Book Discussion: SoulTalk by Larry Crabb

� Bible Devotion (7-7:20)

� SoulTalk Intro (7:20-7:35)

� Larry Crabb Video (7:35-8:00)

� Video Debriefing (8:00-8:15)

� Small Group Discussions (8:15-9:00)

� Final Wrap-Up & Closing Prayer

� “Self-Talk is a language of self-protection, self-sufficiency, and self-absorption.”

� “SoulTalk is a language that has the power to pull back the curtains on our soul, to move through the mess, and to help each other discover that what we really want is God.”

� Every Every Every Every conversation either conversation either conversation either conversation either stimulates or dampens our stimulates or dampens our stimulates or dampens our stimulates or dampens our desire for God.desire for God.desire for God.desire for God.

FleshFleshFleshFlesh SpiritSpiritSpiritSpirit

Self-Obsession God-Obsession

Self-Centered God-Centered

Loving Self More Loving God More

Think BeneathThink BeneathThink BeneathThink Beneath: It will require supernatural discernment to think beneath the problems people share to identify the real battle going on in every

soul that most folks never see.

Identify a battle currently going on in Identify a battle currently going on in Identify a battle currently going on in Identify a battle currently going on in your life. your life. your life. your life.

� What “second thing”“second thing”“second thing”“second thing” are you valuing here? Explore experiences in your background that lead to your valuing of that second thing as central for a sense of personal well-being.

� What would it look like for you to value “first “first “first “first things”things”things”things” in this matter?