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Things You Do
Early childhood
songs:
Two Questions:
What is your perception of
God?
Exercise
Attaching to God
interaction)
with
God?
Past
1.
2. Present
3. Future
4. Compensation Hypothesis (Kirkpatrick, 1997,
1998,
1999) and/or the Correspondence Hypothesis
(Brokaw & Edwards, 1994, Edwards & Brokaw, 1995,
Hall, Brokaw, Edwards, & Pike, 1998).
(Bowlby, 1969 Attachment Theory; Ainsworth, 1985
Four criteria; Kirkpatrick 1999 Attachment to God)
What influences
your
I.
B.
1.
possessions,
success, or their addictions.
2. Self medicate their pain by pursuing sinful
habits.
3. A common response, Just as I expected, God
cant
be trusted.
4. Avoids intimacy and dampens emotions in
personal relationships. Closeness brings fear
of rejectioncannot measure to the standard.
A Continuum
HIGH ANXIETY
SECURE
HIGH AVOIDANCE
A Continuum
HIGH ANXIETY
SECURE
HIGH AVOIDANCE
Attaching to God
Making My Relationship
With
God a Top
Priority
A. No Pain, No Gain
1. Disciplines may produce
uncomfortable
feelings like anxiety or intrusive
memories
about past trauma.
2. But sometimes turmoil is necessary.
3. Because pain is often involved,
practicing
disciplines requires courage and the
willingness to endure the necessary
cost to
achieve something greater.
C.
D.
E.
Silence
1. This is the essential ingredient of solitude.
2. Silent touches can bring freedom from the fear of
abandonment.
3. It also helps people who need frequent praise and
adoration from others to find peace in silence.
Simplicity (Mindfulness)
1. This stops us from complicating our lives with our
pace and possessions.
2. Simplicitys goal is to help us seek God first.
3. It allows us to see how blind we are to the
strength
and control that material possessions have over
G.
Secrecy
1. Keeping successes, accomplishments, and
good qualities secret.
2. This goal helps us to focus on God, not
adoration of people.
Simple Prayer
1. 1 Thessalonians 5:17, pray continuously
2. We are always looking for Gods presence,
His comfort, and His security.
3. Prayer connects us with God the same
way
crying connects babies and mothers.
H. Meditation (Silence)
1. Learning to listen to God, to discern that
still,
small voice that directs and comforts our
souls.
2. This should be practiced with prayer.
Praying first then listening. Be still and
know that I am God.