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The Journey Invitation to a Journey ~ A Road Map to Spiritual Formation M. Robert Mulholland & Ruth Haley Barton plus Notes and writings on Spiritual Formation from the Institute for Spiritual Formation, Biola University Lesson 7—The Image of Christ—Chapter 3 pp. 44-47 Opening Prayer 1.   Thoughts from last time? What was your experience with the Prayer of Honesty? 2.   Points of Unlikeness The points at which our Self is UNlike Christ If we are made new in Christ at Salvation, how can we still be unlike Christ? 3.   Already/Not Yet We are redeemed and justified, but not fully sanctified/perfected. In what areas are we being formed? What is THE POINT of Unlikeness with Christ—where our image does not match His? 4.   Who/what is the New Self? Ephesians 4:22 If the Cross is the Point of Unlikeness with Christ, what happens to take us there? Matthew 16:24,25 What is the Cross that we must take up? 5.   Confrontation The Sp

The Journey Invitation to a Journey ~ A Road Map to Spiritual Formation M. Robert Mulholland & Ruth Haley Barton plus Notes and writings on Spiritual Formation from the Institute for Spiritual Formation, Biola University Lesson 6—The Image of Christ—Chapter 3 pp. Opening Prayer Gracious and loving God, it is with thankfulness that I hear your call to become Christlike.   Something deep within my heart stirs in its heavy sleep at your call.   The memory of something I was to have been, but am not, yet could still be, flits on the fringes of my consciousness.   O loving God, stir up this hunger in my heart until it becomes the all-consuming passion of my life. (Robert Mulholland) 1.   Thoughts from last time? What was your experience with Silence? 2.   Imagine for a minute… Imagine the face of a close family member, either your generation or your parents’ generation. Now imagine the face of this family member’s child. Do you think they look alik

The Journey Invitation to a Journey ~ A Road Map to Spiritual Formation M. Robert Mulholland & Ruth Haley Barton plus Notes and writings on Spiritual Formation from the Institute for Spiritual Formation, Biola University Lesson 5—Being and Doing Opening Prayer 1.   Thoughts from last time? ·       Compare Eve and Mary in terms of parallels and differences. ·       How did writing a Christmas letter to Jesus affect your week? 2.   Jesus’ Temptation—and Ours ·       How was the Holy Spirit involved in Jesus’ ministry and temptations? ·       Who led Him into the desert to be tempted? ·       Temptation and Calling—where are we the most dangerous to Satan’s plans? 3.   Being and Doing ·       What is the difference? ·       If our value isn’t in how well we DO something, then how do we measure it? ·       How do you introduce/describe yourself to a stranger? ·       Suicide rate-- higher in seniors than young people.   Why? 4.   In