Descriptive words:
- Tired
- fake
- praised
- oppressed
- best foot forward
- standards
- fearful
- unknown
- capable
- busy
- hard time saying no
- use others
- judgment
- frustrating
- plays the part
- controlling
- superficial relationships
Consequences
- Bonding – no vulnerability
- Good/Bad – judgment, based on other approval
- Boundaries – yes to good, resentment because they don’t see choice
- Adulthood – blame shifters
Three Dimensions of Performance:
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All Dr. Jekyll and No Mr. Hyde |
My Many Faces |
Yes, I can do that!
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All Dr. Jekyll and No Mr. Hyde:
Matthew 23:23-28 (ESV):
23 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others. 24 You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel! 25 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. 26 You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and the plate, that the outside also may be clean. 27 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people’s bones and all uncleanness. 28 So you also outwardly appear righteous to others, but within you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
1 John 1:5-10
My Many Faces
Matt 23:23 23 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!The meaning of the word hypocrite
Yes, I can do that!
James 5:12 (ESV)
12 But above all, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath, but let your “yes” be yes and your “no” be no, so that you may not fall under condemnation.Galatians 1:10 (ESV)
10 For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ.Acts 5:29 (ESV)
29 But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.Ephesians 4:13-15 (ESV)
13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, 14 so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes. 15 Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ...
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