Individuation: You are You and Only You.
Biblical individuation is the process of seeing yourself as a separate and distinct person with your own value, responsibilities and purpose.
I. God created you with special and distinct value.
For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.
Psalm 139: 13-16
II. God created you with a set of responsibilities for which He holds you, and only you, accountable.
God will give to each person according to what he has done.
Psalm 62:12/ Romans 2:6
III. God created you for a purpose that only you can fulfill.
For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
Ephesians 2:10
Test for Individuation
Answer: Very Much A Little Not So Much
3 2 1
- How much does your personal sense of value come from belonging to a family or group where you want acceptance?
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- How much do you measure your value through the successes and failures of your parents, spouse, children or friends?
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- How much do you expect others to take care of your needs?
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- How much do you try to take care of the needs of others who should take care of themselves?
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- How much do you live through the goals and dreams of someone else?
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- Do you have strong personal goals? If not give yourself a 3. If you do but they are not written, give yourself a 2. If you have clear personal goals that are written down, give yourself a 1.
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Total Score: ________
Results:
1. 15-18: You have not individuated. Look out, boundary-less chaos ahead.
2. 10- 14: You are individuating. Keep on!
3. 6-9 You have individuated. Nice boundaries!
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