Basic Spiritual Growth Process

REFLECT REFINE RESPOND REVIEW

What area(s) of my What specific What things do I What has God

spiritual life do I area(s) of my life need to do to grow done in my life?
need to work on? do I need to focus in these areas? How have I
on? changed?

Take the Health Physical

Assessment & Spiritual Set a Health Plan Record & celebrate
Reflect on the five Relational(Friendships, your spiritual
purposes in your Group, Marriage, Family) learnings.
life. Vocational

Thinkers like the Relaters love the Doers love the Influencers love
reflect part of the refine part of the respond part of the the review part of
growth process and process and can process and will put the process as they
will spend a lot of spend all of their a doable/ love to track the big
time evaluating and time talking about measurable plan in ideas they have
examining where their life and place complete with learned to share
they are at. hearing about deadlines and high with others and
other’s lives. accountability. look forward to the
next big learning
they may have

Weakness: Weakness: Weakness: Weakness:

Spending too much Only talking about Over concern with Only reflecting on
time examining the issues in life the task can cause big idea stuff and
your life can lead to could lead to good a Doer to rush looking for the next
over analysis with conversation but through the big idea can cause
little opportunity for when the Reflection part of Influencers to miss
growth steps to conversation is the the process which the change that
happen. goal by itself no could lead to tasks needs to take place
action towards that don’t lead to in the details of the
change takes the most important Reflection-Refining
place. growth. part of the process.

Can see others Can see others Can see others Can see others
who don’t reflect as who don’t spend who are not as who don’t get
much as they do as time talking about detailed and excited about what
shallow in their the issues in their dedicated to God has done and
approach to lives as not specific take time to review
growth. concerned with the measurable growth and celebrate it as
people part of goals and dry and lacking
growth. accountability as imagination when it
shallow and comes to spiritual
slackers. growth.
 Five Purpose Questions

Worship

Based on how you are living right know, what are you centering your life around? What
is getting in the way of you centering your life on Christ?

Fellowship

How are the relationships in the community of your life? In what ways are you causing
conflict in your relationships?

Discipleship

How do other people see Christ reflected in your character? What flaws in your
character need to be changed?

Ministry

How are you contributing to the kingdom of God with your life? What is getting in the
way of giving your best contribution of your life to God?

Mission

If someone where to look at your life from the outside, how well do you think your life
communicates the Gospel? What in your life holds you back from communicating the
gospel to others?