Monday, May 25, 2015

THERE IS A SOLUTION.....


Back to our basic question: Do you have a problem? Do you deal with something that you’ve tried everything you can think of to solve, and yet it continues and even gets worse? If you have a problem that fits this description, then this course is for you. If you don’t, then you’re probably not ready—yet. That’s the only requirement for being part of this course—that you have a problem that you can’t whip, and you’re ready to admit it.

THERE IS A SOLUTION

Don’t be afraid to admit that you can’t beat this problem on your own. That is the first step to overcoming it. There is a solution, I promise you. And this solution will not solve just the original problem that brought you here but all problems you apply it to.


He Did Deliver Me From Bondage, Colleen C. Harrison, Windhaven Publishing, p 4

Sunday, May 24, 2015

Boundaries in Marriage,......

“When we neglect setting boundaries with ourselves and focus instead on setting boundaries with those we think sorely need limits, we have limited our own spiritual growth.  As in any growth process, spiritual growth proceeds to the level that we invest in it.  When we only invest in changing someone else, they get the benefit of our efforts, but the important work we have to do has been neglected….

“If your spouse is…angry, irresponsible, inattentive, and self-centered, you will not grow if you continue to react to his sins. This is not seeking first God’s kingdom and righteousness (Matt. 6:33); it is seeking satisfaction from another person (codependency.)

“We must become more deeply concerned about our own issues than our spouse’s.  We cannot overstate the importance of this idea.  One of the most frightening facts in existence is that God will someday call us to account for our lives here on earth: ‘For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due him for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad’ (2 Cor 5:10).  At that meeting we will not be able to blame, hide behind, or deflect to the sins and problems of our spouse.  It will be a one-on-one conversation with God.

“Boundaries with yourself are a much bigger issue than boundaries in you marriage.  In the end, while we are only partly responsible for growing our marriages, we are completely responsible to God for developing our very souls.  You are responsible for half of you marriage and all of your soul. Boundaries on yourself are between you and God.”


Boundaries in Marriage,  Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend, p65-66