STUDY GUIDE ON PSYCHOLOGICAL STRENGTH

STUDY GUIDE ON PSYCHOLOGICAL STRENGTH

Virgil Warren, PhD

        Christianity is not a philosophy we believe, but a religion we live. It should have something to say, then, to the whole person and be able to help us psychologically cope with life. The following clusters of texts contain implications for psychological strength. Decide what the implication is and why it is true.

        1. Matthew 6:33

        2. 2 Corinthians 4:16-5:10; cp. Matthew 6:19-21; Hebrews 12:18-29 as well as Galatians 6:8; Colossians 3:1ff.; James 1:15

        3. Matthew 6:22-24; 1 Corinthians 10:31; Colossians 3:22-23

        4. Matthew 6:25-32; Romans 8:28; Philippians 4:13; 1 Timothy 6:6-8; Hebrews 13:5; Psalm 23

        5. Matthew 6:34

        6. Hebrews 12:12; 13:20-21; Proverbs 13:4

        7. Philippians 4:8

        8. Philippians 4:11-12; Hebrews 13:5; cp. 1 Timothy 6:6-8

        9. Matthew 26:36-47 (Mark 14:32-42; Luke 22:39); Philippians 4:10; 14-20

      10. Hebrews 12:1-10-13; James 1:2

      11. Matthew 11:28-30; 1 Peter 5:7

      12. 1 Peter 5:9

      13. Romans 12:3; 1 Corinthians 3:18; Galatians 6:3

      14. 1 Corinthians 16:13; Philippians 4:1; Proverbs 4:25-27

      15. Romans 8:28; compare Proverbs 20:24 and the general import of Revelation.

      16. 1 Corinthians 8:1-3; 13:7-8

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