Spiritual Disciplines and Practices, #4

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Spiritual Disciplines and Practices, #4. The Corporate Disciplines. Confession. What do you think of when you hear or see the word “confession”? An attempt to define Helps one live into the truth of being God’s new creation Opens oneself to God for transformation - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINES AND

PRACTICES, #4

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The Corporate Disciplines

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Confession

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Confession Worship

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Confession Worship

Guidance

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Confession Worship

Guidance Celebration

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Confession What do you think of when you hear or

see the word “confession”? An attempt to define

Helps one live into the truth of being God’s new creation

Opens oneself to God for transformationViews oneself and one’s community first as

a fellowship of sinners and then as a fellowship of saints

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Confession Why should disciples practice

confession?To replace sinful habits with healthy habitsTo examine one’s “sin network,” resulting

from broken relationships, unhealthy patterns, and besetting weaknesses, in order to experience transformation

To deepen relationships within the community through honesty and insight

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Confession “Therefore, confess your sins to one

another and pray for each other so that you may be healed” (James 5:16).

The discipline of confessionSpiritual Classics (241-2, 248)Spiritual Disciplines (93-94)Confession as a response to the 10

commandments

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Worship What is worship? An attempt to define

Cherishing and valuing God above all elseKnowing, feeling, and experiencing the

resurrected Christ in the midst of the gathered community

Responding to the overtures of love from the heart of the Father

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Worship Why should disciples worship?

To seek first God’s kingdomTo be in the presence of JesusTo delight in the LordTo respond to God’s truth and direction in

order to practice a life of obedienceTo learn how to sacrifice body, mind, and

soul to the will of God

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Worship “To worship is to quicken the conscience by the

holiness of God, to feed the mind with the truth of God, to purge the imagination by the beauty of God, to open the heart to the love of God, to devote the will to the purpose of God” –William Temple

“The tendency of all worship to decline from adoration to demand, and from the supernatural to the ethical, shows how strong a pull is needed to neutralize the anthropocentric trend of the human mind” –Evelyn Underhill

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Worship The discipline of worship

Spiritual Classics (254, 262 discussion #2)Spiritual Practices (46)

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Guidance What is guidance? An attempt to define guidance:

Listening for and recognizing the voice and pattern of God’s direction, individually and corporately

Living under the immediate rule of the Holy Spirit

Trusting in God’s good intentions

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Guidance Why should disciples practice the

discipline of guidance?To take time to listenTo bring head and heart into alignment with

God’s willTo seek the Guide rather than a map for

one’s lifeTo rest

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Guidance “When the vessel is ready, the precious

liquid is poured in. There is no more precious vessel than a loving soul and no more beneficial drink than the grace of God”—John Ruusbroec

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Guidance The discipline of guidance - Celebration

of Discipline (181-4)

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Conditions for Communal Discernment

Common Purpose

Resolve to Decide

Together

Mutual Regard and Acceptance

Clearly Framed

Matter for Discernment

Good information and Good Research

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The meeting to discern

Discussion toward ResolutionModerator asks for comments and observations that

have arisen out of prayer A “sense” may emerge that there is more agreement

among the group than originally thought possible

Prayer and Silent ReflectionMeeting for Clearness Extended time of listening prayer

Open DiscussionThreshing Meeting Issues, concerns, observations, and perspectives are

freely expressed

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Celebration What comes to mind when you hear the

word “celebration”? An attempt to define follows:

Taking joyful, passionate pleasure in God and in the radically glorious nature of God’s people, Word, world, and purposes

Engaging in actions that orient the spirit toward worship, praise, and thanksgiving, delighting in the never-changing presence of the Godhead

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Celebration Why should disciples celebrate?

To live from a mentality of abundance rather than of scarcity

To rejoice always in the One who rejoices over the beloved

To enjoy the good and perfect gifts of GodTo cultivate a spirit of gladnessTo take oneself less seriouslyTo live out the joy of salvation

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Celebration “The Christian should be an alleluia from

head to foot”—Augustine of Hippo “Celebration is central to all of the

disciplines. Without a joyful spirit of festivity, the disciplines become dull, death-breathing tools in the hands of modern Pharisees”—Richard Foster

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Celebration The discipline of celebration

Spiritual Classics (315)Spiritual Practices (28 and Gratitude

Journal)