© diocese of guildford 2011 fruits of the journey session 4 fruits of the journey
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Session 4Fruits of the Journey
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Session 4Fruits of the Journey
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Journey of Faith
Tool: A Personal Discipleship Goal• Learn something about the sort of person I am• Develop a sense of where God is calling me next• Start to build a personal plan
Five sessions1. My journey
2. Your journey
3. God of the journey
4. Fruits of the journey
5. Where next?
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Keys
• Key Point
– If we follow Jesus, we will become like him
• Key Skill
– Attentive reading– Personal reflection
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Today
• What makes a Christian Distinctive?– Christian heroes– Biblical, Christian & secular passages– Christian traits– The example of Jesus
• How does this challenge me?
• Wrap-up
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Famously Christian
• Name some high profile or famous Christians living, dead or fictional, and say – why they are known as Christians– what makes them admired or otherwise
• Who are your personal Christian heroes who are not famous? – what makes them heroes too?
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‘Fruits’ Passages
• How should a follower of Jesus be expected to:– behave differently?– hold different values?
• Which passage – gave the most appealing picture of Christianity and
why?– stretches your thinking the most?
• What happens when we can't live up to the ideal?
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Coffee Break
Share with each other
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What is Christian Behaviour?
• What does it mean to be ‘good’? • What is ‘Christian’ living?• What single purpose makes Jesus’ gentleness
and harshness completely consistent?
Therefore, we can expect our journey to bear fruit: both in our personal morality
(making us kinder, more patient, less envious etc)
and in our public behaviour
(sticking up for the weak, fighting for justice)
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Why do I need to be 'good'?
• If I am justified by faith alone, do I need good ‘works’?
• Does it matter if I am good or not? And to whom?
• Are there eternal consequences? • Do we see the whole world as sacred; or is there
a separate secular world in God’s eyes?• What is distinctive about Christian discipleship
as opposed to the ethical lifestyles of those from other faiths or of no faith?
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Christian Traits
• Which Christian traits are most important to you?
• Which are most challenging to you?
• Which of these do we already see in our lives?
• Which need work?
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What would we add?
service self-acceptance joy
sense of connection to God integrity despair
stewardship anger peace
love patience self-control assertiveness
strength empathy certainty assurance
gentleness assurance inclusiveness loyalty
selflessness self-denial loyalty modesty
service self-acceptance joy
sense of connection to God integrity despair
stewardship anger peace
love patience self-control assertiveness
strength empathy certainty assurance
gentleness assurance inclusiveness loyalty
selflessness self-denial loyalty modesty
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Wrap-Up
• Journal Suggestions
– What is the next step for me in forming my Christian character?
– How am I going to achieve it?
– What help or resources will I need?
• Feedback on this session