Summary: Key Lessons Learned From The Family Skill Classes

One of the key lessons I learned from the Family Life Skill Classes was how not to judge people in our perspective. Dr. Norman taught us that reason why we do this is because we need to feel we are in control, and is an arrogant thing to do. I notice almost of all the fights I have with wife is because we think we know what each of us is thinking. My wife just to get mad at me because of the way I spend our money, and I would get mad at her for getting on me about it, because I just too think she was just trying to control me. My wife learned a way to submit to me was by asking me before she bought anything, but I never felt like I had to answer to her when I wanted to spend money. When I finally learned that I should be held accountable with how I spend our money, it took a lot of humility to submit to my wife. I just to think because I’m the man of the house, I didn’t have to answer to wife. I learned to see God in my wife. In a sense when I submit to my wife, I’m also submitting to God, because my wife keeps me in check. And when my wife

Norman Wise, I learned that I am 100% responsible for my actions. No one can make me do anything, even Satan or the demons can make me sin. I also learned that I cannot make anyone do anything as well. We are the ones who make the decision. Jesus said, “but woe to that man through whom the stumbling block comes” (Matthew 18:7). We are going to be held accountable if made someone stumble; nevertheless, we are still 100% accountable for all our sins. Even though I was abandon by my parents and I was molested, and I stumble, I still need Jesus, I need His blood. Comprehending this has helped me to not justify my sins. My dramatic events in my life might have let me live a sinful life, but they do not excuse my sins. The more I understand the nature of my sins, the more realize I cannot stand before God. There is only One reason I can stand before God, and that’s Jesus and only