Part II
Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.
—Romans 12:2 (NIV)
Lesson 4: Set Up for Sin-Betrayal and Shame: The Story of Tamar
Prayer and Meditation Focus
I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. (Ephesians 3:16–19 NIV)
Lesson 5: A God of Justice-Resolving Anger and Releasing Vengeance
Prayer and Meditation Focus
And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth? (Luke 18:7–8 NIV)
Lesson 6: A Counterfeit Veil-The Spiritual Manifestation of Sexual Abuse
Prayer and Meditation Focus
Those who look to him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame. (Psalm 34:5 NIV)
I delight greatly in the Lord; my soul rejoices in my God. For he has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness, as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. (Isaiah 61:10 NIV)