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Christianity is not about morality. It's about reality.

Henry Cloud

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Henry Cloud
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: March 17
Preacher
Psychologist
Vicksburg
Mississippi
Morality
Christianity
Reality

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The sad thing is that many of us come to Christ because we are sinners, and then spend the rest of our lives trying to pretend that we are not!
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We need rest not just so we feel better. We need rest for actual creation of what we're going to need the next day.
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Encourage literally came from in courage. The courage is put into you from outside. Our character and abilities grow through internalizing from others what we do not possess in ourselves.
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Spouses in healthy relationships cherish each other's space and are champions of each other's causes.
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When you encourage someone, it literally changes their brain chemistry to be able to perform... sends fuel to the brain.
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Dating is primarily a numbers game.... People usually go through a lot of people to find good relationships. That's just the way it is.
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A good test of a relationship is how a person responds to the word 'no.' Love respects 'no,' control does not.
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If you are building a culture where honest expectations are communicated and peer accountability is the norm, then the group will address poor performance and attitudes.
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Training moments occur when both parents and children do their jobs. The parent's job is to make the rule. The child's job is to break the rule. The parent then corrects and disciplines. The child breaks the rule again, and the parent manages the consequences and empathy that then turn the rule into reality and internal structure for the child.
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Marriage is not slavery. It is based on a love relationship deeply rooted in freedom. Each partner is free from the other and therefore free to love the other. Where there is control, or perception of control, there is not love. Love only exists where there is freedom.
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Boundaries are basically about providing structure, and structure is essential in building anything that thrives.
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Be Hard on the issue, Soft on the person.
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We change our behavior when the pain of staying the same becomes greater than the pain of changing. Consequences give us the pain that motivates us to change.
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True intimacy is only build around the freedom to disagree.
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Independence is not an option for us. Remember, God existed without us.
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For someone's character to grow, it has to be free from internal attack. Falling down never stopped children from developing. But getting yelled at, criticized, and put down can stop them for life.
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You have to be able to face losing some things you might want in order to be free to do the right thing.
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Anger is frustration at the fact that we are not God, and do not have control over reality.
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The amount of truth a relationship can handle is proportional to the amount of perceived love that's present.
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He is the Truth, and He wants us to deal in truth with ourselves and our loved ones. We want the truth about you and your family to flood into and overrun the secrets that keep you in bondage to dysfunctional behavior and relationships
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