The Overflow Principle. Introduction to the Course.

1. Session 1

2. Group Talk What is your name? Why did you come to this class? Share about one of your favorite trips?

3. My Story

4. Walk through the class format and book Look at the book Format Assignment for next week Questions Small Groups Introduce Table Leaders Next week we will lock in groups

5. Recommended Reading Invitation to a Journey M. Robert Mulholland Jr.

6. Getting started Pages 1-2

7. Three Things about Spiritual Formation It is a journey

8. My Growth Plan Where Am I? Where Am I Going? How Will I Get There?

9. Three Things about Spiritual Formation It is a journey Jesus is our teacher and example It is a process

11. No need for human reinforcement or approval

13. “good works” come naturally

14. Aware of God in everything

15. Experience gratification

16. Battle against Sin

17. Old Self vs. New Self

18. Spiritual Disciplines most importantONE WITH GOD WALKING WITH GOD OBEDIENCE TO GOD ATTRACTION TO GOD

19. A Fruity Picture Page 3

20. Group Talk Work through the study on page 3

21. Striving for a B “ There is nothing we can do to transform ourselves into persons who love and serve as Jesus did except make ourselves available for God to do that work of transforming grace in our lives.” (p. 26)

22. Striving for a B “ Our spiritual journey is not our setting out (by gathering information and applying it correctly) to find God (as an object “out there” to be grasped and controlled by us). It is a journey of learning to yield ourselves to God and discovering where God will take us.” (p. 32)

23. Two basic commands Page 4

24. Jesus answered him, “The first of all the commandments is:‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment. And the second, like it, is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.” Mark 12:30-31

25. Jesus answered him, “The first of all the commandments is:‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. And you shalllove the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment. And the second, like it, is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.” Mark 12:30-31

26. Jesus answered him, “The first of all the commandments is:‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. And you shalllove the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment. And the second, like it, is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.” Mark 12:30-31

27. It’s about overflow Page 5

28. chart on page 7

29. The Love of God

30. The Love of God

31. The Love of God

32. The Love of God

33. The Love of God

34. The Love for Neighbor

35. The Love for Neighbor

36. The Love for Neighbor

37. The Love of God Habit #3 Worship Habit #2 Prayer Habit #4 Giving Habit #1 Bible Study Habit #5 Serving TIME | TALENT | TREASURE The 7 Habits of Spiritual Formation

38. Habit #3 Worship Habit #2 Prayer Habit #4 Giving Habit #1 Bible Study Habit #5 Serving Habit #6 Vital Relationships Habit #7 Sharing My Faith The Love for Neighbor The 7 Habits of Spiritual Formation

39. Reality check Page 8

40. …as Yourself We find it difficult to love God and others because we don’t really love ourselves.

41. Two distorted self-perceptions I am the center of the universe. I deserve everything. I am worth nothing. I deserve nothing. Both are self-oriented.

42. The first key to Spiritual Growth is to see yourself how God sees you. I am not the center of the universe, God is. I am a unique and valued being, created by God to contribute to the universe. God’s Way is other-oriented.

43. Cultivating a romance Page 9

44. Q & A

45. Group Talk Discuss the questions on page 11

46. Next Week Session 2: Loving God with My Mind [Studying the Bible]