Welcome to Lesson Twelve!
The real you
Years ago I read the story of an American army officer who was a prisoner of war in the Far East during World War II. For years he and his fellow prisoners has been brutalized by his captors. But one day, he marched into the office of commandant of the prisoner of war camp and announced, “I am taking command of this camp.” The commandant relinquished command immediately.
What happened? Very simple. The war was over. America had won; the captors had lost. That American officer understood who he was. He was on the winning side. He was now the ranking officer of that camp.
Understanding who you are will empower you to live on a whole different level. We addressed this last time in our video, which I’ll repost here:
If the video doesn’t show up on your screen, here’s a link so you can watch it on YouTube.
Here’s a link to page 161 containing the prayer I mentioned in the video.
Reading
In the reading today (pages 139-147), we examine your true identity:
Questions
Check your understanding
Here are the questions I recommend you work through: page 148, questions 6, 7 (at the top of the page)
Answers to “Check your understanding” questions
Group discussion
I recommend you discuss questions 5, 7, 8, 9, 10 on page 148 from the “Group discussion” either with others who are studying with you and/or with our Facebook group.
Journal
You may also want to check out the Journal questions (1, 2, 3) on page 149.
Congratulations! Lesson Twelve complete!
In Lesson Thirteen, we turn the corner and begin discussing Spiritual Self Defense tactics. We’ll cover how you are designed to win this fight, why you don’t need to perform or pretend, and an amazing new way of looking at repentance.
Look forward to seeing you next time!
Dwight
Reading and other links
Chapter 4
Section 4.2
Reading: Pages 139-147
Questions: Pages 147-150 (selected questions)
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Links to other pages in the Spiritual Self Defense textbook
Glossary & index (pages 285-289) | Answers to “Check your understanding” questions (pages 278-284) | Table of contents (pages 3-9) | About the author (page 290) | Cover page (page 1) | Copyright page (page 2) | How this book came to be (page 11) | How to get the most from this book (page 12) | Other books to explore (page 10)
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