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Publié par | Everest Media LLC |
Date de parution | 13 septembre 2022 |
Nombre de lectures | 0 |
EAN13 | 9798350001471 |
Langue | English |
Poids de l'ouvrage | 1 Mo |
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Insights on James Bryan Smith's The Good and Beautiful God
Contents Insights from Chapter 1 Insights from Chapter 2 Insights from Chapter 3 Insights from Chapter 4 Insights from Chapter 5 Insights from Chapter 6 Insights from Chapter 7 Insights from Chapter 8 Insights from Chapter 9 Insights from Chapter 10 Insights from Chapter 11 Insights from Chapter 12 Insights from Chapter 13 Insights from Chapter 14 Insights from Chapter 15 Insights from Chapter 16
Insights from Chapter 1
#1
I couldn’t love my enemies, so I tried to change and prayed to God to make me love them. But I didn’t even love some of my friends, so I prayed for God to help me change that, too. Not long after that, I realized that my hope was not in the outside, in trying to become the person I thought Jesus was, the person I thought Sermon on the Mount followers should be. The only place my hope resided was in the inside of me. I had to change the way I looked at myself. That was the only place I could change. -> A lot of people want to change and would answer yes to these questions, but many of them do not believe it is possible. They lead a Christian life of quiet desperation, longing for change but certain it will never happen.
#2
We have been taught that we cannot change, so we stop trying.
#3
If you want to change, stop trying to change and change yourself. You can’t change other people, so stop looking for them to change, too.
#4
You don’t have control over what you can’t see. You have control over what you can see.
#5
We cannot change other people. We can only change ourselves, and we can do so by changing the way we think and act.
#6
We are all creatures who live by our stories. We turn everything into a story in order to make sense of life. We dream in narrative, daydream in narrative, remember, anticipate, hope, despair, believe, doubt, plan, revise, criticize, construct, gossip, learn, hate, and love by narrative.
#7
We cannot change other people, so stop trying to change them. We can only change ourselves, and we can do so by changing the way we think and act.
#8
We cannot change other people. We can only change ourselves, and we can do so by changing the way we think and act. We must deepen our narratives by specific activities aimed at making them real not only in our minds but also in our bodies and souls.
#9
The spiritual disciplines are meant to have a therapeutic effect. We do them even if they hurt because we want to improve how we function. They are an essential part of our soul transformation.
#10
The Holy Spirit is our teacher, and he is always working to turn us into disciples of Jesus Christ. The Spirit helps us change our narratives to Jesus’ narrative, and he leads us away from false narratives and toward true ones.
#11
Solitude is the basis of all your soul-training exercises. It is the place where you practice silence, meditation, contemplation, and prayer. Community is the basis of your spiritual disciplines. It is the place where you engage in worship, witnessing, and service.
#12
The spiritual disciplines are meant to have a therapeutic effect. They are an essential part of your soul transformation. They help you change your narratives to Jesus’ narrative and away from false narratives.
#13
We cannot change other people, so stop trying to change them. We can only change ourselves, and we can do so by changing the way we think and act. The spiritual disciplines are meant to have a therapeutic effect. They are an essential part of our soul transformation.
#14
Jesus knows that if you follow him, you will find what you are most passionate about.