Boundaries by Henry Cloud
Week 6: Chapter 5 — Ten Laws of Boundaries
Read Chapter 5 of Boundaries by Henry Cloud and John Townsend.
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This chapter is the theological and philosophical backbone of the whole book — ten principles that govern how boundaries work in a world God created and sustains. Come prepared to wrestle with ideas that may reorder how you think about responsibility, love, and consequence.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.The first law is the Law of Sowing and Reaping — that actions have natural consequences. Cloud and Townsend argue that when we rescue people from their own consequences, we are actually "sowing for them and reaping for them." Can you think of a relationship where you have done this? What was the effect on the other person?
2.The Law of Responsibility says we are responsible to others (in love) but not for others (controlling their outcomes). How does that preposition change everything? Where do you tend to blur this line?
3.The Law of Power states that we do not have the power to change other people — only ourselves and our responses. How does this law feel when you are in a relationship with someone whose behavior is genuinely destructive or hurtful?
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