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TRAINER NOTES: 02 (T) Keeping in Step with the Spirit
PARTICIPANTS NOTES: 02 (P) Keeping in Step with the Spirit
TRANSFERABLE CONCEPTS: #2 How You Can Experience God's Love and Forgiveness
TRANSFERABLE CONCEPTS: #3 How You Can Be Filled with the Holy Spirit
below are the trainer's notes
The purpose of this session is to gain a clear understanding of how to be filled with the Spirit. Each participant will also be given an opportunity to be filled with the Holy Spirit and learn how they can offer the Spirit-filled life to others.
LOOKING BACK (20-30 min)
NOTE: Place people in groups of 4-6 for the session. Give out Participant Notes.
PRAYER AND CARE
Appoint a facilitator in each small group to guide the sharing.
Have each group discuss what they are thankful for this week.
Have each person tell how their walk with Jesus was this week and share 1-2 prayer requests with their group. Have each group pray for one another.
[NOTE: If someone needs extra help, set a time after the meeting to help meet those needs.]
CELEBRATE FAITHFULNESS
Encourage loving accountability to obey Jesus.
Have each group tell what happened as they trusted God for their goals and their “I will by when” statements.
After the groups are done, ask if anyone is willing to tell the entire group.
VISION, MOTIVATION AND ENCOURAGEMENT
Cast vision for their identity in Christ or what God can do through them as they take steps of faith.
EXAMPLE
King David was amazed that the God of all creation would be concerned with mankind. In Psalm 8, he asks the Lord “what is man that you are mindful of him and the son of man that you care for him?” It is amazing that we serve a loving God, who is powerful enough to do all things on his own, but who invites us to join Him in His work. He desires to work through us to take His love to the world. In a country where Christians are frequently persecuted, one lady believed in Christ. As she learned to obey Jesus, the Lord used her to lead many others to Christ and it spread to over 1,300 people and 5 generations of new churches. What a privilege we have been given to be used by God. Imagine what the Lord can do through you!
LOOKING UP (45 min)
Let’s look at the Kingdom Growth Process we introduced during our last meeting. Each time we meet, we are going to fill in the skills that are part of the process. We are going to start with this center piece and learn how to keep in step with the Spirit.
ACTIVIY #1
The Spirit-Filled Life Booklet
Many Christians feel the brief outline and application points in this little booklet (hold up booklet) have been the most important concept they have learned as a Christian. So, let’s begin now to start becoming familiar with the booklet’s content, how to apply it to our own lives and how to communicate it with others.
Give each participant a copy of the Spirit-filled Life Booklet (or help them to install the [God Tools App] and help them to open the tool [Spirit-Filled Life].
Choose group facilitators for each group. Have them assign each person in their group a set of booklet pages, including themselves. List these on a PowerPoint slide or a white board.
Person 1: pages 1-3
Person 2: pages 4-7
Person 3: pages 8-11
Person 4: page 13
Person 5: pages 14-16
Point out that page 12 was not assigned and that you will read that page in a few minutes.
Have everyone study their assigned pages and write down their answer to these questions:
What caught your attention (or what did you like best)? Why?
After each person has had time to answer the questions, ask each group participant to verbally explain the content of their pages to their group and tell how they answered the questions.
[NOTE: Start with page 1 and continue through the booklet in order.]
SUMMARY
This booklet can help summarize and apply the teaching about the Holy Spirit. We can also use it to help others understand and apply this critical truth by using this simple tool.
The Holy Spirit has a crucial role in transforming our own lives and empowering us to be witnesses and leaders in His kingdom. He is the power behind the Kingdom Growth Process. The question for us: Are we allowing the Holy Spirit to guide, direct and empower us?
ACTIVIY #2
Now as we finish, I would like for you all to turn to page 12 in the Spirit-filled Life Booklet. This is the most important part of this lesson. Let me read this page, and please note that I will read the prayer twice-- once for your understanding and the second time as a prayer.
Read the page once. Then tell them you will now read the prayer again, and they can express it themselves as a prayer.
Ask if anyone prayed that prayer for the first time. Acknowledge those who respond.
SUMMARY
Let me remind you of three things from the booklet:
1 the command and promise on page 11 (quickly summarize this).
2 not to depend on feelings on page 13 (read the paragraph under the train diagram).
3 the encouragement at the top of page 16, “If this booklet has been helpful to you, please share it with someone else.”
LOOKING FORWARD (45 min)
PREPARING FOR THE MISSION
Have participants practice sharing the Spirit-filled Life booklet in pairs of two by two.
Have them give feedback to their partner and then switch roles.
GOING ON THE MISSION
Identify 3 believers with whom you will read the Spirit filled Life booklet.
Write “I will by when” statements and tell them to your small group.
Set a time and meet with your coaching circle.
PRAYING FOR THE MISSION
Commit everyone’s goals to the Lord. Ask the Lord to help us be faithful and use us to start a movement of disciple makers and Multiply Groups. Pray for the Lord to prepare the hearts of people on the Oikos List.
For Further Study
Read Transferable Concept #2: How You Can Experience God’s Love and Forgiveness and #3: How You Can be Filled with the Holy Spirit. It is helpful to discuss these with someone from your coaching circle by telling your answers to the questions at the end of each article.
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