7</a></span><span class="c7" style="background-color: white; color: #081c2a; font-size: 12pt;">) and not give him room in our lives (</span><span class="c3 c36 c27" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c9" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Eph%25204.27&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1675541012986390&usg=AOvVaw1C-UxPm0R1-l5qcljmCBzm" style="text-decoration: inherit;">Ephesians 4:27</a></span><span class="c7 c34" style="background-color: white; color: #081c2a; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">). However, we are not told how to cast him or his demons out of others, or that we should even consider doing so.</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">—Got Questions.org</span></p><p class="c15 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 6pt;"><span class="c22" style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c15" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 6pt;"><span class="c22" style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Prayer of the Elders</span></p><p class="c25" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c34 c31 c20 c41" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">James 5:14-15</span></p><p class="c25" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3 c20 c31" style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c9" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://biblehub.com/james/5-14.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1675541012987090&usg=AOvVaw3bXxiu_hZe3nObUpQ5J80m" style="text-decoration: inherit;">14</a></span><span class="c24">Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord.</span><span class="c24 c28" style="text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c9" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://biblehub.com/james/5-15.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1675541012987444&usg=AOvVaw18cllmprP6qa8X8r2LzDRs" style="text-decoration: inherit;"> </a></span><span class="c3 c31 c20" style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c9" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://biblehub.com/james/5-15.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1675541012987711&usg=AOvVaw0hVeHziOGYAYdjseShGCBH" style="text-decoration: inherit;">15</a></span><span class="c24">And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person </span><span class="c17" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;">well</span><span class="c11" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">; the Lord will raise them up. If they have sinned, they will be forgiven.</span></span></p><p class="c25 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c13" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-family: times; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Luke 10:17</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c23 c20" style="background-color: white; color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c9" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/luke/10-17.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1675541012988714&usg=AOvVaw3afqWEBRq2IkCCpJRtLA27" style="text-decoration: inherit;">17</a></span><span class="c36 c37 c27" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;">Now the seventy-two returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name!” </span><span class="c23 c20" style="background-color: white; color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c9" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/luke/10-18.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1675541012988988&usg=AOvVaw39ZRPnSDaU4LpgdlbX6B7k" style="text-decoration: inherit;">18</a></span><span class="c36 c37 c27" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;">And He said to them, “I watched Satan fall from heaven like lightning. </span><span class="c23 c20" style="background-color: white; color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c9" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/luke/10-19.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1675541012989371&usg=AOvVaw2qBBo2vhMy0oGsOWn7fIeu" style="text-decoration: inherit;">19</a></span><span class="c36 c37 c27" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;">Behold, I have given you authority to walk on snakes and scorpions, and </span><span class="c27 c29" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic;">authority</span><span class="c36 c37 c27" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;"> over all the power of the enemy, and nothing will injure you. </span><span class="c20 c23" style="background-color: white; color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c9" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/luke/10-20.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1675541012989810&usg=AOvVaw0wEaPpx9bIGkHk8EA4WiPH" style="text-decoration: inherit;">20</a></span><span class="c36 c27 c37" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;"> Nevertheless, do not </span><span class="c27 c45" style="background-color: white; color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt;"><a class="c9" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/nasb_/luke/10.htm%23fn&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1675541012990077&usg=AOvVaw0cBVNfuz4XTMDBYcLbqbWO" style="text-decoration: inherit;">[k]</a></span><span class="c13" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are recorded in heaven.”</span></span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c13" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-family: times; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c2" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">1 Peter 5: 8-9</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c3" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c9" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/1_peter/5-8.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1675541012990664&usg=AOvVaw1UjzIhUKyWYLrpMzlOgHwB" style="text-decoration: inherit;">8</a></span> Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. <span class="c3" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c9" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/1_peter/5-9.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1675541012990879&usg=AOvVaw3PO3M3DIB2qsbxJled9r7U" style="text-decoration: inherit;">9</a></span> So resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same experiences of suffering are being accomplished by your brothers and sisters who are in the world.</span></p><h2 class="c14" id="h.3292r513rio" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c21" style="font-family: times; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">Biblical Deliverance</span></h2><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c13" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-family: times; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><h3 class="c1" id="h.dqej4ixi95fn" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-family: times; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">Fortune Teller</span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Acts 16:16-19 (NASB20)</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">16 It happened that as we were going to the place of prayer, a slave woman who had a spirit of divination met us, who was bringing great profit to her masters by fortune-telling. 17 She followed Paul and us and cried out repeatedly, saying, “These men are bond-servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you a way of salvation.” 18 Now she continued doing this for many days. But Paul was greatly annoyed, and he turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!” And it came out at that very moment. 19 But when her masters saw that their hope of profit was suddenly gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the authorities,</span></p><ul class="c10 lst-kix_g6fk5ayi1t5a-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">They might flatter you</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">People possessed by demons Often put themselves into bondage</span></p><ul class="c10 lst-kix_fvhxgcnwnb8j-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Victim mentality</span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Addiction</span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Submit it to an evil person</span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">low self respect</span></li><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Low self-esteem</span></li></ul><p class="c12 c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c12" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">A sign is an</span></p><ul class="c10 lst-kix_syob9pd6g6ff-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c12 c4 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c11" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">obsession with demonic forces (occult)</span></li><li class="c12 c4 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c11" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Contempt for authority</span></li></ul><p class="c12 c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><h3 class="c12 c26" id="h.oexbrxdu2aw1" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-family: times; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">Sickness</span></h3><p class="c12" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Acts 10:38 (NASB20)</span></p><p class="c12" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> “You know of Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed Him with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.</span></p><p class="c12" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Sickness is not unto itself a demon</span></p><p class="c12" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">But demons can cause sickness</span></p><h3 class="c12 c26" id="h.h3bn5d1k7wk9" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-family: times; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">Demonic Doctrines</span></h3><p class="c12" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">1 Timothy 4:1-3 (NASB20)</span></p><p class="c12" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">1 But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons, 2 by means of the hypocrisy of liars seared in their own conscience as with a branding iron, 3 who forbid marriage and advocate abstaining from foods which God has created to be gratefully shared in by those who believe and know the truth.</span></p><p class="c12" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Some doctrines</span></p><ul class="c10 lst-kix_uzs2fm6k0zk4-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c12 c4 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c11" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Keep people bound</span></li><li class="c12 c4 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c11" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Seem to set people free, but put them in a more complex bondage</span></li></ul><p class="c12 c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c12" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Signs</span></p><ul class="c10 lst-kix_53vjkn7rzpuh-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c12 c4 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c11" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Demonic doctrine</span></li><li class="c12 c4 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c11" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Manipulative personality</span></li></ul><ul class="c10 lst-kix_53vjkn7rzpuh-1 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c8 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Manipulation is the tactical approach to deception</span></li></ul><p class="c12 c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><h3 class="c12 c26" id="h.39riqe8z7xta" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c16" style="font-family: times; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;">Saul</span></h3><p class="c12" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">1 Samuel 16:14 (NLT - only)</span></p><p class="c12" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Now the Spirit of the LORD had left Saul, and the LORD sent a tormenting spirit that filled him with depression and fear.</span></p><p class="c12" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Signs</span></p><ul class="c10 lst-kix_dbsxa76cjjz3-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c12 c4 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c11" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Torment</span></li><li class="c12 c4 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c11" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Depression</span></li><li class="c12 c4 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c11" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Fear</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c13" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-family: times; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c12" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Matthew 8:16 (NASB20)</span></p><p class="c12" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Now when evening came, they brought to Him many who were demon-possessed; and He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were ill.</span></p><p class="c12" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Jesus Jesus asked the demons name, but he never used the name</span></p><p class="c12" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">He drove that demon out with a simple command</span></p><p class="c12 c6" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c11" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Matthew 9:32-33 (NASB20) 32 And as they were going out, behold, a demon-possessed man who was unable to speak was brought to Him. 33 And after the demon was cast out, the man who was previously unable to speak talked; and the crowds were amazed, and were saying, “Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel.”</span></p><ul class="c10 lst-kix_t8czgn8j4117-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c4 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">This was something that hadn’t happened before</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Initially Jesus and the disciples only went to the Jews.</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><h3 class="c1" id="h.giwbhst7fp8y" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">7 Sons of Sceva</span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Acts 19:11-20</span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">11 And God was doing extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul, 12 so that even handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched his skin were carried away to the sick, and their diseases left them and the evil spirits came out of them. 13 Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists undertook to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, “I adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul proclaims.” 14 Seven sons of a Jewish high priest named Sceva were doing this. 15 But the evil spirit answered them, “Jesus I know, and Paul I recognize, but who are you?” 16 And the man in whom was the evil spirit leaped on them, mastered all[d] of them and overpowered them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. 17 And this became known to all the residents of Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks. And fear fell upon them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was extolled. 18 Also many of those who were now believers came, confessing and divulging their practices. 19 And a number of those who had practiced magic arts brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. And they counted the value of them and found it came to fifty thousand pieces of silver. 20 So the word of the Lord continued to increase and prevail mightily.</span></p><p class="c0 c6" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c5" style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p><br /></p>Unchained Discipleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11710595205237468334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6986426612019457751.post-47204447937582305272023-01-21T11:57:00.002-08:002023-04-02T22:06:10.234-07:00Spiritual Warfare 6 (Spirits Influencing Nations)<p><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSP7pVRj6HUZlLJlBzkHeSH1059bZHRsj73sJUGduBW9Fbq4ENnH4Lvxde4Sb13aFMzUhuS2g6ZuNzPtEWn_1MI14gRfOhZmrqFoluobDtngLWC06_KiPP9-jFEGVFhv-jwsvzhxUU5pKA6bO5EU_Dhrzx_7DK0RvJi1o4akqB7hM4uxRIPLS8jH2IrA/s1280/Spiritual%20Warfare%206-1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSP7pVRj6HUZlLJlBzkHeSH1059bZHRsj73sJUGduBW9Fbq4ENnH4Lvxde4Sb13aFMzUhuS2g6ZuNzPtEWn_1MI14gRfOhZmrqFoluobDtngLWC06_KiPP9-jFEGVFhv-jwsvzhxUU5pKA6bO5EU_Dhrzx_7DK0RvJi1o4akqB7hM4uxRIPLS8jH2IrA/s320/Spiritual%20Warfare%206-1.png" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">The Bible speaks of spirit beings who have influence of specific nations. Are we supposed to battle these spirits?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">~~ <a href="https://youtu.be/CRYUlgrwZd4" target="_blank">Watch the Video</a> ~~</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Outline:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Introduction</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Traits of Wholeness</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Review of Spiritual Warfare</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Strategic Level Spiritual Warfare</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Goal of Warfare</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Demolishing Strongholds</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Great Commision</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Territorial Spirits</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Prince of this World</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jesus is Above All Spirits</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Battle Against the Stronghold / Culture</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Winning Back the Nations</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">We Aren’t Instructed to Fight the Territorial Spirits</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">God Is Not Standing by Waiting For Us</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Kingdom of God</span></span></li></ul><div><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></div><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Scriptures:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Mark 16:15</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Genesis 12:3</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Proverbs 26:2</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Numbers 23:8</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Galatians 3:13-14</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Psalms 109:17-18^</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">2 Corinthians 10:3-6</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Matthew 28:18-20</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 Kings 11:33</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Deuteronomy 29:26-27</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Daniel 10:12-13A</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Daniel 12:1</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">John 14:29-31</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ephesians 2:1-2</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">John 12:28-32</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ephesians 1:19-23</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Deuteronomy 4:5-8</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Proverbs 21:1</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 Kings 22:19-23</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Exodus 9:8-12</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Job 4:17- 19</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Psalms 82:6-7</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Luke 11:33-35</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c27" id="h.voezgnc7ibgt" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Introduction</span></span></h1><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Mark 16:15</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c35 c17 c37" style="background-color: white; color: #008ae6; font-size: 8.5pt; font-weight: 700;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/mark/16-15.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1674333207892503&usg=AOvVaw0dhQxefMzAbBB7G3_rrgm7" style="text-decoration: inherit;">1 5</a></span><span class="c22 c17" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span class="c11" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c11" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c11" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This is what is referred to as The Great Commision</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c11" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c23" id="h.e77zc0hxnwnn" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Spiritual Realm</span></span></h2><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">As Christians, with a biblical worldview, we believe in a Spiritual Realm</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">There is a spirit realm that influences our physical realm</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">unseen enemy</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It influences our:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">thoughts</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">values</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">culture</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It changes how we look at reality</span></span></p><h2 class="c23" id="h.1iwbzka4a87o" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What is spiritual warfare?</span></span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Many Christians have began to think of spiritual warfare is:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Deliverance ministries</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Exorcisms</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Intercession</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Strategic Level Spiritual Warfare</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">These ministries focus on power encounters with evil spirits. </span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">—-</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Others have a hard time believing that the devil and demons exist</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c23" id="h.bsczutw0z9jf" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We Need to Filter Through the Bible</span></span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Bible stories are more than historical records of God intervening with human problems. </span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The bible is a filter that we use to</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">See our own condition</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">To validate our doctrine</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Create our world view</span></span></li></ul><h1 class="c27" id="h.m5ognbfdfhso" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Traits of Wholeness</span></span></h1><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">We are in our series called <span class="c33 c28 c16" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">Seeking Wholeness</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c21" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">How can we be:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Spiritually healthy</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Emotionally healthy</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Mentally healthy</span></span></li></ul><p class="c21 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Free from oppression of</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your past</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Yourself</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Bad thinking</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Strongholds</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The enemy</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c21" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sozo</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Saved</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Healed</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Delivered from demons</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c21" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dealing with life’s current stresses and also being healed from experiences/wounds of the past</span></span></p><p class="c21 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c21" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’re not just supposed to have eternal life</span></span></p><ul class="c10 lst-kix_bkjxnulm4917-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c21 c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We’re supposed to have: joy, peace, patience, and self control here on earth</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c5" id="h.ctkm7fq9wiw1" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Traits of Wholeness</span></span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Authenticity</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_yuk9tpv3l2c0-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Honesty</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_yuk9tpv3l2c0-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Kindness</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_yuk9tpv3l2c0-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not seeking external approval / validation</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_yuk9tpv3l2c0-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Living by values and principles</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_yuk9tpv3l2c0-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Setting Boundaries</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_yuk9tpv3l2c0-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Taking ownership of your responsibilities</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_yuk9tpv3l2c0-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Living with purpose and passion</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_yuk9tpv3l2c0-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Optimism</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_yuk9tpv3l2c0-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Confidence</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_yuk9tpv3l2c0-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Healthy relationships with others</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_yuk9tpv3l2c0-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not losing control of your emotions</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_yuk9tpv3l2c0-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Free from addictions</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_yuk9tpv3l2c0-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Addressing Conflict with truth and love</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_yuk9tpv3l2c0-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Vulnerability</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_yuk9tpv3l2c0-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not critical or Judgemental</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_yuk9tpv3l2c0-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not jealous</span></span></li><li class="c0 c14 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_yuk9tpv3l2c0-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Genuinely applaud the success of others</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_yuk9tpv3l2c0-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Forgive those who have wronged you in the past</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_yuk9tpv3l2c0-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Know that you’re worthy of receiving love</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_yuk9tpv3l2c0-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not afraid to fail</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_yuk9tpv3l2c0-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Able to manage irrational fear, worry, and anxiety</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_yuk9tpv3l2c0-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Selfless encounters with others</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_yuk9tpv3l2c0-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not manipulating others trying to control their actions/reactions</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_yuk9tpv3l2c0-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You care about how others feel</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_yuk9tpv3l2c0-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Patient</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_yuk9tpv3l2c0-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t give into peer/social pressure</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_yuk9tpv3l2c0-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Can communicate directly</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_yuk9tpv3l2c0-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t take responsibility for other people's emotions</span></span></li><li class="c0 c14 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_yuk9tpv3l2c0-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Take responsibility for your own emotions</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_yuk9tpv3l2c0-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Slow to anger</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_yuk9tpv3l2c0-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ability to maturely express your wants, needs and desires</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_yuk9tpv3l2c0-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Being led by the Spirit</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We want to become</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">aware of our issues</span></span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">empowered to manage/fix them</span></span></li></ul><h1 class="c27" id="h.xnj7rikg6cp7" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Review of Spiritual Warfare</span></span></h1><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Some problems that happen are spiritual</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">And need a spiritual solution</span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Some problems can have a natural solution</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Life’s problems aren’t always a result of unrighteousness/sin</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Life’s problems aren’t always God punishing us</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We have an unseen enemy…the devil</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Satan’s methods</span></span></p><ol class="c10 lst-kix_12oh6efxqqvq-0 start" start="1" style="counter-reset: lst-ctn-kix_12oh6efxqqvq-0 0; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_12oh6efxqqvq-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Tempt us by offering us material things</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_12oh6efxqqvq-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Taking our material things and power</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_12oh6efxqqvq-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Attacking our health</span></span></li></ol><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">There are other spirit beings</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God’s warns us not to ___ them</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Worship</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Consult</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Petition</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c23" id="h.o529mozevb56" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Armor of God</span></span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This is the primary way we fight spiritual warfare</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c35" style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ephesians 6: 10 - 18</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We defeat him with</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Living a life of “truthfulness”</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Moral righteousness</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Believing the gospel of Jesus Christ</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Having faith in God</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Having the hope of salvation</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Reading the bible</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Hearing and obeying the Holy Spirit</span></li><ul><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Led by the Spirit</span></li></ul></ul><h2 class="c23" id="h.yu3r8kh6gc4x" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Curses</span></span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Update since previous lessons</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Genesis 12:3</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses [bind under a curse] you I will curse [reviles]; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you."</span></span></p><ul class="c10 lst-kix_4xlqyz4y2snc-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God can curse people</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c5" id="h.u6wwmn8x6ek5" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What is a Curse?</span></span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">a solemn utterance intended to invoke a supernatural power to inflict harm or punishment on someone or something</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">–Oxford dictionary</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">A curse is a spiritual force</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">To put someone under a curse is to authorize a condition. This condition allows certain things to happen and certain things not to happen. </span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Blessings attract positive</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Curses attract negative</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Favor is a condition where you attract the help of men</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c5" id="h.j49ihiurtr4b" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Example: pig pen</span></span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">think of the character on Charlie Brown who has a dust cloud always around him</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c7" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/JLJQXiIlj8w&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1674333207907935&usg=AOvVaw0kUypIK5vphNiYEgRg1xjx" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtu.be/JLJQXiIlj8w</span></a></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You can be cursed by:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">God</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Other people / demons</span></li></ul><h3 class="c5" id="h.9vw69rb3406t" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">A Curse Has to be Deserved</span></span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Proverbs 26:2</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying, So a curse without cause does not come to rest.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Who/what decides if the cures “had a cause” or was “deserved”?</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">God</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">God’s laws (Genesis 3:17 - ground is cursed)</span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Covenants / rules put in place</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">If you’ve entered into a covenant that contains blessings and curses</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Blood oath/rituals</span></li></ul></ul><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c35" style="font-weight: 700;">Example:</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> Old Covenant contained blessings and curses</span></span></p><h3 class="c5" id="h.86cuyxyw6wlf" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You Can’t Curse What God Blessed</span></span></h3><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Balaam was hired to curse the Israelites</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c21 c17" style="background-color: white; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c35" style="font-weight: 700;">Numbers 23:8</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></span></p><p class="c21 c17" style="background-color: white; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“How am I to put a curse on him upon whom God has not put a curse? And how am I to curse him whom the LORD has not cursed?</span></span></p><ul class="c10 lst-kix_54v0pzwh5hwg-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God told Balaam he couldn’t curse them because they were blessed</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We are blessed as Christians</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c5" id="h.lm0b27we77x3" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Christ Redeemed Us From Curses</span></span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Galatians 3:13-14</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us--for it is written: “CURSED IS EVERYONE WHO HANGS ON A TREE”-- 14 in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham would come to the Gentiles, so that we would receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Christians Can’t Be Cursed Because of Sin</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jesus redeemed us from the curse of any past or future sin</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God won’t curse you for</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Your sin</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Ancestor’s sin (no generational curses)</span></li><ul><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ezekiel 18 already said not done</span></span></li></ul></ul><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your sin does not authorize you to be cursed (you won’t “deserve” a curse)</span></span></p><ul class="c10 lst-kix_o2zjplnfur9d-0" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You aren’t cursed because of any Old Covenant violations</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c23" id="h.xqfq6kvtgftn" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Spiritual Attack</span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">A Christian can be the victim of a Spiritual attack</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Example road runner</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c7" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/6KDgDYdug6M&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1674333207912323&usg=AOvVaw369D9syDYaLYnr-Nxdnfa8" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtu.be/6KDgDYdug6M</span></a></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">He’s not cursed</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">He’s under constant attack</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">I refer to a spiritual attack as when some being is actively out to harm you using supernatural means. There has not been a condition set up around you. You have an antagonist who has made a decision to cause you harm.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Example of attacks:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Your jealous coworker can target you for an attack</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Your spouse's ex can have a vendetta against you</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">A witch can target you for an attack</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Satan or A demon can target you</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c5" id="h.um83s1rlek54" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Self Initiated Attacks</span></span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You can bring on a spiritual attack</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You can put yourself in a situation where you’re under constant attack</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Trying to curse others</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Occult / demonic activity</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Psalms 109:17-18</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/psalms/109-17.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1674333207914161&usg=AOvVaw24MyI3LMGMhwNu6K8hWq2j" style="text-decoration: inherit;">17</a></span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">He also loved cursing, so it came to him;</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">And he did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him.</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/psalms/109-18.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1674333207914554&usg=AOvVaw3HBl6inuA-AhvhFa7ft77h" style="text-decoration: inherit;">18</a></span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">But he clothed himself with cursing as with his garment,</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">And it entered his body like water,</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">And like oil into his bones.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If you pray for evil things to happen to others… Bad things will happen to you</span></span></p><h3 class="c5" id="h.l3rc8k4ne9u" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Evil Day</span></span></h3><p class="c20 subtitle" id="h.pbhxwa55bl94" style="break-after: avoid; color: #666666; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 16pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 15pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Undeserved attack from Satan</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">There can be a season in your life when Satan or demons target you for attack.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This is what we see in the book of Job.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ephesians 6 refers to this as “the evil day”.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Defense:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Armor of God</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Inheriting the Kingdom of God (Jesus’ moral/living teachings)</span></li></ul><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c23" id="h.1q3pgb5eaxub" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Cycles</span></span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">There is no “spiritual curse” from God over your family that can affect you as a Christian</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Demons do strategize against families</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">They will tempt you with what worked for your parents</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">You decide for yourself whether or not to fall to the temptation</span></li></ul><h3 class="c5" id="h.pzr13xclc499" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Following Parents Example</span></span></h3><p class="c0 c17" style="background-color: white; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">People can repeat the habits, problems, patterns and cycles of their parents because of traits passed down in your genetics (e.g. DNA) or because you learned your parents:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Coping mechanisms</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Conflict/argument styles</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Parenting techniques</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Relationship roles</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Gender roles</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Relationship expectations</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Mindset / view of life</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Victim vs Growth</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Orphan vs Abundance</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Thankfulness</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Entitlement</span></li></ul></ul><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c5" id="h.c1iro3w08up5" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Breaking Cycles / Strongholds</span></span></h3><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">You can be in cycle of repeating the same decision and therefore getting the same results</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Breaking Cycles</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c7" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/XEFyTkWpNV8&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1674333207918377&usg=AOvVaw25DMqnXY_CrOPNhBeXw9FN" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtu.be/XEFyTkWpNV8</span></a></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Your Routine is the problem</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c7" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRbsWRdD/&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1674333207918789&usg=AOvVaw2pxcuzc8PVGHMpP2bjkTiu" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRbsWRdD/</span></a></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c27" id="h.mqtj97xwk2j4" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Strategic Level Spiritual Warfare (SLSW)</span></span></h1><p class="c20 subtitle" id="h.8zyftrt0brof" style="break-after: avoid; color: #666666; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 16pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 15pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Territorial Warfare</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Who has heard of Strategic Level Spiritual Warfare (SLSW)?</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The term was coined by Peter Wagner</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This is a method of Spiritual Warfare that has gained popularity since the 1990s mainly in the charismatic and prophetic churches</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Deliverance ministries</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sozo ministries</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c23" id="h.ua3kbctvz4j0" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Three levels of activity</span></span></h2><h3 class="c5" id="h.egsxu96kk3k3" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ground level</span></span></h3><ul class="c10 lst-kix_574y41eieht4-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Casting demons out of individual people</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c5" id="h.gfozuadruf7q" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Occult level</span></span></h3><ul class="c10 lst-kix_2yrugpv67xax-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dealing with demonic forces within Satanism, witchcraft, and other forms of structured occultism</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c5" id="h.qa9ir8gzpf5o" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Strategic level</span></span></h3><ul class="c10 lst-kix_8dm6i04p85yy-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Direct confrontation with territorial spirits over cities, nations, neighborhoods, spiritual alliances, and industries</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c23" id="h.i5yt0svqhbgl" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Spiritual Mapping</span></span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This is the belief the demons exist in a hierarchical structure. Different principalities and demons are assigned to different geographical locations. Specific territorial spirits of an area are discerned and named. </span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This involves focus directed prayer against the territorial spirits themselves.</span></span></p><h3 class="c5" id="h.23m8lcn13kjb" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Methods</span></span></h3><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">There is a territory that belongs to Satan. In order to fight back the powers of Satan we have to</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Utter specific Christian mantras</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Bind and rebuke Satan</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Plead the blood of Jesus over it</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Plead the power of Christ over an area</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Get the demon out of</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">This room</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">This person</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">This area</span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Exercise people</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Push back the powers of darkness</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Pray hedges of thorns of protection around things and people</span></li></ul><h2 class="c23" id="h.a5t8t95ittmn" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Issues</span></span></h2><ul style="text-align: left;"><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_rjjpzj6rdh11-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Methods not from the Bible</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_rjjpzj6rdh11-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not instructed to do this (strategic level warfare) in the New Testament</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_rjjpzj6rdh11-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Who says territorial spirits are all fallen angels?</span></span></li><li class="c0 c14 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_rjjpzj6rdh11-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Michael is “Prince” over Israel</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_rjjpzj6rdh11-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God assigned the territorial spirits</span></span></li><li class="c0 c14 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_rjjpzj6rdh11-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Some nations chose their own spirits</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_rjjpzj6rdh11-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sources of the information</span></span></li><li class="c0 c14 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_rjjpzj6rdh11-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ex-satanists</span></span></li><li class="c0 c14 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_rjjpzj6rdh11-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Interviewing demons</span></span></li><li class="c0 c14 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_rjjpzj6rdh11-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Special revelation</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_rjjpzj6rdh11-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Can lead to bondage and fear of demons</span></span></li><li class="c0 c14 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_rjjpzj6rdh11-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Always worrying about and focusing on demons versus God</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Today we will only address the Strategic Level. Next lesson we will discuss the others.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c27" id="h.yvbouf453s1s" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Goal of Warfare</span></span></h1><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c35" style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: times;">What is the goal of our Spiritual Warfare?</span></span></p><h2 class="c23" id="h.1pxpyoiox52u" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Goals</span></span></h2><ul style="text-align: left;"><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_2xg98u7xlxpx-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">To move towards sanctification</span></span></li><li class="c0 c14 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_2xg98u7xlxpx-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Armor of God</span></span></li><li class="c0 c14 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_2xg98u7xlxpx-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Walk in the Spirit</span></span></li><li class="c0 c14 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_2xg98u7xlxpx-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Resist the devil</span></span></li><li class="c0 c14 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_2xg98u7xlxpx-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Avoid temptation</span></span></li><li class="c0 c14 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_2xg98u7xlxpx-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Read the Bible</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_2xg98u7xlxpx-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">To know and believe the truth</span></span></li><li class="c0 c14 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_2xg98u7xlxpx-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not to believe the enemy’s lies</span></span></li><li class="c0 c14 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_2xg98u7xlxpx-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Avoiding deception</span></span></li><li class="c0 c14 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_2xg98u7xlxpx-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Break strongholds</span></span></li><li class="c0 c14 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_2xg98u7xlxpx-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Read the Bible</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_2xg98u7xlxpx-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Spread the gospel to the Nations</span></span></li><li class="c0 c14 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_2xg98u7xlxpx-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Make disciples</span></span></li><li class="c0 c14 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_2xg98u7xlxpx-1 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 72pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Take back a nation for God</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_2xg98u7xlxpx-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Fulfill your specific purpose</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="counter-increment: lst-ctn-kix_2xg98u7xlxpx-0 1; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Usher in the Kingdom of God</span></span></li></ul><h1 class="c27" id="h.5ei1umitypn3" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Demolishing Strongholds</span></span></h1><p class="c20 subtitle" id="h.58ttbd6ep3fv" style="break-after: avoid; color: #666666; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 16pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 15pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Knowing and believing the truth</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">2 Corinthians 10:3-6</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">3 For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. 4 The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. 5 We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. 6 And we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience, once your obedience is complete.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Knowing and believing the truth</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c7" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/CPvWPr8L8XA&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1674333207926564&usg=AOvVaw2ZZXaNUud4fCQnDlrTEm9m" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtu.be/CPvWPr8L8XA</span></a></span></p><h1 class="c27" id="h.3rt60qik660" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Great Commision</span></span></h1><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Matthew 28:18-20</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"> <span class="c7" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/matthew/28-18.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1674333207927049&usg=AOvVaw2uccXLN8iCNTK4ZbnygDp1" style="text-decoration: inherit;">18</a></span> And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. <span class="c7" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/matthew/28-19.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1674333207927249&usg=AOvVaw3dVSbZwTdcErXBkhiT-HCL" style="text-decoration: inherit;">19</a></span><span class="c7" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/nasb_/matthew/28.htm%23fn&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1674333207927419&usg=AOvVaw19H9Bd22qjj_OMDQJlW4oj" style="text-decoration: inherit;">[g]</a></span>Go, therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, <span class="c7" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/matthew/28-20.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1674333207927627&usg=AOvVaw13iIAql_smvEAYhJV_yDWC" style="text-decoration: inherit;">20</a></span> teaching them to <span class="c7" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/nasb_/matthew/28.htm%23fn&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1674333207927834&usg=AOvVaw07F3Z2tubdu48NIsMQoVdF" style="text-decoration: inherit;">[h]</a></span>follow all that I commanded you; and behold, I am with you <span class="c7" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/nasb_/matthew/28.htm%23fn&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1674333207928067&usg=AOvVaw1ufqr96b_GBRHuVe1J2Jnr" style="text-decoration: inherit;">[i]</a></span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">always, to the end of the age.”</span></span></p><ul class="c10 lst-kix_jx20h5kt2krz-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">All authority has been given to Jesus</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c16" style="font-style: italic;">It is interesting that, in the original Greek, the only direct command in </span><span class="c7 c16" style="color: #1155cc; font-style: italic; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Matt%252028.19%25E2%2580%259320&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1674333207928547&usg=AOvVaw24fq-bH5mpyGTEccAaNhr2" style="text-decoration: inherit;">Matthew 28:19–20</a></span><span class="c16" style="font-style: italic;"> is “make disciples.” The Great Commission instructs us to make disciples while we are going throughout the world. The instructions to “go,” “baptize,” and “teach” are indirect commands—participles in the original. How are we to make disciples? By baptizing them and teaching them all that Jesus commanded. “</span><span class="c7 c16" style="color: #1155cc; font-style: italic; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.gotquestions.org/making-disciples.html&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1674333207928784&usg=AOvVaw3IIoQnBWVwRJ3OelFEi8u8" style="text-decoration: inherit;">Make disciples</a></span><span class="c28 c16 c33" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">” is the primary command of the Great Commission. “Going,” “baptizing,” and “teaching” are the means by which we fulfill the command to “make disciples.”</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The command is make disciples</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">To aid in making disciples the apostles</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Taught</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Baptized</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Performed miracles</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Cast out demons</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Now we’ll look at the spiritual war behind this command</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Of all nations …</span></span></p><h1 class="c27" id="h.2ra0777zu71g" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Territorial Spirits</span></span></h1><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Does the bible teach about spirits “over” territories / nations?</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c21 c17" style="background-color: white; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 Kings 11:33</span></span></p><p class="c21 c17" style="background-color: white; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">33 because they have forsaken Me, and have worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess [elohim] of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god[elohim] of Moab, and Milcom the god [elohim]of the sons of Ammon; and they have not walked in My ways, doing what is right in My sight and observing My statutes and My ordinances, as his father David did.</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Notice that each of these gods and goddesses was each over a different nation</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Each nation had a local god/deity whom they worshiped</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">People from other nations would worship the foreign gods of other nations as well</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Only “fallen angels” allow themselves to be worshiped</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">These are the “elohim” the “Sons of God”</span></span></p><h3 class="c5" id="h.5fjrrdmhda6w" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Nations Were Assigned to Specific gods</span></span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Deuteronomy 29:26-27</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">26 ‘And they went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods that they have not known and whom He had not assigned to them. 27 ‘Therefore, the anger of the LORD burned against that land, to bring upon it every curse which is written in this book;</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">They were assigned by God</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">These are the “Sons of God”, the elohim</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c23" id="h.mqkh625j3nph" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Princes and Chiefs</span></span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">National spirits are also referred to as “Princes”</span></span></p><h3 class="c5" id="h.al7ra35tjqsd" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Prince of Persia</span></span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Daniel 10:12-13</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/daniel/10-12.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1674333207932157&usg=AOvVaw3mDLcbLCwrRQgWfCAdSW7b" style="text-decoration: inherit;">12</a></span>“Do not be afraid, Daniel,” he said, “for from the first day that you purposed to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to them. <span class="c7" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/daniel/10-13.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1674333207932380&usg=AOvVaw3XUdn6lhy5oJ6nqkne35qE" style="text-decoration: inherit;">13</a></span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">However, the prince of the kingdom of Persia opposed me for twenty-one days. Then Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I had been left there with the kings of Persia.</span></span></p><ul class="c10 lst-kix_wuf4w89sea6o-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The nation you’re in could cause resistance to your prayers</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">There is a spiritual being over each nation</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c5" id="h.neau8zlt0wm1" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Michael is Prince Over Israel</span></span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Daniel 12:1</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">“At that time shall arise Michael, the great prince who has charge of your people. And there shall be a time of trouble, such as never has been since there was a nation till that time. But at that time your people shall be delivered, everyone whose name shall be found written in the book.</span></span></p><ul class="c10 lst-kix_gr76xf4lvif5-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God chose Abraham to set apart a group of people to worship Him alone</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">These are the demons in idols. I’m not sure if these are the demons in people.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Michael is the angel in charge of Israel (and thus us)</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">All “Princes” haven’t necessarily fallen</span></span></p><h1 class="c27" id="h.ukv301n55t8x" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Prince of this World</span></span></h1><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What geographical area was satan given?</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">John 14:29-31</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">29 “And now I have told you before it happens, so that when it happens, you may believe. 30 “I will not speak much more with you, for the ruler {prince} of the world is coming, and he has nothing in regard to Me, 31 but so that the world may know that I love the Father, I do exactly as the Father commanded Me. Get up, let’s go from here.</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Jesus speaking</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">“The air” means the material world</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Power over this world “system”</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This is why Satan could offer Jesus the kingdoms of the world when he tempted Him</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ephesians 2:1-2</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 And you were dead in your offenses and sins, 2 in which you previously walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience.</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">The air is the material world</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The lower heaven</span></span></li></ul><h1 class="c27" id="h.dkrm2zpmfjpx" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jesus is Above All Spirits</span></span></h1><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">John 12:28-32</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">28 “Father, glorify Your name.” Then a voice came out of heaven: “I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.” 29 So the crowd who stood by and heard it were saying that it had thundered; others were saying, “An angel has spoken to Him!” 30 Jesus responded and said, “This voice has not come for My sake, but for yours. 31 “Now judgment is upon this world; now the ruler of this world will be cast out. 32 “And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to Myself.”</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Jesus’ plan was to unseat Satan and then begin drawing people to Him</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">This is where we come in…</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ephesians 1:19-23</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">19 and what is the boundless greatness of His power toward us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of the strength of His might 20 which He brought about in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, 21 far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come. 22 And He put all things in subjection under His feet, and made Him head over all things to the church, 23 which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jesus is the ruler of every realm</span></span></p><ul class="c10 lst-kix_ssliufedy8lr-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We, His church, share in that authority</span></span></li></ul><h1 class="c27" id="h.ghho8czlxxh" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Battle Against the Stronghold / Culture</span></span></h1><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">2 Corinthians 10:3-4</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/10-3.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1674333207936330&usg=AOvVaw1phai4U-AaGEufPNxQkYTI" style="text-decoration: inherit;">3</a></span> For though we walk in the flesh, we do not wage battle according to the flesh, <span class="c7" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/10-4.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1674333207936555&usg=AOvVaw2hHxRAo31oGyurxXk6NKAQ" style="text-decoration: inherit;">4</a></span>for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses.</span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The demon influences the culture of an area</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c11" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Battling principalities means you are fighting against the culture of that country that conflicts with the Word of God</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">There are specific strongholds in every country</span></span></p><ul class="c10 lst-kix_feut3ffkg5zx-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Mindset same beliefs that go against the knowledge of God</span></span></li></ul><h2 class="c23" id="h.r4a3l9vb0gs6" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The American Spirit</span></span></h2><p class="c20 subtitle" id="h.q7rltrbqanqp" style="break-after: avoid; color: #666666; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 16pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c12" style="font-size: 15pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Independence / Freedom / Liberty</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What is the stronghold of America?</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Demonic activity will vary from country to county</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We say America has an “independent spirit”</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Could that be a reference to the spirit administering America?</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We honor her with</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Statue of Liberty (statue of a Roman goddess)</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Statue of Freedom (goddess) in the capitol building</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">*Note: I’m not condoning this; just pointing it out.</span></span></p><h1 class="c27" id="h.60hlfd5sx9rg" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Winning Back the Nations</span></span></h1><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The jurisdictional authority given to the Sons of God has been nullified by Jesus’ death and resurrection. That is why we have The Great Commission.</span></span></p><h3 class="c5" id="h.1ghaoluo6eow" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God Chose Israel</span></span></h3><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Israel was under God’s law</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">The Gentiles were not</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If they were in Israel they were under the law</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When God revealed himself to Abraham, the Hebrews were worshiping other gods. God made a covenant with Abraham. The other Hebrews had covenants with the other gods.</span></span></p><h3 class="c5" id="h.21bwyhrsh5ru" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Israel Was Supposed to Win Back the Other Nations to God</span></span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Deuteronomy 4:5-8</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">5 See, I have taught you decrees and laws as the Lord my God commanded me, so that you may follow them in the land you are entering to take possession of it. 6 Observe them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding to the nations, who will hear about all these decrees and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.” 7 What other nation is so great as to have their gods near them the way the Lord our God is near us whenever we pray to him? 8And what other nation is so great as to have such righteous decrees and laws as this body of laws I am setting before you today?</span></span></p><ul class="c10 lst-kix_l54qn44yagea-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Proselytizing</span></span></li></ul><h1 class="c27" id="h.r8d4jx1hqsd" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We Aren’t Instructed to Fight the National Spirits</span></span></h1><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">In Ephesians 6 Paul gives us our marching orders on how to fight rulers and principalities. It does not include direct attacks against them.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Paul’s methods of batting principalities is at the level of the individual Christian.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Therefore we battle principalities by not being influenced by the culture we live in. The specific strongholds of a region are also a barrier to evangelism.</span></span></p><h1 class="c27" id="h.30o3xqjm5bh" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God Is Not Standing by Waiting For Us</span></span></h1><h2 class="c23" id="h.gnaonds8a2g1" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God Influences Nations (Kings)</span></span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Proverbs 21:1</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/proverbs/21-1.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1674333207940988&usg=AOvVaw0wRl6NnjP7K91egZa-RAH-" style="text-decoration: inherit;">1</a></span> <span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">The king’s heart is like channels of water in the hand of the LORD;</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">He turns it wherever He pleases.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God can intervene with the free will of a King if necessary to accomplish His divine plan</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 Kings 22:19-23</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">19 Micaiah continued, “Therefore hear the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne with all the multitudes of heaven standing around him on his right and on his left. 20 And the LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab into attacking Ramoth Gilead and going to his death there?’ “One suggested this, and another that. 21 Finally, a spirit came forward, stood before the LORD and said, ‘I will entice him.’ 22 “ ‘By what means?’ the LORD asked. “ ‘I will go out and be a deceiving spirit in the mouths of all his prophets,’ he said. “ ‘You will succeed in enticing him,’ said the LORD. ‘Go and do it.’ 23 “So now the LORD has put a deceiving spirit in the mouths of all these prophets of yours. The LORD has decreed disaster for you.”</span></span></p><ul class="c10 lst-kix_be0qw86lktei-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">National rulers can have their free will overridden by God</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God won’t interfere with your free will, but other spirits will</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Note: <span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">There are other cases where God uses deception to enact judgment on evil doers. It is up to God to decide how evil is punished. By definition, punishment of evil is just.</span></span></p><ul class="c10 lst-kix_aq1pypusbn4l-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">E.g. The death penalty</span></span></li></ul><h3 class="c5" id="h.xy83zqcymoew" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God Hardened Pharaoh's Heart</span></span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Exodus 9:8-12</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/exodus/9-8.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1674333207942514&usg=AOvVaw1M6xODAl5KEJ-J7GpS07di" style="text-decoration: inherit;">8</a></span> Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Take for yourselves handfuls of soot from a kiln, and Moses shall toss it toward the sky in the sight of Pharaoh. <span class="c7" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/exodus/9-9.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1674333207942756&usg=AOvVaw0mTkw7JBCLDgExogpWYNdL" style="text-decoration: inherit;">9</a></span> Then it will become fine dust over all the land of Egypt, and will turn into boils breaking out with sores on every person and animal through all the land of Egypt.” <span class="c7" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/exodus/9-10.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1674333207942954&usg=AOvVaw26WpVU08SpcECxwC_OkPLu" style="text-decoration: inherit;">10</a></span> So they took soot from a kiln, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses tossed it toward the sky, and it became boils breaking out with sores on every person and animal. <span class="c7" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/exodus/9-11.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1674333207943173&usg=AOvVaw3ZhyS6qYUjhyG_jDg8r9GP" style="text-decoration: inherit;">11</a></span> The soothsayer priests could not stand before Moses because of the boils, for the boils were on the soothsayer priests as well as on all the Egyptians. <span class="c7" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/exodus/9-12.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1674333207943384&usg=AOvVaw2N1Bzpe0LG5xyaIJrQAxjg" style="text-decoration: inherit;">12</a></span> But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not listen to them, just as the LORD had spoken to Moses.</span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><in the video we discuss why God would do this and why it's "fair"></p><h2 class="c23" id="h.krwwaodx606v" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">God Will Punish the Demons/Angels</span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Job 4:17- 19</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">17 ‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God? Can even a strong man be more pure than his Maker? 18 If God places no trust in his servants, if he charges his angels with error, 19 how much more those who live in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who are crushed more readily than a moth!</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God will punish the territorial spirits when time comes</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Psalms 82:6-7</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">6 I said, “You are gods, And all of you are sons of the Most High. 7 “Nevertheless you will die like men, And fall like one of the princes.”</span></p><h1 class="c27" id="h.lnf37gfx970" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Kingdom of God</span></span></h1><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jesus occasionally uses the term “Kingdom of God” to refer to a future state where God’s dominion is upon all the earth…Heaven. He more often uses it to refer to an internal state of living your life and Paul speaks of it as a lifestyle being led by the Holy Spirit.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God’s initial goal for creating the earth was to have a place where He could commune and co-rule with man having the entire world under His dominion. The book of Revelation tells us of a New Eden… Heaven on Earth. </span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The great commission is the plan to win back the world to this state. We are to go nation by nation, person by person, winning them back to the rule of God. We are effectively winning souls over from under the territorial spirits into the Kingdom of God.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Kingdom of God is also, though, an internal state of each Christian. Being filled with the Holy Spirit enables us to house God inside of us and live a godly life submitted to the Holy Spirit. </span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The enemy tries to keep of from attaining this internal state through:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Temptation</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">False teaching</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sinful life patterns</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jesus said that we have a choice of how we choose to prioritize our life. We can either choose:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">God</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Mammon / The World</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">One of the names of Satan is the Prince of Darkness. Darkness is another area of authority he has been given. He has been given authority over the children of the darkness. If you choose to live in darkness you are choosing to live in Satan’s territory.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jesus is the light of the world.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Every day we get to choose which Kingdom we wish to live in:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">The Kingdom of Darkness</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Be a child of the light</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Which master will you choose?</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When you choose the light, you will attract others to that same light.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Luke 11:33-35</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">33 “No one lights a lamp and puts it away in a cellar nor under a basket, but on the lampstand, so that those who enter may see the light. 34 “Your eye is the lamp of your body; when your eye is clear, your whole body also is full of light; but when it is bad, your body also is full of darkness. 35 “So watch out that the light in you is not darkness.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><b>Instructor:</b> Michael Leadon</p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CRYUlgrwZd4" width="320" youtube-src-id="CRYUlgrwZd4"></iframe></div><h1 class="c15" id="h.kkxjfieh194" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; height: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><br /></h1></div><h1 class="c27" id="h.1mm46osi02my" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">References</span></span></h1><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Demons</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Michael Heiser</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Angels</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Michael Heiser</span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Spiritual warfare 101</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Bill Johnson’s teaching</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What is the spiritual warfare | Justin Peterson and Jim Osmond</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">S04J TV | shows 1 - 5</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Hidden in plain sight 9</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ron carpenter</span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c27" id="h.kv1asg6nr3o6" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 20pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Extra</span></span></h1><h2 class="c23" id="h.xagow1dmr3qy" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Curses</span></span></h2><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Numbers 22:18 (NASB20) But Balaam replied to the servants of Balak, “Even if Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything, either small or great, contrary to the command of the LORD my God.</span></span></p><ul class="c10 lst-kix_yqoeyhujzde7-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Balaam was a follower of God</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c5" id="h.d14od9jobvty" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">It is a Sin to Attempt to Curse Someone</span></span></h3><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Deuteronomy 18: 10 - 11^</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/18-10.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1674333207949652&usg=AOvVaw00VcSj7teQiE3czzIz-vuB" style="text-decoration: inherit;">10</a></span> There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, one who uses divination, a soothsayer, one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer, <span class="c7" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/18-11.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1674333207949867&usg=AOvVaw1be3gezuv5601PxHdnZg3m" style="text-decoration: inherit;">11</a></span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> or one who casts a spell, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who consults the dead.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Hebrews 2:14-17</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/hebrews/2-14.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1674333207950304&usg=AOvVaw1W60MmsijrCwlmszHSPxZ-" style="text-decoration: inherit;">14</a></span> Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise also partook of the same, so that through death He might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, <span class="c7" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/hebrews/2-15.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1674333207950506&usg=AOvVaw1V5QFRqPJVRrgSPkkbeVqf" style="text-decoration: inherit;">15</a></span> and free those who through fear of death were subject to slavery all their lives. <span class="c7" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/hebrews/2-16.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1674333207950703&usg=AOvVaw2iTEbzrxpfrGgxbH5n7LhW" style="text-decoration: inherit;">16</a></span> For clearly He does not give help to angels, but He gives help to the descendants of Abraham. <span class="c7" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/hebrews/2-17.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1674333207950891&usg=AOvVaw3T8PS4yGv7D8bjA0ff5wYt" style="text-decoration: inherit;">17</a></span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> Therefore, in all things He had to be made like His brothers so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.</span></span></p><h2 class="c23" id="h.g0zjbcw9lc9e" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Goal of Warfare</span></span></h2><h3 class="c5" id="h.9vw4i4gfm02z" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Gospel</span></span></h3><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c35" style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 Corinthians 15:1-5</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/15-1.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1674333207951502&usg=AOvVaw3BVOE0kVVNANAoYUdwWV7o" style="text-decoration: inherit;">1</a></span>Now I make known to you, brothers and sisters, the gospel which I preached to you, which you also received, in which you also stand, <span class="c7" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/15-2.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1674333207951733&usg=AOvVaw2vFubQKNOIVtblvuvkBsc0" style="text-decoration: inherit;">2</a></span>by which you also are saved, if you hold firmly to <span class="c7" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/nasb_/1_corinthians/15.htm%23fn&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1674333207951932&usg=AOvVaw2eLJROMwKFA_iHIe-o-Mu7" style="text-decoration: inherit;">[a]</a></span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain.</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/15-3.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1674333207952191&usg=AOvVaw1-4wate69C6T3qv3SNFy-i" style="text-decoration: inherit;">3</a></span>For I handed down to you <span class="c7" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/nasb_/1_corinthians/15.htm%23fn&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1674333207952387&usg=AOvVaw2pvPY0cEQBCP5R4U28TWiw" style="text-decoration: inherit;">[b]</a></span>as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, <span class="c7" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/15-4.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1674333207952580&usg=AOvVaw3ilhd4XCWUygDatHStlH__" style="text-decoration: inherit;">4</a></span>and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, <span class="c7" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/15-5.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1674333207952784&usg=AOvVaw0ArVFjsAmP3Z6Rd--F41tq" style="text-decoration: inherit;">5</a></span>and that He appeared to <span class="c7" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/nasb_/1_corinthians/15.htm%23fn&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1674333207952986&usg=AOvVaw1hMdQSMZA6RwqjFe5cGh1q" style="text-decoration: inherit;">[c]</a></span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Cephas, then to the twelve.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c17 c34" id="h.87nk87h6qtwy" style="background-color: white; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.38; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ruling With Christ</span></span></h2><p class="c21 c17" style="background-color: white; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c29 c19 c28" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">1 Corinthians 6:2-3</span></span></p><p class="c17 c21" style="background-color: white; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7 c19" style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/6-2.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1674333207953558&usg=AOvVaw3P7kmPV9L2tqYgANSMRPPN" style="text-decoration: inherit;">2</a></span><span class="c25">Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? If the world is judged by you, are you not competent </span><span class="c25 c16" style="font-style: italic;">to</span><span class="c25"> </span><span class="c25 c16" style="font-style: italic;">constitute</span><span class="c25"> the smallest law courts?</span><span class="c25"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/6-3.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1674333207953892&usg=AOvVaw2KRb4cg0nhW_KFyZlpKQ5Z" style="text-decoration: inherit;"> </a></span><span class="c7 c19" style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/6-3.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1674333207954059&usg=AOvVaw0x42I5ttn7uaL_Whs08R6Y" style="text-decoration: inherit;">3</a></span><span class="c29 c25 c28" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more matters of this life?</span></span></p><ul class="c10 lst-kix_vfm22byn5r7m-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c32 c2 c17 li-bullet-0" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c29 c25 c28" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Who are the saints?</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c10 lst-kix_vfm22byn5r7m-1 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c32 c14 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 72pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c29 c25 c28" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We are saints</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c10 lst-kix_vfm22byn5r7m-0" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c32 c2 c17 li-bullet-0" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c29 c25 c28" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We will judge or govern angels</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c4" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c21 c17" style="background-color: white; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c19 c28 c29" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Revelations 2:25-27</span></span></p><p class="c21 c17" style="background-color: white; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c7 c19" style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://biblehub.com/revelation/2-25.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1674333207954920&usg=AOvVaw0d7SYRwvzvH6oatYfO3Y_k" style="text-decoration: inherit;">25</a></span><span class="c25">‘Nevertheless what you have, hold fast until I come.</span><span class="c25"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://biblehub.com/revelation/2-26.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1674333207955139&usg=AOvVaw17kfJ6uVera5tlOxdTuUnS" style="text-decoration: inherit;"> </a></span><span class="c7 c19" style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://biblehub.com/revelation/2-26.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1674333207955311&usg=AOvVaw1Q63ItCxbIkaEvaPYf-U2z" style="text-decoration: inherit;">26</a></span><span class="c25">‘He who overcomes, and he who keeps My deeds until the end, </span><span class="c25 c31" style="font-size: 8pt;">TO HIM</span><span class="c25"> I </span><span class="c25 c31" style="font-size: 8pt;">WILL GIVE AUTHORITY OVER THE</span><span class="c25"> </span><span class="c25 c31" style="font-size: 8pt;">NATIONS</span><span class="c25">;</span><span class="c25"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://biblehub.com/revelation/2-27.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1674333207955700&usg=AOvVaw2dyyyVe3kkrwildyEMqW6Q" style="text-decoration: inherit;"> </a></span><span class="c7 c19" style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://biblehub.com/revelation/2-27.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1674333207955865&usg=AOvVaw1pYM6GPillpI_n1aytf-cs" style="text-decoration: inherit;">27</a></span><span class="c25 c31" style="font-size: 8pt;">AND HE SHALL</span><span class="c25"> </span><span class="c25 c31" style="font-size: 8pt;">RULE THEM WITH A ROD OF IRON</span><span class="c25">, </span><span class="c25 c31" style="font-size: 8pt;">AS THE VESSELS OF THE POTTER ARE BROKEN TO PIECES,</span><span class="c25"> as I also have received </span><span class="c25 c16" style="font-style: italic;">authority</span><span class="c29 c25 c28" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> from My Father;</span></span></p><ul class="c10 lst-kix_ha0b7p1yd2yi-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c32 c2 c17 li-bullet-0" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c29 c25 c28" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jesus inherits the earth</span></span></li><li class="c32 c2 c17 li-bullet-0" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c29 c25 c28" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We share in His inheritance</span></span></li><li class="c32 c2 c17 li-bullet-0" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 36pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c29 c25 c28" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jesus is King of Kings</span></span></li></ul><ul class="c10 lst-kix_y24rhh3l3qkx-1 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c32 c14 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 72pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c29 c25 c28" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">He is the King over some kings</span></span></li><li class="c32 c14 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 72pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c29 c25 c28" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Who are the kings over which he is king?</span></span></li><li class="c32 c14 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 72pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c29 c25 c28" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Us</span></span></li><li class="c14 c32 li-bullet-0" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 72pt; padding: 2.5pt 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c29 c25 c28" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">We will rule under the authority of Jesus</span></span></li></ul><p class="c32 c9" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c29 c25 c28" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h1 class="c32 c39" id="h.68eh7cin9vwy" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span class="c3" style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Territorial Gods</span></span></h1><p class="c32 c9" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c29 c25 c28" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c5" id="h.5qn3scnljyf2" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Nations Divided Among the Sons of God</span></span></h3><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c11" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c35" style="font-weight: 700;">Deuteronomy 32:8 (ESV)</span><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when he divided mankind, he fixed the borders of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God.</span></span></p><ul class="c10 lst-kix_9ppc99ao9pay-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dead Sea Scroll, ESV, NLT,</span></span></li><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Israel didn’t exist yet</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c22 c17" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;">Sons of Israel MT; DSS </span><span class="c22 c16 c17" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic;">sons of God;</span><span class="c17 c22" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt;"> LXX </span><span class="c22 c28 c16 c17" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">angels of God</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c22 c16 c17 c28" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c16" style="font-style: italic;">Some texts of the Greek version have "according to the number of the Angels of God;" following apparently not a different reading, but the Jewish notion that the nations of the earth are seventy in number (compare </span><span class="c7 c16" style="color: #1155cc; font-style: italic; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://biblehub.com/genesis/10-1.htm&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1674333207958348&usg=AOvVaw2qlD0n6ymajs45rh_f10Nm" style="text-decoration: inherit;">Genesis 10:1</a></span><span class="c33 c28 c16" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;"> note), and that each has its own guardian Angel (compare Ecclus. 17:17).</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c33 c28 c16" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c23" id="h.t2n9qz166qss" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Law of the Land</span></span></h2><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">When in a geographic area you are subject to the authority over that area</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Deuteronomy 17:2-5</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">2 If a man or woman living among you in one of the towns the Lord gives you is found doing evil in the eyes of the Lord your God in violation of his covenant, 3 and contrary to my command has worshiped other gods, bowing down to them or to the sun or the moon or the stars in the sky, 4and this has been brought to your attention, then you must investigate it thoroughly. If it is true and it has been proved that this detestable thing has been done in Israel, 5 take the man or woman who has done this evil deed to your city gate and stone that person to death.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c5" id="h.mjz8oqm0xxyr" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Prince of This World</span></span></h3><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h3 class="c5" id="h.7mqfv43s0ftj" style="break-after: avoid; color: #434343; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 16pt;"><span class="c18" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jesus Above All Elohim</span></span></h3><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Colossians 1:15-18</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">15 The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.<br />16 For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him.<br />17 He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.<br />18 And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jesus is over everything</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">God created everything with a plan</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">sin has a purpose</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">If you go to church… One week we are fighting the devil, and the next week the devil is defeated</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Jesus thoroughly defeated Satan and the powers of darkness</span></span></p><ul class="c10 lst-kix_mxocab5j5dnr-0 start" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="c0 c2 li-bullet-0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">But there’s some type of struggle that we are locked in</span></span></li></ul><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c23" id="h.98x9vxfihpf9" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The American Spirit</span></span></h2><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">What is “friendship with the world?”</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">So, friendship with the world means going along with, living in, agreeing with and loving the lusts of the flesh and the driving spirit behind them – self, self, self! You can’t do that and be a friend of God! The only way to be God’s friend is to turn away from sin, to turn to Jesus and give Him your whole heart and follow Him. It is to hate the lusts of the flesh – all egotism, pride and evil – and to love what God loves – all that is good, pure, noble and lovely.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">The verses in 1 John 2:15-17 make this crystal clear: “Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world – the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life – is not of the Father but is of the world. And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.”</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c7" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><a class="c13" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://activechristianity.org/what-it-means-that-friendship-with-the-world-is-enmity-with-god&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1674333207961881&usg=AOvVaw0OPJfngB-Emwx6FLK4jh84" style="text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-family: times;">https://activechristianity.org/what-it-means-that-friendship-with-the-world-is-enmity-with-god</span></a></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><h2 class="c23" id="h.afkauvs4c0zj" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Winning Back the Nations</span></span></h2><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c6" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Deuteronomy 14:1-2</span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">1“You are the sons of the LORD your God; you shall not cut yourselves nor shave your forehead for the sake of the dead. 2“For you are a holy people to the LORD your God, and the LORD has chosen you to be a people for His own possession out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth</span></span></p><h2 class="c23" id="h.8zkd4ym5w2ka" style="break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-top: 18pt;"><span class="c8" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ephesians 6 prove this. Armor of God</span></span></h2><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ephesians 6:10-20</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">No where does Paul recommend the believers confront or admonish supernatural powers. His list of weapons does not include exorcism against the spiritual force of evil in heavenly places. </span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Instead he suggested</span></span></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Truth</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Righteousness</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">The gospel</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Faith</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Salvation</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">The word of God</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 11pt;">Prayer</span></li><li><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Perseverance</span></span></li></ol><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Therefore spiritual warfare isn’t about power encounters, instead it is about having faith in the gospel and the Word of God and living a holy prayerful life as a follower of Jesus.</span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;">Paul’s description of how he fights evil spirits includes neither exorcism nor ejection of territorial spirits. There is no confrontation with supernatural powers among his strategies. </span></span></p><p class="c0 c9" style="font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c1" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="c0" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Successful warfare here destroys arguments and any opinion raised against the knowledge of God and it takes every thought captive to obey Christ. </span></p><p class="c32 c9" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; font-size: 11pt; height: 11pt; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="c29 c25 c28" style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p></p><div></div><p></p><p class="c32 c9" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; height: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 2.5pt; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="c29 c25 c28" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p>Unchained Discipleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11710595205237468334noreply@blogger.com0