Question 8. This question has to do with "trust". As I thought about this question and wondered how to answer it I looked up the definition for trust, just in case I had misunderstood what it really meant. Basically it means faith . The question asks can you think of a time when you trusted yourself only because it was too risky to trust in anyone else ? I do not think the author of the book is trying to persuade us to put our trust in people . Perhaps he is trying to help us realize that to trust ourselves is not safe either . Realizing that might bring us closer to the reality of being able to love one another as our selves .
Realizing what methods I use to hide my true self is an adventure . Realizing that the person I have been hiding was loved by God all along makes this adventure grand . Realizing God must love all those other people out there hiding from Him too gives me something to think about .

Question 6 (The questions do not appear in order. Just scroll down to the ones you are working on. ) If you are not trusting in God to bring you to maturity, who or what are you trusting to get the job done ? What difference would it make which identity you live out of ?The first question really makes it evident how ridiculous it is to try to do anything but trust God . Right now I can see this not only applying to my own growth but to the growth of others whom I care about . There is nothing to do but trust God that they will be brought to maturity . I have a new identity in Christ. They have a new identity in Christ. I can encourage them to believe that they are who God says they are . I can not take over and do it for them.
The difference is : one identity I am so grateful to be able to do -the other identity I was always trying to do .
Question 7 Why do so many people say the right thing, but then live the wrong life ? So many people talk like they have taken the road Trusting God but in reality they are still on the road marked Pleasing God . Many never understand or live out what it means to be "in Christ Jesus".
I am so glad the authors put two reasons here. Many do not understand . Many do not live it out .
Understanding comes from the Holy Spirit . The letter killeth but the Spirit maketh alive . However, even that understanding can be hindered . Take the gift of tongues for example . I received this gift on night as I was in my prayer closet (that means praying by myself) and simply saying words of praise to our Father in heaven . Suddenly the words were not understandable in English . The next day I felt different . I had a desire to read His word more and a desire to know what His will was for my life . I was glad for this new "power" to understand His word . However, I did not know that I could keep going back and having that power renewed daily ,on a day by day basis . Consequentially my life was limited to a mixture of Pleasing God and Pleasing Men (because men knew how I was to please God ) . What I did looked good . Bible Study and helping others . It really looked good. When I really started making strides towards knowing God and not pleasing men it did not look good. In fact Christian people really did not act as though they wanted much to do with me . My life was a lot harder than it had to be though . I was striving towards knowing God without the aid of the Holy Spirit really flowing full force in my life . I quenched the Spirit , I grieved the Spirit, and unfortunately I did not know of the power of the Holy Spirit . I hope it is not counted against me as denying His power . Now that I am awake and go daily for a drink from the Holy Spirit , books like this give me the understanding I need and I expect to live out what it means to be "in Christ Jesus".