The Overflow Principle Session Seven: Setting Spiritual Goals

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Stewarding our

Relationships

The Habits of Vital Relationships

and Sharing My Faith

Who is My Neighbor?

Intimate Soul Mate

Close Friends

Family

Chosen Community

Others like you

Others not like youenemies

Safe Space(Intimate

Neighbor)

Neutral Space(Comfortable Neighbor)

Scary Space(Uncomfortable

Neighbor)

Healthy

boundary

Self/Spirit

How does

God’s love flow

in this picture?

The Vine Video

Two Gathering Spaces for the Church

STemple

Courts

SHomes

Acts 2:43-47

Group Discussion: List the positives and negatives for

both types of church gatherings in light of loving your

neighbor and stewarding all of our relationships.

Two Gathering Spaces for the Church

S Temple CourtsS Positive

S Pooled resources

S Energy

S Sense of part of larger vision

S Negative

S Impersonal

S Isolation

S beauracracy

S HomesS Positive

S Intimacy

S Needs met

S Belonging

S Negative

S Limited resources

S Isolation from larger community

Acts 2:43-47

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Welcoming the

Stranger

What is the purpose of

our public worship

space?

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Small Group QuestionWhat does the phrase “Sharing My Faith”

mean?

Write a definition, and then tell a story that

demonstrates that definition in action.

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Setting Spiritual Goals

V-I-MFrom Renovation of the Heart by Dallas Willard

Vision

Intention

Means

• What field is natural and

well-ordered in your life

right now?

• What field is a struggle

and/or in need of healing

right now?

• What steps will you take in

the next 30 days to bring

healing and wholeness to

that field?