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Go Deeper! Ken Robinson

Chapter 1:. Go Deeper! Ken Robinson. Chapter 1: Go Deeper! — Ken Robinson. The Call

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Go Deeper! Ken Robinson

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  1. Chapter 1: Go Deeper! Ken Robinson

  2. Chapter 1: Go Deeper!—Ken Robinson The Call “The call is clear: Go deeper! We are challenged to take our discipleship to another level, a deeper level. It is about our understanding of Jesus Christ and our relationship with him. It is about our living out those things that Jesus has taught us.”—p. 9

  3. Chapter 1: Go Deeper!—continued Jesus said at the end of the Sermon on the Mount: “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock. The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on rock.” —p. 9 (Matthew 7:24–25)

  4. Chapter 1: Go Deeper! Sermon on the Mount in Summary In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus taught his disciples to be salt and light for the world. “They needed not only to obey the law but also to go beyond it in dealing with inner feelings of anger, lust, and judgment, cultivating love not only for friends but also for enemies.”—p. 9

  5. Chapter 1: Go Deeper! Sermon on the Mount in Summary “They should give from the heart but anonymously and not for show, engaging regularly in private prayer and other personal spiritual disciplines, focusing on God alone and therefore being able to set aside worry and self-deception. Finally, they were to act on the word rather than merely hearing and then ignoring it.”—p. 9

  6. Chapter 1: Go Deeper! Activity 1 —Individual Reflection and Sharing (See page 9.)

  7. Chapter 1: Go Deeper! The Challenge of Going Deeper • Making resolutions to change—not always easy to keep • Resolving to be countercultural as a disciple of Jesus Activity 2 (p. 10)

  8. Chapter 1: Go Deeper! Going Deeper Is Scary • Ken swimming off the Great Barrier Reef • Tahitian pearl diver • The “deep” can be scary. • Jesus telling the fishermen to cast their nets in the deep water (Luke 5:4) • Jesus calls us to the deep of the Holy Spirit. Activity 3(p. 11)

  9. Chapter 1: Go Deeper! Contemplation and Action Who am I? What do you want me to do? “The challenge to ‘go deeper’ suggests to us the need to go inward, to examine self, to practice the spiritual disciplines of prayer, meditation, and waiting in stillness for God’s word in our consciousness.”—p. 11 Read: Psalm 46:1, 9, 10 Is it possible to see God working without being still?

  10. Chapter 1: Go Deeper! • Called into Christ’s presence: In contemplation and stillness we breathe in. • Sent forth in Christ’s name: In action we breathe out. • Story of the nuns (p. 11) What do we learn from this story?

  11. Chapter 1: Go Deeper! “If you live primarily from your skills, you will soon get exhausted. If you live from your gifts, your energy will be constantly renewed.” Activity 4 (p. 12)

  12. Chapter 1: Go Deeper! Spiritual Disciplines • Spiritual disciplines are a means to love, not pride. • Love God and love your neighbor as yourself. • Called to radical love Activity 5—Small Group Discussion (p. 12)

  13. Chapter 1: Go Deeper! The Sacraments Lead Us Deeper • They provide a form of spiritual discipline. • They provide encounters with the Holy Spirit at important times of need and decision. • They call us into deeper relationship with each other and God. • They are both contemplation and action. (p. 12)

  14. Chapter 1: Go Deeper! “Look especially to the sacraments to enrich the spiritual life of the body. Seek for greater understanding of my purposes in these sacred rites and prepare to receive a renewed confirmation of the presence of my Spirit in your experiences of worship.”—p. 13,D & C 158:11c (1992) • What is the promise here?

  15. Chapter 1: Go Deeper! “Experiencing the Divine in sacramental ritual lays claims on our lives—the gospel becomes a part of us, and we become part of it…. As we go forth from the sacraments, we leave as changed people, assured of God’s grace, ready to live sacramental lives and empowered to share our witness and resources with others.” Activity 6(p. 13)

  16. Chapter 1: Go Deeper! Asking God (p. 13) Joseph as a youth read from the Bible:“If any of you is lacking in wisdom, ask God…”—James 1:5 Joseph went deeper by going to the grove to pray for direction for his life.

  17. Chapter 1: Go Deeper! Testimony of Going Deeper to Solve a Major Conflict • Ken’s story (pp. 13–14) Activity 7 (p. 14)

  18. Chapter 1: Go Deeper! The Temple and Going Deeper • The Temple calls us to go deeper in discipleship. • So does congregational life. Activity 8 (p. 15)

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