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Co Dependency

1. Our ultimate dependency should be on God alone, not on people or our own strength. While it is foolish to depend entirely on oneself, an unhealthy dependency on others should also be avoided. 2. The Bible teaches a balance of trusting in God but also taking responsible action. Nehemiah is an example of praying to God for help but also posting guards in defense of Jerusalem. 3. A positive goal mentioned in the passage is to lead a quiet life where one is not entirely dependent on others for support through working with one's own hands and maintaining respect in the community.

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Co Dependency

1. Our ultimate dependency should be on God alone, not on people or our own strength. While it is foolish to depend entirely on oneself, an unhealthy dependency on others should also be avoided. 2. The Bible teaches a balance of trusting in God but also taking responsible action. Nehemiah is an example of praying to God for help but also posting guards in defense of Jerusalem. 3. A positive goal mentioned in the passage is to lead a quiet life where one is not entirely dependent on others for support through working with one's own hands and maintaining respect in the community.

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1. Our ultimate dependency needs to be on God alone.
Psalm 62:7-8 My salvation and my honor depend on God; he
is my mighty rock, my refuge. Trust in him at all times, 0 people;
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pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge.
Jeremiah 17:5 This is what the LoRD says: "Cursed is the one I
who trusts in man, who depends on fleshfor his strength and whose
heart turns awayfrom the LORD."
Psalm 20:7-8 Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we
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trust in the name of the LORD our God. They are brought to their
knees and fall, but we rise up and stand firm. I
Zechariah 4:6 "Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,"
says the LoRD Almighty.
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Hebrews 4:16 Let us then approach the throne of grace with I


confidence, so that we may receivemercy and find grace to help us
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God does not change

Malachi 3:6a I the LORD do not change. I

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2. The Israelites met failure by depending on self; we should not


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Hosea 10:13 But you have planted wickedness, you have reaped

I evil, you have eaten the fruit of deception. Because you have
depended on your own strength and on your many warriors. . .

3. Depending on self is foolish.


I Proverbs 28:26 He who trusts in himself is a fool, but he who
walks in wisdom is kept safe.

I 2 Corinthians 1:9 Indeed, in our hearts we felt the sentence of


death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselvesbut
on God, who raises the dead.
I 4. A positive goal is not to be dependent on others in an unhealthyway.
1 Thessalonians 4: 11-12 Make it your ambition to lead a quiet
I life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just
as we told you, so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders
and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.
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5. The biblical view is a healthy interdependence between husband
and wife.

a 1 Corinthians 11:11 In the Lord, however, woman is not in-


dependent of man, nor is man independent of woman.

a 6. The biblical view is a healthy balance between trusting and doing.

Nehemiah's Example
a Nehemiah 4:8-9 They all plotted together to come and fight
against Jerusalem and stir up trouble against it. But we prayed to
our God and posted a guard day and night to meet this threat.
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