How Can I Grow In my relationship with God?

 
 

1.Daily God Time Tools

 
 
 

  • We also recommend that you share with a close friend or someone in your City Group your plan and give them permission to see how your God time is going and to encourage you along the way!

 

-Click above and then hit “download” at the top left part of your screen.

 

-This is a great way to dive into the life of Jesus and be able to write notes, thoughts, prayers or SOAP. (see above)

 

2.Embracing the 5% Life

  • Get Alone- Daily time with God in the word and prayer
    (1% of your day = 15 min.)

  • Get Together- Regularly gather and serve in large group weekend services
    (1% of your week = 1.5 hrs)

  • Get Close- Regularly gather, invest, and grow in a City Group
    (1% of your week = 1.5 hrs)

  • Get Out- Weekly engage in missional living where you live work and play by praying for opportunities; engaging, investing, and serving people far from God; sharing your story; inviting to City Church, etc.
    (2% of your week = 3 hrs)

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3.Additional Personal Growth Resources

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A Better Story
by Glynn Harrison

Love Does
by Bob Goff

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Garden City
by John Mark Comer

Gay Girl, Good God
by Jackie Hill Perry

The Relational Soul
by Richard Plass and James Cofield

Celebration Of Discipline
by Richard Foster

Live No Lies
by John Mark Comer

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The Art of Neighboring
by Jay Pathak and Dave Runyon

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Love-ology
by John Mark Comer

The Road Back to You
by Ian Morgan Cron and Suzanne Stabile

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How To Reach The West Again
(free download) by Tim Keller

The Deeply Formed Life
by Rich Villodas

How can I help others grow in their relationship with God?

 
 

1.Identify and Pray

  • Identify and pray over individuals God has put in your path and ask if God wants you to invest more deeply in them through a discipling relationship

    • Recognize the difference between investing in someone who is spiritually interested but still a non-christian with the goal of helping them become a follower of Jesus vs. Discipling an existing follower of Jesus with the goal of helping them become a multiplying disciple

    • Pray over "who" and "how many" people God wants you to invest in. Is it "one on one" or "one on some?"

 
 

2.Consider timeline options

  • Consider your capacity and the capacity of those you're investing in. Is it more realistic and helpful to meet weekly for a short period of time (6-8 weeks) or to meet monthly over the course of 9-months to a year?

3.Resources to help facilitate multiplication

Weekly Options:

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Emotionally Healthy Spirituality Day by Day by Peter Scazzero

  • A 40-day devotional teaching you to establish rhythms in the "daily office" by creating God time 2x a day

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Monthly Options:

  • Mentor Like Jesus by Regi Campbell

    • Read the book yourself first and create a free account online on their website-For men click here. For women click here.

    • Use their online resources to create a discipleship plan over the course of 9 months to 12 months

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4.Additional Instructions

  • While it is wise to use additional resources to help guide your investment in others, none of this is meant to replace the 5% life, but rather to compliment it.

  • Refer to the first section for more details

  • Use the 5% life as your metrics for helping others create healthy growth rhythms

  • In addition to helping them embrace the 5% life, you might consider elements of scripture memory to help internalize truths and to be transformed by the renewing of your mind (Romans 12:2)

How can I have conversations about faith
with my non-Christians friends?

 
 

Here are some resources to help facilitate people who are spiritually interested
but have not yet made a decision to follow Jesus:

1.City Church message series "Who Needs God"

  • Meet and talk about it weekly

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2.Read the Book of John together

  • Ask the question, “If God were in the room, what would you ask him?”

  • Invite them to read the story of Jesus with you over the next 3 weeks. Ask if they would be willing to meet once a week for 1 hour on the dot and ask these questions:

  • What does it say about God?

  • What does it say about humanity?

  • What did you like?

  • What did you not like?

  • Is there a command to follow or obey?

3.Read “The Reason For God” by Tim Keller together

  • Contends for the logical and rational existence of God

  • You can purchase the book here

  • Meet and talk about it weekly

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4.Read “Making Sense of God” by Tim Keller together

  • Contends for the human need for God in our modern culture

  • You can purchase the book here

  • Meet and talk about it weekly

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