How to Use This Series Thank you for choosing this 10-session video series by Paul Tripp Ministries! Our prayer is that this resource will be used by God to transform and strength your marriage. If you have any questions, please contact our team: Teaching@PaulTripp.com. What Did You Expect? can be used by individuals, couples, and groups. We recommend a minimum of 60 minutes for each session so you have enough time to watch the video teaching together and spend time discussing. Of course, there is flexibility based on your circumstances, but this curriculum has been written for you to simply follow the "order of service" outlined in the Study Guide. Each session would begin with Group Participation: • Begin with How Did It Go Last Week? (Which you can skip the first gathering). This is an opportunity to share successes and trial with the group, based on what was learned and applied from the previous session. • Then, someone (or all together) would read aloud the Bible verses found in And God Said... • Likewise, someone would then read aloud What is the Point? , identifying the main points in the video session about to come so participants are prepared for what Paul Tripp will be teaching. • Together, everyone would pray the Petition , preparing hearts to receive the Word. • You then would watch the video session, Hear the Word . Each video is approximately 25 minutes. Note : this conference was originally recorded live, as five, 50-minute sessions (two on a Friday night, three on a Saturday morning). For the purpose of this curriculum, they have been divided in half (now ten, 25-minute sessions) to allow for ample group discussion time within a 60-90 minute gathering. • After watching the video, spend the remaining time in your gathering using Let's Talk About That . An abundance of discussion questions have been provided, knowing that not all of them might be touched due to time restraints (or, if one or two particular questions take up the majority of the discussion!) • After the gathering concludes and before the next group session, For Personal Application material has been provided for individuals or couples to use as "homework" or for devotional and confessional life. • A note specifically about For More From Paul Tripp, Read: The 10 video lessons and this accompanying study guide have been designed specifically separate from Paul's book, Marriage: 6 Gospel Commitments That Every Couple Needs to Make . (The book has its own study guide, which can be used if the video lessons are not implemented). The 10 video lessons do not track session- by-session and chapter-by-chapter with the book, so a participant does not have to read the book before or in between sessions. Plus, the suggested book chapters outlined in For More From Paul Tripp, Read: won't always match with the content of the video lesson. Reading the Marriage book on their own time is a separate, supplemental activity for those wanting to dig deeper. Why Transcripts? You will notice that full transcripts of Paul's 10 video lessons have been included at the end of this Study Guide. This is to allow for a quick keyword search or a full reading of the sessions for those who desire it. If you plan to print off a hard copy of this Study Guide to distribute to your group, you may want to only print off the Sessions and exclude the transcripts!
GETTING TO THE HEART OF PARENTING
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