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Lesson 2: Using Your Spiritual Gifts

December 14, 2022

Using Your Spiritual Gifts in Counseling


Questions

1) Based on your reading of Romans 12, how are spiritual gifts to be used in the church?

2) Are you able to identify and describe some spiritual gifts and their purpose for the Church?

3) What are practical ways spiritual gifts are to be used in life to help others?

4) Identify ways that one may know their spiritual gift(s)?


Recommended Resources

1) Understanding Spiritual Gifts, Sam Storms.

2) Study Your God-Given Gifts, Don and Katie Fortune

3) SHAPE, Finding and Fulfilling Your Unique Purpose for Life, Erik Rees

Lesson 8: Bringing People into God's Presence

Lesson 7: Pain and Suffering

Lesson 5: Family Systems, Breaking Generational Patterns

March 30, 2023

Family Systems, Breaking Generational Patterns Questions 1) Using Abraham’s life story found in Genesis starting at chapter 12 - 25, what adverse generational processes did he and his family’s dynamics set into motion? 2) Continuing with Abraham children, specifically his two sons, Isaac born of Sarah, and Ishmael born of Hagar (Genesis 21), what do you see brewing that will impact this family in the future, and why? 3) What is a transitional family member? And why are they so important? 4) What are some ways to break dysfunctional family dynamics? Recommended Resources 1) Spiritual Warfare, Tony Evans. 2) The Fight for Family: Defeating Generational Dysfunction, Finding Generational Freedom, Francie, Willis. 3) Article, http://ucg.org / Good News / Can You Break the Cycle of Generational Dysfunction? 4) Secrets of Your Family Tree: Healing for Adult Children of Dysfunctional Families, William Henry Cloud, John Townsend, Earl Henslin, Alice Brawand, Dave Carder.