John Townsend is doing a session right now at the Celebrate Recovery Summit right before lunch and is knocking it out of the park.
The point of his talk that hit me the most was his teaching for this group of Celebrate Recovery leaders being “people of the ask”. That most of us at some point in a group will let go and state our problems such as:
- “my marriage is terrible”
- “my kids are out of control”
- “I can’t find a job”
- “my drinking is bad”
But it isn’t as intuitive for us to ask for what we need to help. Whether this is because we don’t feel worthy of someone’s help, because you have a hard time receiving love, or you don’t know what to do. John’s point is that we must be people of the ask who will not only be comfortable (in the right setting) sharing your issues and problems, but that you need to ask for what you need help with. If you need encouragement, advice, prayer, or a friend - you know what you need to at least get started.
This is such a simple point, but revolutionary for relationship and getting the help you need in your life.
[Here are a couple of John Townsends Books:]
