Week 2: Week 2: Session 1 - IntroductionSession 1 - Introduction

Tonight’s AgendaTonight’s Agenda

•6:00-6:10 -- Connecting Activity6:00-6:10 -- Connecting Activity

•6:10-6:30 -- Small Group 6:10-6:30 -- Small Group DiscussionDiscussion

•6:30-6:40 -- Q&A6:30-6:40 -- Q&A

•6:40-7:15 -- Teaching6:40-7:15 -- Teaching

•7:15-7:30 -- Small Group 7:15-7:30 -- Small Group DiscussionDiscussion

Connecting Activity:Connecting Activity:Divide into Geographical Divide into Geographical RegionsRegions•What is your name?What is your name?

•How long have you lived How long have you lived where you live?where you live?

•If you were a fruit, what If you were a fruit, what would you be?would you be?

Regroup into original Regroup into original tablestables

• Turn to page 11Turn to page 11

• #2 - What was Jesus trying to #2 - What was Jesus trying to communicate with his image of the communicate with his image of the vine and the branches?vine and the branches?

• #6 - What questions did this study #6 - What questions did this study raise in your mind?raise in your mind?

Q & AQ & A

Recommended ReadingRecommended Reading

• Invitation to a Invitation to a JourneyJourney

• M. Robert Mulholland M. Robert Mulholland Jr.Jr.

Striving for a Striving for a BB“ “ There is nothing we There is nothing we

can do to transform can do to transform ourselves into ourselves into persons who love persons who love and serve as Jesus and serve as Jesus did except did except make make ourselves ourselves availableavailable for God to for God to do that work of do that work of transforming grace transforming grace in our lives.”in our lives.”

(p. 26)(p. 26)

Striving for a Striving for a BB“ “ Our spiritual journey is Our spiritual journey is

notnot our our setting outsetting out (by (by gathering information gathering information and applying it and applying it correctly) correctly) to find Godto find God (as an object “out (as an object “out there” to be grasped there” to be grasped and controlled by us). It and controlled by us). It is a journey of learning is a journey of learning to to yield ourselvesyield ourselves to to God and discovering God and discovering where God will take us.”where God will take us.”

(p. 32)(p. 32)

Where Am I?Where Am I?Your Personal Style Impacts Your Personal Style Impacts Your Spiritual JourneyYour Spiritual Journey

MINDMIND Learning StyleLearning Style

SPIRITSPIRIT Sacred PathwaySacred Pathway

BODYBODY Spiritual Gifts, Natural Skills, Spiritual Gifts, Natural Skills, SHAPESHAPE

Comortable Comortable NeighborNeighbor Love LanguageLove Language

UncomfortaUncomfortable ble

NeighborNeighborEvangelistic StyleEvangelistic Style

Phases of the JourneyPhases of the Journey

Awakening Purgation Illumination

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

• AwarenessAwareness• Invitation Invitation

to Changeto Change

• Battle Battle against Sinagainst Sin

• Old Self vs. Old Self vs. New SelfNew Self

• Spiritual Spiritual Disciplines Disciplines most most importantimportant

• Battle Battle against Sinagainst Sin

• Old Self vs. Old Self vs. New SelfNew Self

• Spiritual Spiritual Disciplines Disciplines most most importantimportant

• Bearing fruitBearing fruit

• ““good works” good works” come come naturallynaturally

• Aware of God Aware of God in everythingin everything

• Experience Experience gratificationgratification

• Bearing fruitBearing fruit

• ““good works” good works” come come naturallynaturally

• Aware of God Aware of God in everythingin everything

• Experience Experience gratificationgratification

• Quiet Quiet peacepeace

• No need for No need for human human reinforcemereinforcement or nt or approvalapproval

• Loss of SelfLoss of Self

• Quiet Quiet peacepeace

• No need for No need for human human reinforcemereinforcement or nt or approvalapproval

• Loss of SelfLoss of Self

ONEWITHGOD

WALKINGWITHGOD

OBEDIENCETO

GOD

ATTRACTIONTO

GOD

DARK

N I GHT

OF

THE

SOUL

Union

Small Group DiscussionSmall Group Discussion

• Answer one of the following Answer one of the following questions: #3, #4, or #5questions: #3, #4, or #5

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