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Dave has a conversation with Don Goldsmith, financial advisor with Thrivent Financial Services on the topic of cultivating a Kingdom mindset as we make, give and share.

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Growing and sharing Spiritual Capital starts with hearing God speak. But it also means taking what we have heard and putting it into practice. And part of putting it into practice means learning from others. One of the ways we talk about learning from others is a process known as discipleship. Dallas Willard describes discipleship as “the process of becoming who Jesus would be if He were you.” That’s why this week we moved our conversation on Spiritual Capital from hearing the Words of Jesus to practicing the Ways of Jesus. Practicing the ways of Jesus means more than just gaining more information about Jesus. Instead it means combining information with a pathway of imitation and innovation. By beginning to cultivate an atmosphere of faith, hope and love we start discipleship where we are at and not where we want to be. The same goes when we start to disciple others. In imitating others, we learn the ways of Jesus by seeing these ways in the lives of those we learn from. But while imitation is a worthwhile pathway it is never our goal. It is through imitation that we learn to innovate and by innovating we become not the generic version of someone else but our true selves. That’s why we must give ourselves not simply to teaching but also to training and tactics. This week Dave challenged our ordinary view of what it means to think about church by asking us to be the church, not simply go to church—by being a disciple and discipling others.

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Growing and sharing Spiritual Capital starts with hearing God speak. But it also means taking what we have heard and putting it into practice. And part of putting it into practice means learning from others. One of the ways we talk about learning from others is a process known as discipleship. Dallas Willard describes discipleship as “the process of becoming who Jesus would be if He were you.” That’s why this week we moved our conversation on Spiritual Capital from hearing the Words of Jesus to practicing the Ways of Jesus. Practicing the ways of Jesus means more than just gaining more information about Jesus. Instead it means combining information with a pathway of imitation and innovation. By beginning to cultivate an atmosphere of faith, hope and love we start discipleship where we are at and not where we want to be. The same goes when we start to disciple others. In imitating others, we learn the ways of Jesus by seeing these ways in the lives of those we learn from. But while imitation is a worthwhile pathway it is never our goal. It is through imitation that we learn to innovate and by innovating we become not the generic version of someone else but our true selves. That’s why we must give ourselves not simply to teaching but also to training and tactics. This week Dave challenged our ordinary view of what it means to think about church by asking us to be the church, not simply go to church—by being a disciple and discipling others.

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Cell Group Processing Sheet

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The 5 Capitals: Investment Strategies for the Growing the Stuff that Matters. Life is a series of investments. Every day we are faced with decisions on how to spend our time and other assets. But how do we make sure we are investing our best in the kinds of things that create a return, not just for our lives, but for the kingdom as well?

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Inventory and Investment worksheet

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This past week we began our discussion on Physical Capital by talking about our need to define and strengthen our core. Whether we are talking about our physical bodies or our time and energy, it is by defining and strengthening our core that we increase our strength, stamina, flexibility and recovery rate. When our core is undefined or “out of shape” we often find ourselves incapable of living life to our maximum effectiveness. Jesus demonstrates for us what it looks like to live with a defined core. In Mark 12:28-34, Jesus is asked to define the greatest commandment. With incredible focus and definition, Jesus boils down all 613 commandments into 2 undeniable realities—Love God and Love People. From this core, all of Jesus’ ministry functioned with undeniable clarity, focus and strength. This week we followed Jesus’ example to discuss what living from a defined and strengthened core might look like and how it might enable us to maximize our Physical Capital.

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