Shattered Dreams Flashcards
Crabb uses this book as an invitation for 3 things. The third invitation stated, “So the Holy Spirit awakens that appetite.” What statement does he make following this invitation in regards to God’s use of the pain in shattered dreams? (5)
He uses pain to help us discover our desire for God.
Crabb discusses Matthew 19:14( Let the little children come to me) when he parallels how we are like little children. What was his reasoning? (17)
Like children, we are helpless.
Crabb discusses Naomi’s story; he says, that like Naomi, our pain (35)
will always have purpose.
According to Crabb, Buddah’s way ________ pain while Jesus’s way ______ desire. (70)
deadens, deepens
What does Crabb say must happen in order to see authentic, gospel transformation? (187)
We must encounter God.
What Biblical character does Larry Crabb focus on?
Naomi
What are two key elements of true spirituality? (pg. 92)
Abandonment and confidence
Seasons of personal suffering are opportunities for: (pg. 158)
God to do His deepest work
What is necessary for us to grow? (pg. 159)
A mix of fulfilled dreams and shattered dreams
What does Larry Crabb envision? (pg. 188)
An encounter with God that creates community and transforms lives
What did the author state that filled his mind as he wrote the book? ( Introduction)
Three ideas.
The author refers to three ideas what was the first? ( 1)
God wants to bless us.
- How does the author explain the idea of God wanting to bless us? ( pg 3)
God’s determined to give us an encounter with Himself.
How does the author describe God’s response “while we suffer”? (Pg.4)
Leading us into the depths of our being, into the center of our soul where we feel our strongest passions.
What does the author state God’s spirit has instructed him to focus his life and ministry around? (pg.5)
Encounter, community and transformation
When Ruth returned to Bethlehem, she told the town, “Don’t call me Naomi, call me Mara.” What does the name, “Mara,” mean? (Page 200)
Bitter
Our souls long for whatever we think will provide the greatest pleasure. We just aren’t aware of what the greatest pleasure is yet. What is the greatest pleasure?
(Page 2)
An intimate relationship with God
God wants to bless us. What is the greatest blessing He can think of?
(Page 3)
Giving us an encounter with Himself
Larry Crabb’s beginning principle states that, “If we are to discover a hope that continues through shattered dreams, that hope must be available to everyone regardless of their ________.”
(Page 33)
Circumstances
What religion do Christians often “practice” in order to escape pain?
(Page 63)
Buddhism
- Why does God bless us (Ipad version - A New way page 9)
He loves, He wants to reveal Himself to us, We are his children
Without knowing it, what do we really want to make us happy? (Feel the Embrace Page 11)
An encounter with God
According to Crabb, people who insist on happiness never find (Keeping Desire Alive, Page 90)
Joy
A profound encounter with pain brings us to make ______( Desire for Addiction page 107)
A choice
The only cure for addiction is ________ (The Elusive God, page 114)
The Gospel
According to Crabb, in Ch.1, (ibook edition), what is selfishness at its root?
(p. 47)
self-protectiveness
According to Crabb, shattered dreams are: (Ch. 2)
the truest blessings
Because not many Christians drink deeply from the well of living water, our worship, our community, and our witness are ( Ch. 4)
(p. 118)
weak
Naomi broke the time-limit rule , an unwritten rule about (Ch. 6)
(p. 145)
mourning
Brokenness is the awareness that you long to be someone you’re not and cannot be without (Ch. 7)
(p. 157)
divine help
According to Crabb, we dig __________ to satisfy our thirst for Jesus and walk by the fresh spring water of God. (pg. 3)
Broken cisterns
The first commandment of fallen thinking is: “Trust no one and you shall live.” The second follows closely after, saying: (pg. 18)
To make life work, trust only yourself and what you can control.
What example from Jesus’ life does Crabb use to illustrate Jesus expressing his emotions and anguish? (pgs. 40-41)
The Garden of Gethsemene
The best way to handle suffering is: (pg. 72)
Discover your desire for God.
Shattered dreams give us the chance to discover our desire for God and then to create space for him and to watch him enter. These two illustrations are known as: (pgs. 111-112)
Abandonment and confidence
What was Jesus’s primary method of teaching? (page 31)
Parables
What did Naomi do to make her friends aware of her misery? (page 57)
Changed her name
The only cure for addictions is: (page 90)
The gospel
The author makes reference to what in relation to Columbine student, Rachel Scott?
(page 132)
Her poem
What is the key phrase in the story of Naomi? (page 165)
“in her lap”
What are the two key elements of true spirituality?
92
Abandonment and confidence
What does it mean to “abandon” ourselves to God?
111
Create space for him
According to Larry Crabb, how should we handle our suffering?
(72)
Discover your desire for God
What is it called when we, as humans, feel entitled to make ourselves feel better when something bad happens?
The way of the flesh
What are the three key terms that Larry Crabb uses to describe “our highest dream”? (164)
Encounter, community, transformation
In the book “Shattered Dreams,” what is author Larry Crabb’s problem with God? (P.20)
That long held and deeply cherished dreams are shattered and He does nothing
According to Larry Crabb, there are 6 necessary lessons which must be learned if we are to know God well. What is the first lesson? (P.49)
Shattered dreams are necessary for spiritual growth, produce excruciating pain that we feel like we cannot survive, most people will never experience shattered dreams.
In Chapter 9, “Desire or Addiction,” Crabb defines addiction as: (p.82)
The lack of understanding that we need God, and devoting our energy to fulfilling lesser desires
In Chapter 17, the author writes about the “Three Lessons of Brokenness.” What are the lessons? (P.155-156)
Life is not easy; it’s hard, sometimes very hard.
Feeling good is not the goal. When we feel bad, we have an opportunity to do battle against the enemy within us which prevents us from entering the Presence of God with no greater passion than to glorify Him.
In Chapter 21; “The Journey to Joy,” the author asks two questions about why our encounter with God is weak. What are they?
Who is God, the God we desire to know?
Who are we, as people longing for to enjoy God?
In his statement that he is fortunate to have real friends, Larry Crabb’s list contains people who: (page 13)
Do something for him
According to Crabb, to help us discover our desire for God, God uses: (page 5)
The pain of shattered dreams
According to Crabb, the reason why Jesus said we must be like children in order to enter the kingdom of heaven is: (page 15)
He wants us to humble ourselves
According to Crabb, brokenness is: (page 70)
The awareness that you long to be someone you’re not and cannot be without divine help
According to Crabb, if we deny how badly we hurt: (page 81)
We remain unaware of our desire for God
According to Crabb, what kills? (pg. 22)
pity
Accordingly to Crabb he learned _____ lessons from the story of Naomi (49)
six
_______ and _______ are the two key elements of true spirituality (pg. 89)
abandonment and confidence
What two question Crabb talks about asking one’s self if one needs to encounter God (pg. 181).
how do I think about God and how do I think about myself.
Crabb talks about two types of misery, which was his focus (pg. 160)
the kind people with God assume they should never feel
Larry Crabb states in his book that God uses the pain of ________ to help us discover our desire for God.
(pg. 5)
shattered dreams
According to Crabb, what became the doorway into God’s heart that allowed him to share in God’s pain and made him feel closer to God?
(pg. 13)
his suffering
Which figure from the Bible does Crabb use throughout his book to demonstrate the greater dream that God fulfills in this person’s life?
(pg. 51)
Naomi
What does Crabb say is our single biggest obstacle to our enjoying God’s Presence?
(pg. 144)
the flesh
In Shattered Dreams, what does Crabb say transformed Augustine from a sexual addict to a spiritual leader and was the cure that delivered him from slavery?
(pg. 185)
worshipping God
What did the Lord do to preserve the dreams Naomi once thought essential to her happiness p.51?
The Lord did nothing to preserve these dreams
Who did Naomi blame for her family dying p60?
God
What was the first phrase in Naomi’s Journey to joy p.61?
As the barley harvest was beginning
What are the “four noble truths” that make up the core of Buddhist teaching p.71?
Life is suffering, the cause of all suffering is desire, the way to end suffering is to end desire, spend your life learning to eliminate desire.
What was the second phrase in Naomi’s journey to joy p. 61?
As it turned out
The gap between desire and reality is what?
Suffering
Where does God’s visible work begin?
In the community of God’s people.
Our evil demand-that our sense of well-being be honored above God’s glory- deserves
___________.
Punishment
What is waiting to be discovered beneath every shattered dream?
A divine presence
The _______ is the way we think; it’s the energy that pushes us to do what we do.
Flesh
Which Bible character does the author use throughout the book to illustrate his message?
(p31)
Naomi
What family member of the author was born with a life threatening infection? (p 17)
His granddaughter
The author states that “every difficulty in our relationship with God is always __________
fault.” (p19)
our
The author describes the testimony of a great theologian that struggled with sexual addiction.
That theologian was ____________.” (p176)
Augustine
The author discusses six lessons to be learned regarding shattered dreams. The first lesson
states that “shattered dreams are necessary for ____________.” (p49)
spiritual growth
What is our initial reaction when life throws us an unexpected curve?
Focus on pitying ourselves or we hide in order to not let anyone see our real damage.
What do we do as Christian sometimes in an attempt to “Trust God”, similar to the teachings of Buddha?
We make ourselves deaden our own emotions and desires to take away the pain
What do we have to do in order to “keep our desires alive” according to Crabb?
We need to first feel the pain of disappointment from the imperfect love we received.
What is our initial reaction when we become aware of our deep desire for God?
We become frustrated with the inability to be satisfied
What is the goal of secular counseling and secular religion?
Recovery from a troubled to a healthy heart
