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)
3.Additional Personal Growth Resources
The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry
by John Mark Comer
The Art of Neighboring
by Jay Pathak and Dave Runyon
The Road Back to You
by Ian Morgan Cron and Suzanne Stabile
How To Reach The West Again
(free download) by Tim Keller
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:
Multiply by Francis Chan and David Platt
Download from the Apple App Store or from the Google Play Store, purchase a hard copy, or visit their website here.
Emotionally Healthy Spirituality by Peter Scazzero
Read the book together (set a pace) and meet weekly to discuss God's activity, etc.
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
Monthly Options:
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:
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
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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