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📘 Soul Care – 9-Week Family Reading Plan & Discussion Guide

By Dr. Rob Reimer — Family Edition

Danny had a great idea. Soul Care is powerful when read in community — and there is no better community than family.
This guide will help us walk through the book slowly, one chapter each week, inviting honesty, healing, prayer, and real conversation.

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📅 READING SCHEDULE (Recommended)

• Week 1: Introduction – My Journey to Soul Care
• Week 2: Gateways to Life Change
• Week 3: Principle #1 – Identity
• Week 4: Principle #2 – Repentance
• Week 5: Principle #3 – Overcoming Family Sin Patterns
• Week 6: Principle #4 – Forgiveness
• Week 7: Principle #5 – Healing Wounds
• Week 8: Principle #6 – Overcoming Fears
• Week 9: Principle #7 – Deliverance + Addendum

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📝 How to Use This Guide

Each week:

1. Read the assigned chapter.
2. Meet as a family (in person, FaceTime, or group chat).
3. Share reflections using the questions below.
4. Journal privately using the weekly prompts.
5. Pray for one another.

Keep your Bible open — God speaks through His Word as you read.

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WEEK 1 — Introduction: My Journey to Soul Care

Summary Themes

• Rob Reimer’s breaking point
• The importance of honesty, confession, and self-awareness
• The beginning of inner healing
• Realizing that external success does not equal internal health

Family Discussion Questions

1. What part of Reimer’s story felt relatable?
2. Have you ever reached a “breaking point” that pushed you closer to God?
3. Why is honesty with ourselves so difficult?
4. What do you hope God will do in “our family soul” through this study?

Journal Prompts

• Gratitude:
  Lord, I’m grateful that You brought our family into this study because…
• Prayer:
  Father, begin a deep work in my heart. Show me truth about my soul that I’ve never faced before.
• Verses to Reflect On:
  • Psalm 139:23–24
  • John 8:32
  • Proverbs 4:23

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WEEK 2 — Gateways to Life Change

Summary Themes

• The role of a contrite heart
• Godly sorrow vs. worldly sorrow
• The necessity of community
• The importance of humility, truth-telling, and openness

Family Discussion Questions

1. Which “gateway” is hardest for you? (Honesty, humility, repentance, community)
2. Why does pride block transformation?
3. Why do we sometimes fear confession or vulnerability?
4. How can we create a safe environment in THIS family for truth?

Journal Prompts

• Gratitude:
  Lord, thank You for giving us the courage to face ourselves honestly…
• Prayer:
  Holy Spirit, soften my heart. Remove self-protection and replace it with truth and courage.
• Verses:
  • Psalm 51:17
  • James 5:16
  • Proverbs 4:23

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WEEK 3 — Principle #1: Identity

Summary Themes

• Root lies: Performance, approval, control
• The cross as the foundation of identity
• Becoming a “deeply loved person”
• Replacing lies with truth

Family Discussion Questions

1. Which identity lie do you struggle with most — performance, people-pleasing, or control?
2. What message about identity did you receive growing up?
3. Where do you feel the most pressure in life?
4. How would your life look different if you truly lived as someone deeply loved by God?

Journal Prompts

• Gratitude:
  Jesus, thank You that my value was settled at the cross…
• Prayer:
  Lord, show me every lie I’ve believed about myself. Help me replace them with Your truth.
• Verses:
  • Romans 8:38–39
  • Ephesians 1
  • 1 John 3:1

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WEEK 4 — Principle #2: Repentance

Summary Themes

• Repentance = turning toward God
• Removing “legal ground” in the soul
• Owning sin without excuses
• Refreshing and renewal through repentance

Family Discussion Questions

1. Why is repentance good news?
2. What’s the difference between conviction and condemnation?
3. Why do we often minimize or rationalize our sin?
4. What area do you sense God calling you to realign?

Journal Prompts

• Gratitude:
  Lord, I’m grateful for Your mercy and Your patience with me…
• Prayer:
  Search me, O God… reveal anything in me that is out of alignment with You.
• Verses:
  • Acts 3:19
  • 1 John 1:9
  • Psalm 51

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WEEK 5 — Principle #3: Overcoming Family Sin Patterns

Summary Themes

• Generational cycles (anger, fear, addiction, shame, sexual sin, poverty, perfectionism, abandonment)
• Recognizing patterns without blaming
• Renouncing generational sin
• Beginning a NEW family legacy

Family Discussion Questions

1. What unhealthy patterns run through our family line?
2. Which of these patterns have impacted you personally?
3. How does Jesus break generational cycles?
4. What legacy do you want to pass on?

Journal Prompts

• Gratitude:
  Thank You, Father, that generational curses end at the cross…
• Prayer:
  In Jesus’ name I renounce the family patterns that have held me back… break them and let blessings begin.
• Verses:
  • Exodus 20:5–6
  • 2 Corinthians 5:17
  • Galatians 3:13

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WEEK 6 — Principle #4: Forgiveness

Summary Themes

• Forgiveness = releasing the debt
• How bitterness poisons the soul
• Forgiving others AND yourself
• Blessing those who hurt you

Family Discussion Questions

1. Why is forgiveness so hard?
2. What’s the difference between forgiveness and reconciliation?
3. How has unforgiveness affected your heart?
4. Who do you need to release to God?

Journal Prompts

• Gratitude:
  Thank You, Jesus, for forgiving me completely and continually…
• Prayer:
  _Lord, I choose to forgive ___. I release the debt and ask You to heal the wound.
• Verses:
  • Matthew 18:21–35
  • Colossians 3:13
  • Ephesians 4:31–32

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WEEK 7 — Principle #5: Healing Wounds

Summary Themes

• Emotional wounds = spiritual splinters
• Letting Jesus into painful memories
• Replacing lies with truth
• Grieving, processing, and receiving comfort

Family Discussion Questions

1. Did any memory surface that surprised you?
2. What wound seems to influence your reactions most today?
3. How does Jesus heal emotional wounds?
4. What lie from your past needs to be broken?

Journal Prompts

• Gratitude:
  Lord, thank You that You heal the brokenhearted…
• Prayer:
  Jesus, step into this painful memory. Redeem it. Heal me where I am wounded.
• Verses:
  • Isaiah 53:5
  • Psalm 147:3
  • Luke 4:18

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WEEK 8 — Principle #6: Overcoming Fears

Summary Themes

• Fear vs. faith
• Fear as a barrier to obedience
• Trusting God’s presence
• Acting in courage even when afraid

Family Discussion Questions

1. What fear has controlled your decisions the most?
2. How does fear distort our view of God?
3. How can we support each other in stepping out in faith?
4. Where is God calling you to choose courage?

Journal Prompts

• Gratitude:
  Thank You, Lord, that You are with me in every fear…
• Prayer:
  God, break the power of fear in my life. Help me trust You deeply.
• Verses:
  • Isaiah 41:10
  • 2 Timothy 1:7
  • Psalm 34:4

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WEEK 9 — Principle #7: Deliverance + Addendum

Summary Themes

• Understanding spiritual opposition
• Renouncing agreements with darkness
• Using Christ’s authority
• Freedom and filling of the Holy Spirit

Family Discussion Questions

1. What part of deliverance felt surprising or new to you?
2. Why is spiritual warfare often ignored or misunderstood?
3. What “open doors” need to be closed in your life?
4. How does the authority of Jesus give you confidence?

Journal Prompts

• Gratitude:
  Lord Jesus, thank You that Your name is above every other name…
• Prayer:
  I renounce every lie, every foothold, and every spiritual influence not from You. Fill me with Your Holy Spirit.
• Verses:
  • Luke 10:19
  • James 4:7
  • Ephesians 6:10–18

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FINAL FAMILY REFLECTION

At the end of 9 weeks, come back together and ask:

1. What changed in you over these 9 weeks?
2. What changed in our family?
3. What strongholds were broken?
4. What new habits do we want to carry forward?
5. What is God calling our family to do next?

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