“Sometimes we transgress because we like to rebel. For example, a teenager may drink because he likes to break the rules. Sometimes… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
“Numerous New Testament passages teach that we need to forsake our allegiance to our original family and become adopted by God (Matt.… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
If your boundary training consists only of words, you are wasting your breath. But if you 'do' boundaries with your kids, they… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
“I saw this vividly when I visited my parents’ home, where two of my three sisters, Susan and Cris, were still living.… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
“When parents greet their children’s disagreement, disobedience, or practicing with simple hostility, the children are denied the benefit of being trained. They… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
“Our life is our own now, and we alone are accountable for its outcome: “For we must all appear before the judgment… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
“The Bible addresses two distinct reactions to hostility in parents: Fathers are told not to “embitter [their] children, or they will become… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
“The second boundary injury, easier to spot than the first, is a parent’s hostility against boundaries. The parent becomes angry at the… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
“A child cannot tolerate a mother’s anger. She either splits from the relationship, or she becomes terrified. Neither alternative promotes freedom and… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
The amount of truth a relationship can handle is proportional to the amount of perceived love that's present. — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
“Are we paying attention to what is important, inhibiting the things that will not help or will hurt us, and keeping current?” — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
“Neglecting them leads to spiritual and emotional problems; having them met, however, frees us to meet the needs of others cheerfully and without resentment.… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
“we need people to whom we can talk and who will understand without invalidating our feelings by saying the following: You shouldn’t feel that… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
Leadership is not taken, it is given. People give leadership to those that they trust. They allow people that they trust to have influence… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
“What appear to be dangerous and even bad periods in some lives can actually bring them closer to the Lord, because these individuals honestly… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
“We are drawn to Jesus because “he learned obedience from what he suffered” (Heb. 5:8). People who are growing up are also drawn to… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
If you want to become healthy, you have to surround yourself with a group of people that are getting healthy, and you have to… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
Dont use all-or-nothing thinking. Take each day as its own day, and dont worry about it if you mess up one day. The most… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
Faith goes beyond reason. It goes beyond what you can see. But it is as real as anything you can touch or feel. — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
Boundaries are basically about providing structure, and structure is essential in building anything that thrives. — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
“Forgiveness and opening up to more abuse are not the same thing. Forgiveness has to do with the past. Reconciliation and boundaries have to… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
