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Session 1
Group Talk
–What is your name?
–Why did you come to this class?
–Share about one of your favorite trips?
MY STORY
Walk through the class format and book• Look at the book
• Format
• Assignment for next week
• Questions
• Small Groups• Introduce Table Leaders
• Next week we will lock in groups
Recommended Reading
• Invitation to a Journey
• M. Robert Mulholland Jr.
GETTING STARTEDPages 1-2
Three Things about Spiritual Formation
• It is a journey
My Growth Plan• Where Am I?
• Where Am I Going?
• How Will I Get There?
Three Things about Spiritual Formation
• It is a journey• Jesus is our teacher
and example• It is a process
Phases of the Journey
Awakening Purgation Illumination
• Encounter with TRUTH - about God, Self, the Universe…
• Awareness
• Invitation to Change
• Battle against Sin
• Old Self vs. New Self
• Spiritual Disciplines most important
• Bearing fruit
• “good works” come naturally
• Aware of God in everything
• Experience gratification
• Quiet peace
• No need for human reinforcement or approval
• Loss of Self
ONEWITHGOD
WALKINGWITHGOD
OBEDIENCETO
GOD
ATTRACTIONTO
GOD
DARK
N I GHT
OF
THE
SOUL
Union
A FRUITY PICTUREPage 3
Group Talk
Work through the study on page 3
Striving for a B“ There is nothing we
can do to transform ourselves into persons who love and serve as Jesus did except make ourselves available for God to do that work of transforming grace in our lives.”
(p. 26)
Striving for a B“ Our spiritual journey is
not our setting out (by gathering information and applying it correctly) to find God (as an object “out there” to be grasped and controlled by us). It is a journey of learning to yield ourselves to God and discovering where God will take us.”
(p. 32)
TWO BASIC COMMANDSPage 4
Jesus answered him, “The first of all the commandments is: ‘Hear, O Israel, the LORD our God, the LORD is one. And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment. And the second, like it, is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
Mark 12:30-31
Jesus answered him, “The first of all the commandments is: ‘Hear, O Israel, the LORD our God, the LORD is one. And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart,
with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’
This is the first commandment. And the second, like it, is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
Mark 12:30-31
Jesus answered him, “The first of all the commandments is: ‘Hear, O Israel, the LORD our God, the LORD is one. And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart,
with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’
This is the first commandment. And the second, like it, is this:
‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’
There is no other commandment greater than these.”
Mark 12:30-31
IT’S ABOUT OVERFLOWPage 5
chart on page 7
The Love of God
The Love of God
The Love of God
The Love of God
The Love of God
The Love for Neighbor
The Love for Neighbor
The Love for Neighbor
Habit #1
Bible Study
Habit #2
Prayer
Habit #3
Worship Habit #4
Giving
Habit #5
Serving
The Love of God
The 7 Habits of Spiritual Formation
TIME | TALENT | TREASURE
Habit #1
Bible Study
Habit #2
Prayer
Habit #3
Worship Habit #4
Giving
Habit #5
Serving
Habit #6
Vital RelationshipsHabit #7
Sharing My Faith
The Love for Neighbor
The 7 Habits of Spiritual Formation
REALITY CHECKPage 8
…as YourselfWe find it difficult to love God and others
because we don’t really love ourselves.
Two distorted self-perceptions
• I am the center of the universe. I deserve everything.
• I am worth nothing. I deserve nothing.
• Both are self-oriented.
The first key to Spiritual Growth is to see yourself how God sees you.
• I am not the center of the universe, God is.
• I am a unique and valued being, created by God to contribute to the universe.
• God’s Way is other-oriented.
CULTIVATING A ROMANCEPage 9
Q & A
Discuss the questions on page 11
Group Talk
Next Week
Session 2:Loving God with My Mind
[Studying the Bible]
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