Growing in Jesus

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. Season 1 of From Disciples to Disciplers, Growing in Jesus focuses on developing your relationship with Jesus. Because, let's face it, the first person you have to disciple is yourself. More to the point, you need to learn how to let Jesus show you how to be His disciple. So in this season, we focus on your relationship with Jesus and how to deepen it through spiritual disciplines such as prayer, worship, Bible study... and, not least of all, your relationships with other Christians (such as the ones you're sitting with).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781507805138
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	02/03/2015
Series:	From Disciples to Disciplers , #1
Pages:	138
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.32(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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Choose Your Environment . . . . . . . . . . 19

Getting Connected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

SESSION 1: How Did We Get Here, and Where Are We Going? . . . . 23

SESSION 2: What Would Did Jesus Do? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

SESSION 3: Who Do You Love? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

SESSION 4: Relationships Take Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

SESSION 5: A Conversation With the Creator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

SESSION 6: Bible Study--Digging Deeper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

SESSION 7: Worship--It's Not Just Singing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

SESSION 8: We're in This Together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

SESSION 9: The Holy Spirit and You. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

SESSION 10: The Battle of Your Life. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

SESSION 11: Seeing Others as Jesus Does . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

SESSION 12: Sharing Your Life in Jesus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

SESSION 13: What Now? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Leader Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189