Good Boundaries and Goodbyes by Lysa TerKeurst
Week 8: Chapter 7 — Boundaries with Family
Read Chapter 7 of Good Boundaries and Goodbyes. Key passages to consider: Ephesians 6:1–4; Matthew 10:34–37; Genesis 2:24.
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Family relationships carry a unique weight — obligations, histories, and love that make boundaries feel both more necessary and more complicated than anywhere else.
Discussion Questions
8 questions1.Lysa acknowledges that family relationships are uniquely difficult to navigate because they carry both the deepest love and the deepest wounds. What specific family dynamic (you don't have to name names) do you find hardest to hold boundaries in, and why do you think that is?
2.She addresses the command to honor your father and mother (Ephesians 6:1–4) and unpacks what "honor" actually means — and what it doesn't mean. How does her definition of honor differ from unquestioning obedience or unlimited access?
3.Lysa notes that Genesis 2:24 — "a man shall leave his father and mother" — establishes a healthy separateness as part of God's design even within family. How does the leaving and cleaving dynamic apply beyond marriage to all adult family relationships?