APPLYING WHAT YOU LEARNED: ASSIGNMENT #4 - Committed To Confession
Hopefully the Discussion for Session 4 served as a catalyst for confession, repentance, and forgiveness between you and your spouse. However, you will still struggle with the same things you repented of. Keep a journal or take notes below of what you repented of, and how and when you still struggle with them. Evalutate your notes and try to find any patterns of sin. Consider reaching out to a mature brother or sister and asking for their guidance, counsel, and accountability for patterns of sin and weakness.
PERSONAL REFLECTION: Do I struggle to accept the reality that I am my biggest marriage problem? Do I self-righteously argue against Jesus’ verdict? Do I struggle to accept the reality that I have no hope in myself for marriage? Am I trying to do what only grace can do? Do I struggle to allow other people to know the true me, riddled with flaws, weaknesses, and failure?
Supplemental Reading: WDYE Chapters 8-10 2 Corinthians 12:7-10 1 Peter 5:5-7
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APPLYING WHAT YOU LEARNED: Accountability groups will never solve the issues of our hearts; there are many believers who have learned the skill of hiding sin in their accountability groups. However, you should consider creating some type of healthy relational network where men and women can reach out to other men and women and share their struggles, not only in marriage, but in everyday life. After four Sessions together, hopefully trust, transparency, and confession have developed as themes in your group. This might be a good time to suggest and endorse meeting up with people in the group, but outside of the assigned meeting times. Remember, the body of Christ is meant to minister to one another all the time, not just in organized times and places.
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