The Overflow Principle: Introduction

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Session OneIntroduction:

Stewarding God’s Love

Learning to Play

The Big Question

How do you follow Jesus?

Jesus Made it Simple

Love God

Love NeighborMatthew 22:34-40

Mark 12:28-34

Luke 10:25-37

John 15:1-17

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God’s Love is a Gift

Our job is to steward God’s gifts

aka: Spiritual Formation

The Lord God took the man and put him in the

garden of Eden to till it and keep it. – Genesis 2:15

Table Discussion

Table Discussion:

S If spiritual formation is nothing more than stewarding the

gift of God’s love and the world that we have been given,

then why do you think:

a. People find it so hard to do?

b. The world does not seem to be full of God’s love?

The Spiritual Formation Question

What practices do I need in my life that will help

me receive the love of God so that I can freely give

it to others?

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Three Metaphors for

Spiritual Formation

S The Journey S The Vine S The Network

Three Questions for the

Journey

1. Where Am I?

2. Where Am I Going?

3. How Will I Get There?

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Where Am I?A Spiritual GPS

What is My Worldview?

What is My Style?

What is My Baggage?

What is My Worldview?We are the stories that shape us

What is My Worldview?We are the stories that shape us

What is My Worldview?We are the stories that shape us

What is My Worldview?We are the stories that shape us

What is My Worldview?

God and universe are

separate

dualism/theism

God and universe are the

same

spiritual monism/pantheism

The universe is the only reality

material monism/atheism

Table Discussion

1. Which of the three major worldviews

best describes the type of home in

which you were raised?

2. How might this affect the way you think

about spiritual formation?

Life is Relationships

Pictures of the Self

The MeWe Principle

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What is My Style?

Personality Types

Myers-Briggs Type

Indicator

The Enneagram

Mind – Spirit – Body

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What is My Baggage?

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What Has a Hold on You?

One of the first things Jesus did in

his ministry was to heal the sick

and set people free from demons.

What has got a hold on you that

keeps you from experiencing the

love of God and others?

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No Two Journeys

are the Same

Phases of the Journey

• Encounter with TRUTH - about God, Self, the Universe…

• Awareness

• Invitation to Change

Awakening Purgation Illumination

• Battle against

Sin

• Old Self vs.

New Self

• Spiritual

Disciplines

most important

• Bearing fruit

• “good works”

come naturally

• Aware of God in

everything

• Experience

gratification

• Quiet peace

• No need for

human

reinforcement

or approval

• Loss of Self

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Personal Reflection

S Think about your Spiritual GPS? What are some areas that you think may be holding you back from experiencing God’s love and sharing it with others?

S What steps do you need to take to be free?

S What phase of the Journey do you think you are in right now?

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What Are the

Basic Practices?

Table Discussion

S Try to connect the Seven Habits with the Stewardship

Wheel. Do they match perfectly? Are there overlaps?

S Based upon what you know about yourself, which habits

and which sections of the wheel seem most natural to

you? Which seem to be the biggest stretch for you?