These materials were used in "Heart Set Free - Support group for people healing from spiritual abuse".

Date: December 2022

Presenter: Anonymous

Authority, Power, and Choice

Question Writer: Dr. Jenny Switkes

1.  Do you think that spiritual authority is forced or given?

2.  What does it mean for someone to have spiritual authority in your life? 

3.  Who has spiritual authority in your life? What have been your experiences with this?

4.  In your own life, what are some limits to the spiritual authority you give to someone else?

5.  Are there people in your life who have positional power but not spiritual authority?

6.  Are there some relationships in which you feel you have a lot of power? How do you use this power in a healthy way?

7.  Are there some relationships in which you feel powerless? How does this affect you?

8.  What is the role of choice in connection with authority and power?  

9.  Share a time when you made a choice related to authority and power. Or share a time when you did not feel that you could make a choice.

10.  In the future, what is important to you about authority, power, and choice?