Formed by Jesus, Together, For Others
are the stories we tell ourselves to make sense of life.
3 American Narratives (Andrew Delbanco)
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We live at the mercy of our narratives.
John 8:30-41 CSB
The enemy cannot
reality, but he always
it.
John 8:33 CSB
The worst bondage is the kind that the prisoner himself does not recognize. He thinks he is free, yet he is really a slave. The Pharisees and other religious leaders thought that they were free, but they were actually enslaved in terrible spiritual bondage to sin and Satan. They would not face the truth, and yet it was the truth alone that could set them free. —Warren Wiersbe
3 Self Narratives We Believe By Default
1. My hope is in what I can
2. My hope is in what I can
3. My hope is in what others
The teachings of Jesus call us to
our vision of reality.
John 8:31-32 CSB
We are formed by the leadership of Jesus when we don’t just look to God for
, but for
.
John 8:32 CSB
In Christ, we no longer live at the mercy of the world’s narratives.
We live in the
THIS WEEK’S PRACTICE
1. What’s the negative thought, feeling, and/or sensation?
2. What’s the lie beneath the thought, feeling, and/or sensation that reveals my false narrative?