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Lesson OneIntroduction to SoulCare: Getting Started on the Journey3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson TwoThe First Task in Learning to Provide SoulCare: Knowing What You're After and What It Takes to Get There3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson ThreeA Personal Search: Beginning with an Inside Look3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson FourThe Concept of Ruling Passions: What Energy Carries You into the Life of Another3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson FiveBrokenness: The Key to Releasing the Power of SoulCare3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson SixThe Good and the Bad in the Human Soul: Self-Need vs. Soul-Thirst3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson SevenEntering the Battle for Another's Soul: The First Step3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson EightWisdom: A Roadmap for Entering the Soul Without Getting Lost3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson NineGetting into the Battle: Moving Below the Waterline from the Presenting Problem to the Story of the Soul3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson TenAgents of Growth: What SoulCare Can Do in Our Lives3 Activities1 Assessment
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Course Wrap-UpCourse Completion1 Activity1 Assessment
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Discussion Questions
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Dr. Crabb talks about our tendency to keep relationships shallow using the image of “not turning our chairs toward one another.” Why is it so difficult for us to “turn our chairs”? In other words, why are we reluctant to let anyone really know us? As you think about your answer, consider these possible reasons: Don’t have time. Don’t want to get involved. Don’t care. Feel inadequate and awkward. Don’t know how to form deeper relationships. Not culturally acceptable. Explain several possible reasons (using your own or from the list above) and then give an example from your experience that demonstrates which reason most often keeps you from turning your chair towards others.
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I like to talk to other and getting to know people. I don’t mind to open myself first to a limit. When you do that it shows honesty open the door for the person to talk. Some times people don’t like to open because of what they are about to reveal or says can make them feel uncomfortable or they don’t want to be criticized.
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I think it’s the time commitment and the feeling that I’m awkward and don’t know how to ask the right questions, or what questions to ask? And how to help.
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For myself, it has been difficult to find people who are safe to bear my soul to. I learned at a young age that my own family members were not safe people to talk to because I would be ridiculed, shamed, or ignored. When I have tried to open up to people I thought was safe in the Christian community, things were not kept confidential or I would receive pat answers to some very serious struggles I was facing.
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Feel inadequate to help or don’t know the right words to say at the moment or would rather be accomplishing something rather than listening to a person. Neighbor who is non-Christian and I don’t go out of my way to get in conversations with her because I don’t have the ‘winsome’ testimony to turn her to Christ or get into a spiritual discussion. Also fear that she will shun me if she thinks I’m ‘religious’.
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It is difficult to be vulnerable. Finding people to trust and not gossip about our troubles to others might be a reason individuals are resist to engage with others in such manner. No one wants to be looked at with pity, disgust, or other negative range of emotions/reactions based on our decisions. Even if someone shares an experience another cannot truly understand what the other is feeling. A reason that keeps me turning my chair towards others is for fear of gossip. Words can damage and it is necessary for us to be aware of how it can impact our lives in order to sustain relationships. Creating new friendships is always exciting, but it does take effort on both sides for the relationship regardless of its nature to work. Edifying each other in support of circumstances is always welcome.
