Emotional Healthy Spirituality
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Social
Week
2
–
Know
Yourself
That
You
May
Know
God
Reading:
Chapter
4
Connecting
1) Optional:
how
did
you
find
the
survey?
What
was
your
score?
Did
anyone
look
up
the
Scriptures?
2) As
an
exercise
in
listening
to
our
emotions,
get
everyone
to
share
in
a
minute
or
less:
a. Something
in
the
week
past
for
which
you
are
most
grateful
(or
where
you
felt
most
alive).
AND/OR
b. Something
in
the
week
past
for
which
you
are
least
grateful
(or
where
you
felt
most
drained).
(This
exercise
is
known
as
the
Examen,
mentioned
on
page
73.)
3) Optional:
how
was
that
for
you?
Was
it
easy
to
identify
your
emotions?
Reading
Intro
An
awareness
of
yourself
is
intricately
related
to
your
relationship
with
God.
In
fact,
the
challenge
to
shed
our
‘old
false’
self
in
order
to
live
authentically
in
our
‘new
true’
self
strikes
at
the
very
core
of
true
spirituality.
In
AD
500,
Augustine
wrote
in
Confessions,
‘How
can
you
draw
close
to
God
when
you
are
far
from
your
own
self?’
He
prayed:
‘Grant,
Lord,
that
I
may
know
myself
that
I
may
know
thee.’
John
Calvin,
in
1530,
wrote
in
his
opening
of
the
Institutes
of
the
Christian
Religion:
‘Our
wisdom…consists
almost
entirely
of
tho
parts:
the
knowledge
of
God
and
of
ourselves.
But
as
these
are
connected
together
by
many
ties,
it
is
not
easy
to
determine
which
of
the
two
precedes
and
gives
birth
to
the
other.’
The
vast
majority
of
us
go
to
our
graves
without
knowing
who
we
are.
Without
being
fully
aware
of
it,
we
live
someone
else’s
life,
or
at
least
someone
else’s
expectations
for
us.
This
does
violence
to
ourselves,
our
relationship
with
God,
and
ultimately
to
others.
Theological
Foundation:
Image
of
God
The
journey
of
genuine
transformation
to
emotionally
healthy
spirituality
begins
with
a
commitment
to
allow
yourself
to
feel.
Feelings
are
an
essential
part
of
our
humanity
and
unique
personhood
as
men
and
women
created
in
the
image
of
God.
Scripture
reveals
God
as
an
emotional
being
who
feels
as
a
person.
Having
been
created
in
his
image,
we
also
were
created
with
the
gift
to
feel
and
experience
emotions.
Some
of
us
may
have
learned
that
feelings
are
not
to
be
trusted;
that
they
are
dangerous
and
can
lead
us
away
from
God’s
will
for
us.
While
it
is
true
that
we
are
not
to
be
led
by
our
emotions,
they
do
serve
a
critical
function
in
our
discipleship
and
discernment
of
God’s
will.
Get
them
to
imagine
(or
you
can
draw)
this
pie
chart:
Bible
Study
Key
Term
Optional:
has
anyone
ever
heard
the
term
‘differentiation’
before?
A
key
term
we’ll
use
tonight
is
differentiation1.
It
refers
to
a
person’s
capacity
to
define
his
or
her
own
life’s
goals
and
values
apart
from
the
pressures
of
those
around
them.
Differentiation
is
a
powerful
tool
against
what
we
typically
call
‘peer
pressure’.
In
secular
terms,
we
are
meant
to
come
up
with
our
‘life
goals
and
values’
on
our
own,
but
in
Biblical
terms
they
are
given
to
us
from
God.
In
Biblical
terms,
it
means
I
base
my
identity
firmly
on
who
God
is
and
what
he
says,
rather
than
on
others
and
what
they
say.
It
means
I
am
able
to
differentiate
between:
(a)
What
God
says
about
me,
and
(b)
What
others
say
about
me.
Moreover,
I
am
able
to
act
firmly
on
who
God
is
and
what
he
says.
You
may
have
never
thought
of
the
story
of
David
and
Goliath
in
terms
of
‘peer
pressure’
and
‘differentiation’,
but
there
are
powerful
lessons
to
be
learned.
(Get
someone
to
read
1
Samuel
17:16-‐45.
As
we
read,
see
if
you
can
pick
the
three
characters
that
bring
accusations
against
David.)
1
Read
page
82
of
EHS
or
Google
‘Murray
Bown’
for
more
information.
Social
Emotional
Physical
Spiritual
Intellectial
Aspects
of
the
who
we
are
1) What
are
some
of
the
challenges,
accusations
and
messages
David
is
getting
from
the
people
around
him:
a. Eliab
(v.
28).
How
would
you
feel
if
you
were
the
youngest
and
the
eldest
said
these
kinds
of
things
to
you?
What
would
you
do?
How
might
similar
scenes
have
played
out
with
your
siblings?
b. Saul
(v.
33,
38).
How
would
you
feel
if
a
person
in
authority
said
you
were
unable
to
do
something
you’d
set
your
heart
on?
Has
this
ever
happened
to
you?
c. Goliath
(v.
41-‐44)
Has
anyone
expressed
contempt
towards
you?
Threatened
violence?
How
did
you
react?
2) How
would
David
have
been
able
to
overcome
such
powerful
emotions?
Imagine
how
each
scene
(above)
could
have
played
out
differently
if
David
didn’t
keep
his
emotions
in
check.
3) What
truths
did
David
hold
onto
and
how
did
they
impact
his
behaviour
(vv.
34-‐37,
45-‐47)?
Application
1) Are
there
particular
people
or
circumstances
that
cause
you
to
shrink
back
in
fear
or
‘wear
armour’
that
doesn’t
fit?
(Optional:
repeat
the
introductory
material
with
Augustine
and
Calvin)
2) Finish
by
sharing
with
the
group:
a. Finish
this
sentence:
“One
thing
I
am
beginning
to
learn
about
myself
is…”
OR
b. Finish
this
sentence:
“One
thing
I
think
I
need
to
do
in
order
to
look
beneath