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SPIRIT

UNBODILY PERSONAL POWER

PERSONAL

REFERS TO ATTENTION

FUNDAMENTAL LEVEL OF PERSONHOOD

GOVERNING CENTRE OF WHO WE WILL BECOME OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME

THE WHOLE PERSON IS SHAPED BY WHERE THE SPIRIT PUTS ITS ATTENTION

THAT'S WHAT WE WILL BECOME

THE CONTENT OF ATTENTION GETS INGRAINED IN OUR BODIES, NERVOUS SYSTEM, OUR SOUL.

THE SOUL TAKES SHAPE

SOUL

WHAT SUSTAINS AND UNIFIES THE FLESH

PROGRAMMED BY SPIRIT/MIND, BY WHAT I FOCUS ON

EXOCENTRIC

CENTERED ON SMTH OUTSIDE OF OURSELVES

WE ARE WIRED TO CENTER ON GOD

ALL EXO-CENTRIC RELATIONSHIPS EXCEPT GOD WILL STOP

WE ARE WIRED FOR ONLY ONE EXOCENTRIC RELATIONSHIP.

SPIRITUALITY

IS A DIVINE-HUMAN RELATIONAL PROCESS CONSIDERED FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF TRANSFORMATION.

EVERYONE HAS A SPIRITUALITY. IT IS EITHER GOD-CENTERED OR IT'S AN IDOL.

SPIRITUAL FORMATION

IS THE WAY OR THE PROCESS BY WHICH A HUMAN PERSON AS SPIRIT TAKES ON A DETERMINANT CHARACTER, SHAPE OVER TIME.

XAN SPIRITUAL FORMATION

THE PROCESS AND MEANS WHEREBY A HUMAN PERSON AS SPIRIT PROGRESSIVELY IDENTIFIES WITH AND TAKES ON A CHARACTER OF JESUS CHRIST AND THEREBY COMES TO RELATE TO GOD AS ABBA, FATHER.

CONVICTIONAL KNOWING

KNOWLEDGE THAT IS BELIEVED AND READY TO BE ACTED UPON.

CANNOT BE PASSED ON DIRECTLY

IT CAN BE ONLY MIDWIFED

COMES THROUGH INTERACTION

HOW TO GET CK?

1. CONFLICT IN SOME CONTEXT

SMTH DOESN'T FIT

CONFLICT GROWS

2. INTERLUDE FOR SCANNING

LOOKING FOR SOLUTIONS

MAKE THEM FIT TOGETHER

BEGINNING TO INDWELL

INHABIT THE PROBLEM WITH EMPATHY FOR PROBLEM AND ITS PARTS

3. MOMENT OF INSIGHT

CRUCIAL MOMENT

FELT WITH FORCE

PIECES HAVE CLICKED

FEEL IT'S RIGHT

IT MOVES THINGS FORWARD

GIVEN BY GOD

VISION OF A BROADER WHOLE

CONFLICTING PIECES FIT TOGETHER

ACT OF IMAGINATION

4. PERSONAL REALEASE AND OPENNES

GET NEW ENERGY

ONE IS OPEN TO THE WORLD

5. PROCESS OF VERIFICATION AND INTERPRETATION

OBEDIENCE LEADS ONE SAFELY THROUGH THIS PROCESS. - ONE GETS VISION

INTRO

PERSONS CANNOT EXIST WITHOUTOTHER PERSONS.

IDENTITY SPRINGS FROM THOSE GROUPS OR PERSONS WE SEEK AFFIRMATION FROM

WE FORM CIRLCES OF SUFFICIENCY.

MOST CENTRAL CIRCLE IS ROOTEDNESS IN CHRIST

GOAL:

TO LIVE WITH GOD AS THE PRIMARY COMMUNITY

BE WITH GOD AND NOT BE ALONE

INTEGRATED PERSON

ONE PERSON ALL THE TIME

LIVES BEYOND THE NEED TO BE ACCEPTED OR THE FEAR TO BE REJECTED BY ANY PARTICULAR GROUP

FUNDAMENTALLY ROOTED IN GOD

IN REALITY

CARE MORE ABOUT WHAT GOD IS DOING

THAT THEIR PLACE IN IT

THER IS SIMPLICITY IN HIS WAY OF LIFE BEFORE GOD

VERY PRODUCTIVE

JESUS WAS LIKE THIS

HE SAW THAT CONFLICT WOULD COME

CONFLICT COMES FROM CHANGING AFFILIATIONS

ONLY IN SO FAR JESUS BECOMES ONE'S PRIMARY COMMUNITY WILL CHANGE LAST AND BEAR FRUIT.

GOAL

NOT AN ADJUSTED EGO

INTEGRATION BY DYING AND RISING WITH CHRIST

HOW TO CHANGE GROUPS?

1. CONSCIOUSLY PLACE YOURSELF IN GOD'S HANDS

SITUATE IN REALITY

REALITY IS GOD-CENTERED

THE ONLY SAFE WAY

REQUIRED SOLITUDE

JOHN 13

2. DELIBERATELY PURSUE AND INVEST IN RELATIONS WITH THOSE WHO AFFIRM A CHRIST-CENTERED REALITY

COMMUNITY OF DISCIPLES

3. REENGAGE AS NEEDED AND REALISTICALLY POSSIBLE WITH OLD FRIENDS, FAMILY.

DO IT IN POSTURE OF SERVICE AND BLESSING

A. DO NOT SEEK THEIR APPROVAL

DON'T ASK FOR IT

B. DON'T DEFEND YOURSELF

TRAP

NOT REALITY

LET IT TO GOD

PULL ME IN THEIR VIEW

C. DO NOT BE ARROGANT

APOLOGIZE IF WRONG

D. DO NOT PRETEND

LOVE THEM, BE WHAT YOU ARE.

IN EVERY STATE I'LL HAVE TO NEGOTIATE MY COMMUNAL IDENTITY.

THIS IS AN ONGOING PROCESS.

LAYER BY LAYER.

THIS IS HOW PEOPLE GROW.

PARADIGM

GOD'S PROJECT IN HISTORY IS TO PRODUCE PERSONS WHO HAVE THE HEIGHT OF JESUS CHRIST. TO GROW IN SPIRITUAL DIMENSIONS IS TO BE GROW AND BE LIKE CHRIST.

HE WANTS US TO BE MATURE, HAVE CHRIST'S CHARACTER, BE STABLE IN BELIEF AND ACTION, NO LONGER TOSSED HERE AND THERE LIKE CHILDREN, BY SOME TEACHING.

THERE WILL BE MANY LIKE HIM, AND ALL OF US TOGETHER WILL FORM CHRIST'S BODY, BECOME THE FULLNESS OF HIM.

LIMB OF XR

WE GROW IN SPIRITUAL MATURITY TO THE DEGREE THAT WE CEASE TO THINK OF OURSELVES AS INDIVIDUALS AROUND THE CENTER OF THE WORLD, BUT SEE OURSELVES AS LIMBS OR EXTENSIONS OF CHRIST.

WE ARE DESIGNED TO EXOCENTRIC

ADAM & EVE

CENTERED ON CO-WORKING WITH GOD

THEY ARE NAKED WITHOUT NOTICING IT

FLOW

TOTAL FOCUS ON SOMETHING ELSE

FOCUS ON THE GOOD BEING PRODUCED

DEEP SENSE OF PURPOSE

2 PULLS

1. ME - CENTER OF EVERYTHING

DESCRIPTION

PAUL: LIFE ACCORDING TO FLESH

JESUS: THE WAY OF THE GENTILES

FRUIT

CONFLICT WITH OTHERS AND COMPETITION

ANXIETY, ANGER

SEEK TO SECURE LIFE - MONEY, FOOD

ENDS UP

1. SELF-ABSORPTION

INCAPABLE OF RESISTING BODILY IMPULSES

BELLY WORSHIP

2. ABSORPTION TO SOME GROUP

2. RECENTERING ON GOD

DESCRIPTION

PAUL: WALKING IN THE SPIRIT

I AM IN CHRIST, CHRIST IS IN ME

CENTER IS WHAT GOD IS DOING IN CHRIST

I AM A PIECE OF THIS, NOT THE CENTER

DIFFERENTIATED INTEGRATION WITH CHRIST

FRUIT

SEE THE WORLD DIFFERENTLY

RELATE IN NON-COMPETITIVE WAYS

THIS IS REALITY AND TRUE BASE FOR GROWTH

ENTERING THE KINGDOM =

THE WHOLE CHRISTIAN LIFE FROM HERE TO THE WORLD MADE RIGHT WILL BE A PROCESS OF MIGRATING FROM ONE PERSPECTIVE OF LIFE (SELF AS CENTER) TO HAVING CHRIST AT THE CENTER.

MANY LAYERS TO CROSS

MIND-CHANGE PROCESS

FROM SELF-CENTERED TO CHRIST-CENTERED

PROCESS OF INTEGRATION INTO CHRIST =

IT IS A SPIRAL JOURNEY

MOVE FORWARD BY COVERING THE SAME GROUND

3 MOMENTS

1. INTERNALIZING THE GOSPEL

WE INTERNALIZE IT MANY TIMES

NEW IDEAS OF REALITY

WORLD IS FULL OF GOD'S WORKS

WHAT GOD IS DOING IS MOST IMPORTANT

REPENTANCE/METANOIA

CHANING OF IDEAS

2. COMMUNAL REINTEGRATION

LEAN ON THE COMMUNITY OF OTHER LIMBS

TRANSFORMING SOCIAL IDENTIY AS A LIMB OF CHRIST

INTERACTING IN A DIFFERENT WAY WITH JESUS PEOPLE

TAKE ON SPECIAL RITUALS:

BAPTISM

IDENTITY SHIFT

SUPPER

PIECE OF BREAD=LIMB

REPOSITIONING

FOCAL POINTS FOR CONTEMPLATION

TAKE ON INSIDE THE SOC. SETTING AS LIMB

IMPORTANT FOR LASTING CHANGE

FIND THE GROUP I CAN AFFILIATE THIS WITH, OTHERWISE IDEAS AND PRACTICES WON'T LAST

3. TRANSFORMING DAILY PRACTICES

ACTIVE DAILY OBEDIENCE

WE DO WHAT JESUS DID

BLESS THOSE WHO CURSE US

THE HOSTILITY IS NOW INSIDE OF MY BODY

FLESH VS. SPIRIT

ONE NEEDS TO GO THROUGH ALL THREE FOR STABLE CHANGE

EVERYTIME I CHANGE, ALL THREE CHANGE

NOT AT THE SAME TIME

GOAL:

RECONFIGURE PRACTICES TO MOVE ME INTO A DIRECTION OF HOW THE LIMB OF CHRIST WOULD DO IT, HOW JESUS WOULD DO IT.

SPIRITUAL EXCERCISES

DESIGNED TO HELP US GO THROUGH A PROCESS BY WHICH WE BREAK AWAY WITH HARMFUL PRACTICES AND REENGAGE IN A HEALTHY WAY.

BODILY BEHAVIORS

PATTERNS:

1. RUPTURE

OF OLD HABITS

WITHOUT RUPTURING CHANGE WON'T HAPPEN

2. ENGAGEMENT

INITIATION OF NEW HABITS

RUPTURE/ABSTINENCE

1. SOLITUDE

2. SILENCE

LEARNING TO BE SILENT, SIMPLE IN SPEECH

NOT TO DEFEND, EXPLAIN

3. FASTNG

HOW TO DO WHAT IS GOOD AND RIGHT, EVEN WHEN I DON'T GET WHAT I WANT

4. FRUGALITY

DECISION TO LIVE ON WHAT IS NECESSARY

ENGAGEMENT

1. FELLOWSHIP/COMMUNION OF SAINTS

2. ENCOURAGEMENT/PRAISE

NEW FORM OF SPEAKING

3. CELEBRATION/FEASTING

TITHE, FIRSTFRUITS

4. GIVING

FREE ME TO BE USED BY GOD

PERSONS LIVE AT THE MERCY OF THEIR IDEAS

CONTROL THE WAY WE LOOK AT THINGS

HELD VERY DEEP

THOUGHT

BASIC, GROUND LEVEL OF REALITY OF WHAT I'LL BECOME

2 THINGS THAT GOVERN THINKING

1. IDEAS

BASIC CONVICTION THAT GOVERN OUR INTERPRETATION

LIKE GLASSES, WE SEE SOME, BUT NOT SMTH ELSE

IMAGINATION FILLS THE GAPS

2. IMAGES

IDEAS ARE MEDIATED THROUGH IMAGES

SYMBOLS THAT CONDENSE AND MEDIATE IDEAS