Where Are You in Your Spiritual Journey

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Where Are You in Your Spiritual Journey?
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Where Are You in Your Spiritual Journey?
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• NOT INTERESTED
• Aware but no interest
• -Negative view of God and Christianity
• -Believes all religions are the same
• RESISTING

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• CURIOUSLY SEEKING
• Open to Spirituality
• -Attend Christian events out of curiosity
• -May still struggle with negative view of
  Christianity
• QUESTIONING

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• ASSERTIVELY SEEKING
• Taking positive steps to find needed answers
• -Beginning to understand the difference between
  religion and Christianity
• -Motivated by a need for answers
• RESPONDING

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FAITH COMMITMENT -Realize they are powerless to
achieve Gods favor and forgiveness -Believe
Jesus is God and receive him as Forgiver and
Leader -Decide to turn life and will over to
Christs control EMBRACING
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ACTIVELY FOLLOWING -Entering a discipling
relationship with another Christian -Beginning to
grasp spiritual truth as reality for life -
Struggle with changing values and assurance of
salvation ADJUSTING
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• GROWING IN RELATIONSHIPS
• Growing in intimacy with God through prayer and
  Bible study
• -Growing in relationships with other followers
  (small groups)
• -Discover not all Christians are growing
• STABILIZING

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• MAKING AN IMPACT
• Deeply intimate with God
• -Learning how to share their faith
• -Discipling others
• -Practice good Stewardship with time, talents and
  finances
• -Ministering according to Spiritual gifts and
  serving as needed
• REPRODUCING

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Where Would You Like to be in Your Journey 6-8
Months from Now?
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What is Standing Between You and That Point?
My Past
Im Not Sure
Other___________
My Anxieties
Lack of Biblical Knowledge
Im Satisfied Where I Am
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What Will it Take to Remove Those
Barriers?
Experience Gods Forgiveness
More Understanding
Someone to Help Me Through the Process
A Step of Faith
A Crisis
Other __________