Review session 2 Establishing identity

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Review session 2 Establishing identity

• John 15
• Cycles of grace and grief
• Spiritual disciplines

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Session 3 Clarifying call
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Covenant
Call
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• Identify the three or four things that most
  matter to you.
• Are these things really receiving the care, time
  and attention you want to give them?

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Aims

• To clarify Gods call is for all people
• To suggest a way of discerning Gods call for our
  lives
• To identify how discerning Gods call ought to
  make a difference to the way we live.

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Considering calling
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Hows the journey?
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Calling in the New Testament Call to faith in
Christ (Romans
16 Mark 217) Call to grow in knowing and
serving Jesus (Romans 17 John 1515-17) Call
to an individual ministry (Romans 11-5 John
2115)
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A balanced life?
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Symptoms of life in the red zone
if ignored
Physically
depleted
Emotionally
drained
Relationally
distant
Intellectually
stale
disillusioned
Spiritually
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Each person
is called to a surrendered life
Romans 11-7
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So what about my calling?
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• The inability to prioritize
• The inability or unwillingness to organize these
  priorities
• Lack of discipline to maintain and tackle these
  priorities

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The greatest incentive to saying no is having
an even greater yes burning inside
you. Stephen Covey
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• The five steps
• Identify a starting point
• Discern where God is leading
• Develop a personal life statement
• Implement a personal life statement
• Revise your life statement regularly

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1. Identify a starting point
Abilities
Hearts desire
Personality
SHAPE
Spiritual gifts
Experience
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• The five steps
• Identify a starting point
• Discern where God is leading
• Develop a personal life statement
• Implement a personal life statement
• Revise your life statement regularly

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• The example of Jesus
• Mark 14-37
• Knew his call (14-11)
• Call was tested (112-13)
• Acted on his call (114-15)
• Shares his call with others (116-20)
• Exercises his call with compassion (121-34)
• Reinforces his call through prayer (135)
• Reaffirms his call through hard decisions
  (136-37)

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O God, you are my God!
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I long for you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh
yearns for you. In a dry and parched land where
there is no water.
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Your love is better than life itself, My lips
will praise you
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For you are my deliverer. Under your wings I
rejoice. My soul pursues you Your right hand
upholds me.
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Next session

• Session 4 Developing character
• Date Wed. June 3rd
• Venue The Cottage at St Johns
• Before then Complete project 2
• Meet your mentor