Christlife: Spiritual Streams
This then, is how you should pray.
Matthew 6:9

Following Jesus means . . .
What do you think is core to following
Jesus Christ?

Following Jesus means . . .
Seeking to be holy, to have purity of heart!

Following Jesus means . . .
Spending time with God in prayer and meditation

Following Jesus means . . .
Walking in fullness of the
Holy Spirit, seeing miracles and healing

Following Jesus means . . .
Devoting work, business and family to glorifying God

Following Jesus means . . .
Working toward justice and equity, transforming society for the better.

Following Jesus means . . .
Knowing Scripture and proclaiming faith in
Christ

Which is truly Christlife?
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Holiness and purity
Biblical fidelity and evangelism
Prayer and contemplation
Integrating spirituality with daily living
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Social justice and cultural transformation
Spiritual empowerment and gifting
YES

We want to follow Jesus Christ
What Would Jesus Do?

Jesus Prayed
Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.
Mark 1:35

Jesus demonstrated purity
Heb.4:15
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are--yet was without sin.

Jesus did Miracles
Those troubled by evil spirits were cured, and the people all tried to touch him, because power was coming from him and healing them all.
Luke 6:18,19

Jesus exemplified compassion
Mark 8:2,3
I have compassion for these people; they have already been with me three days and have nothing to eat. If I send them home hungry, they will collapse on the way, because some of them have come a long distance.

Jesus proclaimed gospel
And beginning with
Moses and all the
Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.
Luke 24:27

Jesus saw all as spiritual
Are you so dull? Don't you see that nothing that enters from the outside can make you `unclean'? For it doesn't go into his heart but into his stomach, and then out of his body. (In saying this, Jesus declared all foods ‘clean.’)
Mark 7:18,19

Jesus spiritual life . . .
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Prayer &
Devotion
Holiness &
Virtue
Spiritual empowerment
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Justice &
Compassion
Gospel proclamation
Harmonizing spiritual with daily life
Which do you identify with most?

Spiritual Movements
Contemplative
Movement

Spiritual Movements
Holiness
Movement

Spiritual Movements
Charismatic
Movement

Spiritual Movements
Social Justice
Movement

Spiritual Movements
Evangelical
Movement

Spiritual Movements
Incarnational
Movement

Spiritual Movements
Contemplative
Movement
Antony of Egypt
3 rd Century
Prayer, Meditation, Silence
Communion with God.

Contemplative Movement
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What is it?
Life of loving attention to God.
Why explore?
We experience divine rest that overcomes our alienation.

Spiritual Movements
Holiness
Movement
John Wesley, 18 th Century
Disciplined living leading to purity and holiness.

Holiness Movement
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What is it?
A life that functions as it should.
Why explore?
Enabled to live whole lives in a broken world.

Spiritual Movements
Charismatic
Movement
George Fox, 17 th Century
Wait for prompting of Spirit, seeing all as ministers with spiritual gifts

Charismatic Movement
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What is it?
Life immersed in, empowered and directed by the Spirit.
Why explore?
Empowered by God to do His work and evidence His life on earth.

Spiritual Movements
Social Justice
Movement
Francis of Assisi, 12 th Cent
Abandon riches to care for poor and marginalized, confront oppression.

Social Justice Movement
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What is it?
Committed to compassion and justice for everyone.
Why explore?
We grow in Christ’s compassion and help shape a more just world.

Spiritual Movements
Incarnational
Movement
Count Zinzendorf, 18 th Cent
Devote all aspects of life to Christ; work, family, etc., all can be sanctified.

Incarnational Movement
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What is it?
Life that makes present and visible the realm of the invisible
God.
Why explore?
We experience God as truly manifest and active in our world.

Spiritual Movements
Evangelical
Movement
Martin Luther, 16 th Cent
Central focus upon the
Word of God and proclaiming faith in Jesus

Evangelical Movement
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What is it?
Life centered around the living, written and proclaimed Word of God.
Why explore?
Enables lives grounded in
Christ and the knowledge to give reason for our hope.

Balance is Key
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Imagine one who prays and meditates but does not know the Word of God.
Imagine one who seeks to be separate from the world to the degree that business is evil.
Imagine an evangelist who speaks of faith of
Jesus but does nothing to feed the hungry.
Imagine a social activist too busy to pray.

Balance is Key incarnational
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10 holiness charismatic
10 evangelical
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10 contemplative
10 social justice

Balance is Key: Bumping?
incarnational
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9 holiness charismatic
4 evangelical
10
1
3 contemplative
7 social justice

Balance is Key incarnational
10
10 holiness charismatic
10 evangelical
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1
10 contemplative
10 social justice

Affirm the Movements j u stice h o liness evangelical ch a rismatic contemplative incarnational

Lord’s Prayer
Our Father in heaven holy is your name.
Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.