The fifth chapter of the book Boundaries by Henry Cloud and John Townsend has been packed full of real life drama as well as boulders of wisdom. When we get to the root of the matter of our struggles with boundaries, we can see the motivation and cause of many of our actions. Last week…
As we continue to learn from the Laws of Boundaries presented in the book Boundaries by Henry Cloud and John Townsend. In chapter 5, a comical example of what it might be like if an alien came to earth and how similar that is to our beginnings here on earth. This week we continue in…
Like the alien described in the beginning of chapter 5 of Boundaries, by Cloud & Townsend, people raised in dysfunctional families, or families where God’s ways of boundaries are not practiced, find themselves lost, confused, and easily hurt in adult life. They don’t understand the spiritual principles that govern relationships and personal well-being. Those principles…
Last weeks discussion of how are boundaries are developed was large; it was deep and it was real. With the importance of the material, it was decided to break the review up into two parts. If you did not go through the first part of the discussion, please click the following link and review it.…
As we continue to work our way through Boundaries by Cloud and Townsend, we get exposed to a wide variety of ideas and concepts relating to boundaries. Either the boundaries we don’t have, or the inappropriate ones we do have. In many cases, we don’t know or realize some of the dysfunction in our own…
This week in chapter 3 of Boundaries by Cloud and Townsend we learned some character defects around boundaries, our boundaries, lack there of, and boundaries of others. The difficult situation we can get ourselves into; saying “Yes” to the bad, and “No” to the good. This chapter began to lay out some basic fundamental categories…
We hear a bit about boundaries, we even started this book about boundaries. We have our internal perception of boundaries and in reality, we experience boundaries every day. Good ones, bad ones and of course the results of boundaries. Chapter 2 of the book opened up with the story of some parents that were having…
This is the first session in our Boundaries study and in the coming weeks we are going to learn a lot about boundaries, ourselves and how Biblical principles can help us have a healthier life. This week we read through Chapter 1, “What Does a Boundary Look Like?”. The following discussion questions are based on…
One . of the most serious problems facing people today is confusion about boundaries. It is sometimes even more difficult for Christians. Many sincere, dedicated believers struggle with tremendous confusion about when it is biblically appropriate to set limits. When confronted with their lack of boundaries, many raise some good questions; Can I set limits…
Psalm 23 1The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. 2He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, 3he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake. 4Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are…