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Lessons from the Past

Paul J. Bucknell

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The Big Race

 Joining in
What is the race like?
Can I make it?
Does it really matter?

 Getting Ready
 Getting in Shape
 Your Trainers
 Distance Training
 Course Overview

 Crossing the Line
 Readying the Mind
 Mastering the Course
 Deciding to Win

 Running the Race
Off we go
Orientation

 Starting off right
 Four Hints 3
Qualifications 4
Singles
Healing
Decisions 7
Commitments
Following Up
Fixed
Big Events 13
Training 20

Running the Race

Finishing Well






    


LESSONS
FROM THE
PAST
Qualified
 What qualifies me to run?
Decisions What life events make me want to run?
Events
 How have my past failures and victories shaped the way I will run this race?
Training What decisions have I made in my life that will ensure victory?

Our past experiences can clearly guide us as a lighthouse when we appreciate them as lessons.

 OBJECT:

To better understand how past experiences and decisions have significantly influenced our thinking in the way we have dealt and understood sexual matters.


DIRECTIONS

  • Print these pages out. (Make at least 3 copies of next page)..
  • • Fill in the chart on this page.
  • • Use copies of the next page to describe 3 events as described below.
  • • Evaluate using the summary on the following page.


Please note that copying the needed texts into an email to yourself is a good alternative to printing. You can also save the web page to your own computer or simply print it out. {Download now pdf file 64k}


Part #1
Draw a line showing your level of commitment to God's sexual standards throughout your life. (10 high, 0 low).



After you have completed the line graph, think through at least three specific significant events or experiences that significantly influenced your sexual standards. Put a small circle on the chart at each significant point of time and give it a 2-3 word title on the right. Try to think of at least one good and one bad experience. You will describe these experiences in part 2 on the following page.
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