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Friendship with God: Nurturing Spiritual Formation in Congregations

Explore the deep bond of friendship with God and experience spiritual growth in congregational settings. Reflect on your connection with God and barriers that hinder your relationship. Dive into biblical teachings and personal reflections to enhance your journey with God.

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Friendship with God: Nurturing Spiritual Formation in Congregations

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  1. Christ With Us CS654 Spiritual Formation in Congregations

  2. Friendship with God An expression of a loving heart

  3. Starter questions • Where did you live between ages 7 and 12? • How was your home heated then? • Who was the center of human warmth in your family? • When, if ever, did God become more than a mere word to you? • Scorgie questions – chapter 2 Community Groups

  4. Selfishness • Sinfulness • Busyness • Productivity • Egocentrism • Perceptions Barriers to Friendship with God

  5. Justified or declared righteous • Covenantal – God’s commitment to us as well as our commitment to God • Drafters of the Heidelberg Catechism (16th century) • Asked their children to identify their only comfort or greatest consolation in life and in death. • Answer: That I belong—body and soul, in life and in death—not to myself but to my faithful savior, Jesus Christ. Positional and Official

  6. Blessing of God’s presence

  7. Blessing of God’s presence results in…

  8. 2 Peter 1:4

  9. What is a friend?

  10. Abraham • 2 Chronicles 20:7 • Isaiah 41:8 • James 2:23 • Moses • Exodus 33:11 • Face-to-face communication meaning direct, personal communication • Israel – Psalm 122:6-9 Old Testament Friends of God

  11. Philos • Broad sense – acquaintance • Intimate sense – a personal and deep bonding of real affection • Negative aspect of friendship • Friendship with the world • James 4:4 New Testament Friends

  12. Friendship with God

  13. Friends of Jesus

  14. Believer (Larry Richards)

  15. Think of a time when you felt like you belonged to God—that you were loved by God. Write down what you remember about that experience. Exercise

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