Course outline
Watch the video at Church
Put into
practice what you've learned
Reflect on how the experience
went
Process in
Life Group
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Session 01 - Following Jesus
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Following Jesus is more than going to church or believing the right things; it is practicing a way of life. The meaning of “follow Jesus” is rooted in 1st-century practices of rabbis and apprentices, practices that inform our understanding of how to follow Jesus today.
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Session 02 - Formation pt1
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Whether we realize it or not, all of us are being formed — by our habits, relationships, the stories we believe, and our environment. This session explores the six primary forces shaping individuals: habits, relationships, stories, environment, time, and experience.
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Session 03 - Formation pt2
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Many of us desire to become more like Jesus, but we feel stuck. We need a training program, a reliable pathway to transformation. We find this in the Way of Jesus, which shows us how to intentionally engage formation.
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Session 04 - The Practices
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The Practices are disciplines that create space for the Spirit to transform us from the inside out. Learn about practicing ancient disciplines that open us up to God to change us at the deepest level.
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Session 05 - Meeting God in Pain and Suffering
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The Practices can expose pain as our soul begins to process and discharge suffering. This session explores the three primary ways people deal with pain (deny, detach, or drug), how unhealed pain sabotages transformation, and how God can meet us in pain to bring lasting change.
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Session 06 - Healing from sin
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The Practices can expose pain as our soul begins to process and discharge suffering. This session explores the three primary ways people deal with pain (deny, detach, or drug), how unhealed pain sabotages transformation, and how God can meet us in pain to bring lasting change.
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Session 07 - Crafting a Rule of Life
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Transformation is possible, but it’s not inevitable. Learn how to build an intentional plan, or what the early Christians called a “Rule of Life”: a schedule and a set of practices and relational rhythms that create space for us to be with Jesus, become like him, and do as he did.
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Session 08 - Life Together
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To sustain a lifelong journey of following Jesus, we need to key in on one final critical truth: You are meant to follow Jesus in community. Learn how to cultivate a community of depth, vulnerability, and commitment to transformation.
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Am I becoming like Jesus?
Am I becoming more like Jesus?
The Spiritual Health Reflection helps you thoughtfully examine this question in your own life and identify next steps in your apprenticeship to Jesus.
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More resources
- Practicing the way podcast
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Rule of life builder
Wherever you are in your discipleship journey, we’ve created a tool help you craft a set of habits and rhythms patterned after Jesus.
The Rule of Life Builder allows you to drag and drop spiritual disciplines, relational rhythms, and customized habits into a plan of daily, weekly, and monthly practices tailored to you and your community.
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