The First Book in the Apprenticing Jesus Curriculum is scheduled to be released in the first quarter of 2015! This curriculum is written, and on it’s second “test run” with an actual small group going through the curriculum. That will be complete in November, then it goes to final editing and publishing.
This Study Series is designed to be experienced in a small group setting, if at all possible. Here is an overview of what is covered.
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Apprenticing Jesus Journey Book One
Invitation Chapter
The Original Proposition
Considering the Reality of Jesus’s Mentorship
Three Areas of Focus
1. The Narrative of the Life Jesus has invited us to
2. The power of the spiritual disciplines
3. Spiritual practices and distinctions that provide power
The Principal Aim
The Results of Apprenticing Jesus
They Rhythms of Transformation
How To Get The Most Out of This Journey
- Notice the Ways You Avoid
- Notice What You Resist
- Take The Posture of a Learner, not a Knower
- Patience is a Virtue
Into the adventure
Chapter One: (Week One) Transformation, Community and Vision
How Each Week’s Journey Works
Vision and Orientation
The Provision of Community
Being a Disciple and Apprentice
The Spiritual Disciplines of Silence, Solitude, Contemplation and Prayer
- Silence and Solitude
- Meditation
- Contemplation
- Contemplative Prayer
- The Daily Structure of Each Curriculum Week
- A Final Thought on the Importance of the Meditative and Contemplative Elements of This Journey
Chapter Two: (Week Two) Beginning Steps As An Apprentice
First Steps
Repent
Repentance as the Foundation of Transformation
What Is Repentance?
Compunction
Contrition
Conversion
What is Sin?
Putting it All Together-How Repentance Works in Daily Life
Jesus and Solitude, Silence and Prayer
Chapter Three: (Week Three) The Heart of Apprenticeship
The Heart of Apprenticeship
Where to Focus—Inner Awareness and Other Awareness
The Heart of the Matter-Becoming Christ-like
The Spiritual Practice of Transparency and Authenticity
What Gets In The Way of Awareness
Resisting Current Reality
Chapter Four: (Week Four) The Unhurried Life, Merging and Emerging
The Unhurried Life
Jesus’s clear invitation to live an unhurried life
The alternative to apprenticeship
After repent, comes believe and follow
The easy yoke
Wearied and burdened versus rest
Eliminating hurry
Merging and emerging
Relaxing into God’s goodness
The foundation of forming community
Where spiritual ministry begins
Chapter Five: (Week Five) Who Is A Good Person and What Is The Good Life?
Sermon on the Mount—Describing Goodness
Overview of The Sermon On The Mount
What Prevents The Kingdom of Heaven From Being Manifest
Goodness and Thriving Versus Selfishness and Survival Living
Concluding Points of Jesus’s Sermon On The Mount
Chapter Six: (Week Six) Communing With God
The Beginning Conversation
The Conversation That Is God
Trust…The Foundation
The Power of Request
The Importance of Negotiation In Prayer
Prayer Is A Relational Two Way Conversation
Chapter Seven: (Week Seven) Investigating Current Reality
Loving God and Others
The Connection Between Freedom and Love
Feedback and Discovering Current Reality
Feedback, Openness and Honesty
The Law of Sowing and Reaping
Interrupting Self Deception
Examining and Testing
Owning the Results You Are Creating In Your Life
Transforming What You Reap
God’s Goodness and Faithfulness
The Essential Role Feedback Plays
Chapter Eight: (Week Eight) The Heart of An Apprentice
Requirements for Entering The Kingdom of Heaven
First, Change
Embrace The Way of Being Of A Little Child
Knowing Versus Learning
The Paradigm of Knowing and the Allure of Certainty
Childlikeness and Connection
The Fruit of Being Right and Being In Control
Discernment versus Judgment
Chapter Nine: (Week Nine) Peace and Gratitude
Embracing Kingdom of Heaven Living
Awareness and Intentionality
Forgiveness and Gratitude
Peace and Worry
Gratitude as a Lifestyle
Remembering With Specificity
Surprise, Scarcity, Entitlement and Gratitude
Chapter Ten: (Week Ten) Forgiveness
The Centrality of Forgiveness for an Apprentice
The Consequences of Not Forgiving
Forgiveness as a Lifestyle
The Three-Fold Embracing of Forgiveness
Two Perspectives on Forgiving Others
What Gets In The Way of Forgiveness
Avoiding Grieving and Mourning
Seeking Forgiveness From Others
Chapter Eleven: (Week Eleven)
The Three Faces of Transformation
The Role Spiritual Disciplines Play
Uncovering Unconscious Survival Strategies
Stillness and Knowing God
Why Solitude Comes Before Community
The Three Faces of Transformation
Renewing the mind
Changing the posture of your heart
Changing your trajectory
Chapter Twelve: (Week Twelve) Heaven and The Future Worth Having
The Big Picture
How We Got Here
The Greatest Turnaround of All Time
The Ultimate Reversal of Fortune
Our Response
The Promised Future We Work Towards
Completing the Full Promise of Transformation