Mind, Character, and Personality -- Study Guide

Lesson Eleven - More False Principles of Therapy — Practical Psychology

Reading Assignment: Pages 711-752 MCP-SG 43.1

1. “_________ exercised his power of _____________ over Adam and Eve, and this ________ he strove to exercise over _____.” (713) MCP-SG 43.2

2. To study mind cure is to eat from what tree? (716)

MCP-SG 43.3

3. What unusual experiment did Ellen White once allow? What was the result? (719)

MCP-SG 43.4

4. In spiritualism what is made the “object of adoration”? (723)

MCP-SG 43.5

5. Satan leads men “to believe that _______ is the highest ______, that ________________ is _______________, and that man is ________________ only to ______________.” (724) MCP-SG 43.6

6. “Lucifer desired God’s ________ but not His ______________. . . . _____________ becomes the prize of the ______________. The ___________ of Satan is a kingdom of __________.” (724) MCP-SG 43.7

7. What is the most incurable sin, and why is this so? (726, 727)

MCP-SG 43.8

8. “Those who have had the _________ _____________________ in the things of God are the ________________ removed from ________ or self-exaltation.” (728) MCP-SG 44.1

9. In what way will prayer affect our mental faculties? (732)

MCP-SG 44.2

10. We should not only pray for the afflicted but “encourage them to ______________________________________________.” Why? (735) MCP-SG 44.3

11. What encouragement is offered to one who has been overcome by temptation again and again? (737)

MCP-SG 44.4

12. “Rightly ____________, ___________ and the _________ _______ agree, and each _______ _______ on the other.” (739) MCP-SG 44.5

13. What was the great object in the establishment of our first college? (740)

MCP-SG 44.6

14. “We cannot reach __________ through a mere _____________ training, but through Him we can reach the ________________ ________ of the ladder of ___________________ greatness.” (741) MCP-SG 44.7

15. “Moses wrote under the guidance of the __________ of _____, and a correct theory of ___________________ will never claim _________________ that cannot be __________________ with his _______________.” (743) MCP-SG 45.1

16. “Knowledge is . . . a power for good only when united with ___ __________.” (743) MCP-SG 45.2

17. What mental phenomenon occurs often in old age? What is the lesson for youth? (748)

MCP-SG 45.3

18. ____________ traits of character increase especially with age. (748) MCP-SG 45.4

19. Those who are retired workers can be of what special value to the church? (750, 751)

MCP-SG 45.5

20. “The inclination to _______________” is one of the greatest dangers of aged brethren. (752) MCP-SG 45.6

Discussion Points: MCP-SG 46.1

1. The terms “false mind cure” and “hypnotism” are often used synonymously. What are some of the specific dangers indicated? (Ch. 79; see pp. 716-721)

MCP-SG 46.2

2. By contrast what are the characteristics of safe mind therapy? (Ch. 81, pp. 731-738)

MCP-SG 46.3

3. Give the meaning of the following two statements:
(a) “It is not for us to shape our future.”

(b) “Christ in His life on earth made no plans for Himself.” (733, 734)

MCP-SG 46.4

4. What are the advantages to both old and young in living in the same home? (Ch. 83, pp. 745-752)

MCP-SG 46.5

5. List some of the problems that seem to be especially difficult for the aged. (747, 748)

MCP-SG 46.6