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Session 8

Have you become less than you were designed to be? Emotional maturity is part of your discipleship in Christ. This last session finishes Randy’s list of 10 essentials for a life of wholeness.

Living in Wholeness (Part 2)

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This educational series, with Randy Gariss, addresses the often-neglected aspect of emotional maturity, particularly in the context of spiritual growth. It begins by exploring the disconnect between emotional and spiritual maturity, illustrating how unprocessed emotions can exert control over us. The second session discusses the pitfalls of transferring misunderstood emotions onto physical entities, emphasizing that these cannot provide genuine healing. The third session introduces the discipline of silence and solitude as modeled by Jesus, as a means to begin processing these emotions. The subsequent session discusses the power of narrative in shaping our reactions to our experiences, stressing the importance of reshaping these narratives with Christ's story. The series further emphasizes the essential discipline of friendship as a healing mechanism and provides principles from the book of Proverbs on forming such friendships. It explores the interplay between thoughts and feelings, discussing ways to cultivate right direction thinking. The last two sessions delve into living in wholeness, discussing the ten essentials for a life of wholeness, and the difference between simply surviving life and truly living it. The series concludes by reinforcing that emotional maturity is a key component of discipleship in Christ.

Emotional Maturity

This series investigates emotional maturity in a spiritual context, highlighting the impact of unprocessed emotions, the role of narrative, the power of friendships, and the importance of healthy thought patterns for living in wholeness and discipleship in Christ.

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The first half of Randy’s list of 10 essentials for a life of wholeness:
1. Have a heart of worship where I share the day with the Lord.
2. Have a handful of godly friends who know everything about me.
3. Faithfully and joyfully live out my role in my family.
4. Take up the “towel and basin” and advance the cause of Christ where it is not.
5. Work hard.

Randy’s continued list of 10 essentials for a life of wholeness:

6. Rest.

 - Mark 6:31

 - A question for the end of every day is “Did you get real rest today?

7. Solitude.

 - See the verses from Session 3

 - A question for the end of every day is “Did you meet with God in quietness
today?”

8. Stewardship of your body.

 - 1 Timothy 4:8

 - A question for the end of every day is “Are you taking care of your body?”

9. Stewardship of everything you possess.

 - Luke 16:10-12

 - A question for the end of every day is “Have you cleaned up the chaos today?

10. Creativity.

 - A question for the end of every day is “Have you cared about beauty or the things
that interest you today?”

1 Thessalonians 5:23-24 “Himself, God himself, the God of peace, may he sanctify you through
and through, may your whole spirit, soul and body be found sound and blameless at the coming
of the Lord Jesus. And the one who called you is faithful and he will do it.” 
(In the recording it
accidentally says Peter, but it is Paul!)


Living in Wholeness (Part 2)

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