Grace for the Unglued

This summer I have been doing Unglued by Lysa Terkeurst  We meet every Tuesday morning and I absolutely look forward to this time with my church ladies where we fellowship, watch the video and then discuss the video/chapters we read. I was asked to be the secretary for my group. My job entails sending email each week of prayer request, announcements and a summary. However, I am not very good at one paragraph summaries so my group gets 3-4 pages of summary each week. : ) I always say I am going to come home and type up my notes but never actually get around too it but being the secretary has made me do it and I am so thankful for this. The extra time I spend going back over it always blesses me again. Since I write so much I think for the blogs sake I will just do one chapter at a time. Here is my notes from Unglued: Session One (the video).

Session 1: Grace for the Unglued

Youtube video of the first video if you missed it: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0vPgdKWkyQ

Some of the highlights from the video that we discussed were “that feelings should be indicators, not dictators.” We talked about how we are not ruled by our flesh but that as women sometimes we give ourselves false permission to be “emotional” and a lot of times we hide our raw emotions from people we want to impress but spew on those we love the most.

Something we really talked about was “imperfect progress” and how a lot of times when we fail we want to give up because we weren't perfect but God doesn't want perfect from us- he wants us to make progress…imperfect progress.

          In the video it talked about Joshua and whose side was he on? We have to ask ourselves the same question. And we asked each other, “What does a woman who is on His side look like?” Some of our answers were:

·       calm and collect (A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger Proverbs 15:1)

·       Emotions should be ruled but what God feels- what hurts him

·       Women think it is our right to share feelings and talk about problems/life situations with other women. *Have you prayed about it as much as you’ve talked about it?*

·       We really have to fight to live with Godly emotions. Let it go, put it down and don’t pick it back up as difficult as it may be. (And sometimes we may fail- but tomorrow will be better- imperfect progress)

·       Being on God’s side doesn’t mean we are going to have all the answers

·       In order to speak truth, you must know truth

How does Jesus handle emotions? We never see Jesus having highs and lows. He is always constant. In the garden for example, he had taught his disciples and he really needed them that night and he was hurt they were sleeping but he reacted calmly.

So how can we remain on God’s side?

Psalm 19:14 “May the words of my mouth and the mediation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O Lord, my Rock and Redeemer” So…what words are you using about this person? What thoughts are you having about this person? To stay on God’s side we must use

1.    Truth

2.    Self-control: You can’t control other people

3.    Prayer: Be thankful for that person