"Are you more like Christ today than you were three months ago?""Yeah ... um ... I went to church each week, read my Bible most days, and participated in a small group."
Discipleship is more than these things - it must involve growth and change. We're encouraging each small group member to identify one personal growth area in each of the three categories of Spiritual Discipline, Character Quality, and Relationship - and commit to allowing God to grow these areas over 90 days while being held accountable by others in your small group.
Spiritual Discipline
· Personal Bible study – hunger for God’s Word, regular time of reading, studying, and meditating on the Word
· Prayer life – a meaningful prayer life including praise, confession, intercession for others, journaling, and listening
· Scripture memory – systematically memorizing and reviewing Scripture
· Giving – cheerfully giving a biblical portion to the work of the Lord
· Corporate worship – engaging with God through consistent participation in weekend worship services
· Accountability – connected in a relationship for the purpose of transparency and personal growth
· Serving – actively involved in shouldering weekly Kingdom responsibility
· Fasting – routinely fasting (from food, media, activity) to seek the Lord through prayer and dependence on Him
· ______________
Character Quality
· Boldness – not being afraid to share who Jesus is with confidence assurance; being gentle, kind, and loving
· Compassion – empathy on behalf of another’s circumstance and acting on their behalf
· Contentment – being at peace; not given to anxiety, nor jealousy and envy
· Even Tempered – not given to sinful anger and temper
· Faith – confidence in God and His promises of you regardless of the circumstances
· Forgiveness – releasing someone of a wrong done to you
· Honesty – being truthful and above reproach in all things; not deceptive nor hypocritical
· Kindness – acting in love and grace by helping others
· Patience – a spirit of forbearance
· Peace – sense of fulfillment that comes from being rightly related to God and rightly related to others
· Purity – thinking and acting in godly ways; not given to lust and sexual immorality
· Self-controlled – bringing thoughts, emotions, and actions under the control of the Holy Spirit rather than flesh
· Selfless – considering the needs of others above yourself
· Truth in Love – willingness to speak truth in a spirit of grace; not passive (love without truth), not harsh (truth without love)
· Wholesome speech – quick to encourage and build others up; not given to vulgarity, gossip, slander
· ________________
Relationship
· Spouse
· Son
· Daughter
· Parent
· Sibling
· Neighbor
· Co-worker
· Witness with non-believer
· ________________
I've identified my three growth areas for the next 90 days. Have you?
Spiritual Discipline
· Personal Bible study – hunger for God’s Word, regular time of reading, studying, and meditating on the Word
· Prayer life – a meaningful prayer life including praise, confession, intercession for others, journaling, and listening
· Scripture memory – systematically memorizing and reviewing Scripture
· Giving – cheerfully giving a biblical portion to the work of the Lord
· Corporate worship – engaging with God through consistent participation in weekend worship services
· Accountability – connected in a relationship for the purpose of transparency and personal growth
· Serving – actively involved in shouldering weekly Kingdom responsibility
· Fasting – routinely fasting (from food, media, activity) to seek the Lord through prayer and dependence on Him
· ______________
Character Quality
· Boldness – not being afraid to share who Jesus is with confidence assurance; being gentle, kind, and loving
· Compassion – empathy on behalf of another’s circumstance and acting on their behalf
· Contentment – being at peace; not given to anxiety, nor jealousy and envy
· Even Tempered – not given to sinful anger and temper
· Faith – confidence in God and His promises of you regardless of the circumstances
· Forgiveness – releasing someone of a wrong done to you
· Honesty – being truthful and above reproach in all things; not deceptive nor hypocritical
· Kindness – acting in love and grace by helping others
· Patience – a spirit of forbearance
· Peace – sense of fulfillment that comes from being rightly related to God and rightly related to others
· Purity – thinking and acting in godly ways; not given to lust and sexual immorality
· Self-controlled – bringing thoughts, emotions, and actions under the control of the Holy Spirit rather than flesh
· Selfless – considering the needs of others above yourself
· Truth in Love – willingness to speak truth in a spirit of grace; not passive (love without truth), not harsh (truth without love)
· Wholesome speech – quick to encourage and build others up; not given to vulgarity, gossip, slander
· ________________
Relationship
· Spouse
· Son
· Daughter
· Parent
· Sibling
· Neighbor
· Co-worker
· Witness with non-believer
· ________________
I've identified my three growth areas for the next 90 days. Have you?
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