Growing in Character

by Carl Simmons

Overview

Learning to grow spiritually is a lifelong adventure. The From Disciples to Disciplers series was developed to walk each participant on that journey of personal spiritual growth. Each of the six seasons (books) in the series contains 13 lessons for small groups, adult Sunday school, or 1-on-1 discipleship. After you've been grounded in your relationship with Jesus, how does that shine into the rest of your life? That's where Season 2: Growing in Character comes in. This season focuses on how you can invite Jesus into your most important relationships-your family, friends, the people you work with-and how to keep Jesus at the center of all of them.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781507806296
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	02/04/2015
Series:	From Disciples to Disciplers , #2
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Carl Simmons is author of the From Disciples to Disciplers series, and the interactive devotional Lay It Down: A Journey into Trust. Carl currently serves as coordinator/editor for the Character Formation Project, and previously was editor for smallgroupministry.com for five years. In addition to From Disciples to Disciplers and Lay It Down, Carl has co-authored and/or edited numerous Bible studies and books, working with Tony Dungy, Bill Bright, Tim Keller and others.

Table of Contents

What Growing Out Looks Like . . . . . . . . 5

Why R.E.A.L. Discipleship Works. . . . . . 7

About the Sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Choose Your Environment . . . . . . . . . . 15

Getting Connected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

SESSION 1: Following Jesus Where You Already Are . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

SESSION 2: Loving and Honoring Your Spouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

SESSION 3: Loving and Growing Your Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

SESSION 4: How to Lead Without Being the Boss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

SESSION 5: Temper, Temper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

SESSION 6: Address Your Stress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

SESSION 7: For the Love of Money. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

SESSION 8: Following Jesus to Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

SESSION 9: The Heart of Hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

SESSION 10: Loving What's Really Good . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

SESSION 11: The D-Word (Discipline) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

SESSION 12: Standing in the Truth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

SESSION 13: Merge With Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Leader Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179