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Walking IN the Ways

Tools for the journey

We all want to live as disciples of Jesus. Yet, this is a major challenge in the hurley burley of everyday life. It requires motivation and a long-term plan. Our goal is nothing less than Christlikeness, working itself out in the normal. Our destination is secure, we don’t need to earn God’s approval in our Christian life, but we do desire to make the most of our time on earth. This course is looking at the way and practices of Jesus, that the early mystics and generations have walked and marked over the centuries, timeless practices that although culture and lifestyle have shifted and changed, the human heart, relationships and His timeless truth is still the same.

How can we train our hearts, minds, and bodies to hear the invitations of God to love God, love ourselves, and love our neighbour with everything we’ve got? (Mark 12:30-31)

How can our characters become more like Jesus’ character? What will empower us to live like Jesus in the every day, and in the process see the transformation of our neighbourhoods and society around us?

How can I truly grow as a disciple of Jesus, not in tick-box exercises, but making doable steps in my now that see a tangible growth of me as a whole being and how I relate to others around me?

Walking in the Ways is not just a ‘course’ it is about building foundations for the Christian way of life.

During 2022 The Well Sheffield will journey further into the practices, the ways, the habits, the foundations that pave the way for Christlikeness to become our normality. Full of practical wisdom, multiple methods, and relevant application to our real life.

Walking in the Ways is designed for different stages of life and Christian maturity. It is for you if you’ve followed Jesus faithfully for a while yet perhaps you recognise new questions and conflicts, opportunities and paradoxes in your ‘second half of life’ stage. For you, if you’re a recent Christian or you know you’ve got some maturing to do, and you are hungry to put your faith into practice.

Every session will weave in the practices of prayer & scripture alongside discussions, activations and applications. 

Teaching and input is every 2 weeks, to allow us time to begin to put ideas into practice. On alternate weeks you are invited to join our Waiting on God free worship/intercession times, Thursdays 7.30pm. Come as an individual or as a whole community group. You may join individual sessions, but we encourage you to engage with the whole experience between January and June! After all, this is all about crafting a lifestyle. 


Session One (Thursday 20 Jan 2022)

Apprenticeship | Loves | Habits

Week One PDF - Stages of Apprenticeship
You are what you love - powerpoint/quotes
You are what you love' summary from James KA Smith (Youtube 25 mins)

Session Two - BE with Jesus (3 Feb 22)

Sabbath | Contemplative Prayer | Fasting

Sabbath handout (pdf)
Sabbath + Lectio Divina (Powerpoint)
Contemplation presentation + resources (pdf)
Fasting PDF
 

Session Three - BECOME like Jesus (24 Feb 22)

THE PRACTICES OF RELATIONSHIPS: Community | Orbits | Forgiveness

eMOTIONALly healthy handout
fORGIVENESS HANDOUT

ORBITS PERSONAL QUESTIONS

FORGIVENESS HOMEWORK


Session Four - Be with Jesus - The Practice of PRAYER

Praying the Psalms Presentation
Praying the Lord's Prayer Presentation
Intercession + Psalms in-depth handout

Session Five - Do the Things Jesus Did - The Practices of JUSTICE and GENEROSITY

Justice Personal Audit
Generosity Personal audit

Session 6: 28 April
Be with Jesus: Living the balance of Word & Spirit

session 6 powerpoint
word on the wind chapter 8
Word on the wind chapter 10

Session 7 19 April 22: Become like Jesus : Spiritual Warfare

Session powerpoint
Introduction to the Spiritual Realm (chapter)

Session 8:26 May 2022 Do What Jesus Did : Supernatural practices of healing, deliverance, prophetic

Coming soon

Session powerpoint (Healing Amanda's Teaching)
Session Poweropoint (Perseverence and healing Rachael's Teaching)

Session 9 : 16 June 2022 - Crafting a Rule of Life

Recommended resources:

BOOKS: James KA Smith ‘You are what you love’ | Stephen A Macchia ‘Crafting a Rule of Life’

WEB: Introduction to Rule of life

VIDEO: Sheffield Diocese 30 min video on ROL: https://youtu.be/XXVWHVKOLDQ (on Well Youtube)

Session Powerpoint
Handout - Steps to crafting a rule of life
Handout - blank ROL grid