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Welcome to Sunday Evenings @

Grace

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Week TwoWhere Am I Going?

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This Course is a

Work-in-ProgressWe need to spend more time on the

questions Where Am I? and Where Am I

Going?

before we can talk about the practices it

takes to “get there.”

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Review from Last Week

Jesus Made it Simple

Love God

Love Neighbor

Three Metaphors for

Spiritual Formation

S The JourneyS The Vine S The Network

Three Questions for the

Journey

1. Where Am I?

2. Where Am I Going?

3. How Will I Get There?

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Where Am I?

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A Spiritual GPS

What is my Worldview

What is my Style

What is my Baggage

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What is My Style?

Personality Types

Myers-Briggs Type

Indicator

The Enneagram

Mind – Spirit – Body

Thinkers–Feelers–Doers

Table Discussion

1. Imagine there is a house on fire and three people are standing across the street from it. One person is a Thinker, one is a Feeler, one is a Doer. How do you think each person might initially respond to the fire?

2. How might personal style impact the way people approach relationships? How have you seen this play out in your life?

3. How might personal style impact how we connect with God?

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What is My Baggage?

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What Has a Hold on You?

One of the first things Jesus did

in his ministry was to heal the

sick and set people free from

demons.

What has got a hold on you that

keeps you from experiencing the

love of God and others?

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Where Am

I Going?

The Kingdom of Heaven…

The kingdom of heaven is like treasure

hidden in a field, which someone found

and hid; then in his joy he goes and sells

all that he has and buys that field.

- Jesus in Matthew 13:44 (NRSV)

Work as a table and write a travel ad for what you think

this journey of spiritual formation is all about.

Use the following passages to help in your discussion:

Matthew 4:17

John 10:7-10

John 17:1-3

Matthew 28:18-20

Colossians 2:6-7

What is the point of this

journey?

We are created

by

the community of

the Triune God

Creator

Redeemer

Sustainerfor

community with

all things.

We are created

by

the community of

the Triune God

Creator

Redeemer

Sustainerfor

community with

all things.

The MeWe Principle

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No Two Journeys

are the Same

Phases of the Journey

• Encounter with TRUTH - about God, Self, the Universe…

• Awareness

• Invitation to Change

Awakening Purgation Illumination

• 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

GODATTRACTION

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Next Week:How Will We Get There?