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Recap of 5/4/08
1. According to the Apostle Paul in Philippians 3:13,14, issues from our past have a way of making their way into our present and become a hindrance to spiritual growth. Selwyn Hughes calls this a “hidden agenda.”
2. A “hidden agenda” is “an unresolved issue from the past, a negative experience in your past which is influencing your behavior in the present.” (Hughes)
3. According to Gordon MacDonald sources of these hidden agendas (what he calls “drivenness”) are:
- unresolved parental conflicts (homes where “well done” is never heard)(Hughes talks about “mottoes” from our past which drive us today. He gives two examples: “Big boys don’t cry.” “Measure up. The better you do, the more we will love you.”)
-an early experience of deprivation or shame
-being raised in an atmosphere of drivenness
