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    Growing Strong in God's Family: Rooted and Built Up in Him
    Growing Strong in God's Family: Rooted and Built Up in Him
    Growing Strong in God's Family: Rooted and Built Up in Him
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    Growing Strong in God's Family: Rooted and Built Up in Him

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    Prepare your heart for God’s Word to take root and bear fruit in your life. Guided Bible studies will help you personally and actively engage with Scripture. Develop tried-and-true ways to get the most from your Bible reading, and learn to hear God’s voice as you track the significant passages that speak to your heart. Dig deep and discover the strength of God’s Word for you.

    What is The 2:7 Series?
    The 2:7 Series is discipleship training with a proven track record. Each installment leads participants through the fundamentals of discipleship to strengthen your walk with God.
    • Book 1: Growing Strong in God’s Family
    • Book 2: Deepening Your Roots in God’s Family
    • Book 3: Bearing Fruit in God’s Family
    Biblically rooted and practically focused, the 2:7 Series develops disciples who experience long-term, life-changing results.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTyndale House Publishers
    Release dateFeb 27, 2014
    ISBN9781612912608
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    Growing Strong in God's Family - The Navigators

    Growing Strong in God’s FamilyNavPress

    NavPress is the publishing ministry of The Navigators, an international Christian organization and leader in personal spiritual development. NavPress is committed to helping people grow spiritually and enjoy lives of meaning and hope through personal and group resources that are biblically rooted, culturally relevant, and highly practical.

    For more information, visit www.NavPress.com.

    © 2011 by The Navigators

    All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without written permission from NavPress, P.O. Box 35001, Colorado Springs, CO 80935. www.navpress.com

    NAVPRESS and the NAVPRESS logo are registered trademarks of NavPress. Absence of ® in connection with marks of NavPress or other parties does not indicate an absence of registration of those marks.

    ISBN-13: 978-1-61521-639-0

    Some of the anecdotal illustrations in this book are true to life and are included with the permission of the persons involved. All other illustrations are composites of real situations, and any resemblance to people living or dead is coincidental.

    Unless otherwise identified, all Scripture quotations in this publication are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version® (

    NIV

    ®). Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved. Other versions used include: the Holy Bible, New Living Translation (

    NLT

    ), copyright © 2004. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved; THE MESSAGE (

    MSG

    ). Copyright © 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002. Used by permission of NavPress Publishing Group; the New American Standard Bible® (

    NASB

    ), Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission; the Amplified Bible (

    AMP

    ), © The Lockman Foundation 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987; the Modern Language Bible: The Berkeley Version in Modern English (

    MLB

    ), copyright © 1945, 1959, 1969 by Zondervan Publishing House, used by permission; the New King James Version (

    NKJV

    ). Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved; and The New Testament in Modern English (

    PH

    ), J. B. Phillips Translator, © J. B. Phillips 1958, 1960, 1972, used by permission of Macmillan Publishing Company; the New Revised Standard Version (

    NRSV

    ), copyright © 1989, by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA, used by permission, all rights reserved; The Holy Bible, New Century Version (

    NCV

    ), copyright © 1987, 1988 by Word Publishing, Dallas, TX 75039. Used by permission; and the King James Version (

    KJV

    ).

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    Acknowledgment

    We are grateful for the dedicated efforts of Ron Oertli, who originated the concept of T

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    and is its principal author. Ron is also the key person responsible for this updated edition. This discipleship training approach began in Denver in 1970 and continues to be highly effective in many places around the world.

    Contents

    Acknowledgments

    My Completion Record

    Introduction

    Session 1

    Session 2

    Session 3

    Session 4

    Session 5

    Session 6

    Session 7

    Session 8

    Session 9

    Session 10

    Session 11

    Appendix

    My Completion Record

    As you complete each item, ask someone in your group to sign off for that item with his or her initials and the calendar date.

    Introduction

    FOR THOSE ALREADY FAMILIAR WITH THE 2:7 SERIES

    This updated version of T

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    replaces the 1999 edition, which was the most current version through 2010. About 90 percent of the content is the same, but it has been sharpened and updated.

    FOR THOSE NEW TO THE 2:7 SERIES

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    consists of three excellent workbooks designed for your group to work through and discuss. The three books are most effective when completed in sequence. Book 2 builds on the work completed in book 1, and book 3 builds on what your group has accomplished in the first two books. You will enjoy each book’s biblical and practical approach to discipleship. As many others have, those of you participating in a 2:7 group can expect to experience positive life changes as you study and apply this time-proven material. Here is the main content of the three courses.

    BOOK 1: GROWING STRONG IN GOD’S FAMILY

    Learn ways to spend personal time with God in the Bible and in prayer. Discuss helpful Bible studies and memorize key verses on principles for Christian living.

    BOOK 2: DEEPENING YOUR ROOTS IN GOD’S FAMILY

    Memorize several classic Bible verses that you will use for a lifetime. Experience an extended time alone with God. Think through your own spiritual history so that you can express it to someone not yet committed to Christ.

    BOOK 3: BEARING FRUIT IN GOD’S FAMILY

    Discuss Bible studies related to Christian character. Memorize verses you can use to explain the gospel to others.

    WHERE TO USE THE 2:7 SERIES

    Use it with adults; use it with youth or collegiates; use it with women; use it with men. You will find it effective for one-to-one ministry, small groups, and mentoring.

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    deals with foundational discipleship issues. You can see God use it in many contexts. It deals with the basics of the Christian life. The basics are basic, but they are also essential — for every Christian for an entire lifetime. The dynamics in T

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    help people establish or stabilize the Christian basics in their everyday lives.

    GROUP LEADERS

    You want one person to act as leader during each group meeting. This may be the same person each time, or the responsibility may be shared by two or three group members.

    Leader’s guides are available at the website nav27series.org for the three books in T

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    . Suggestions in the leader’s guides are specific and practical. It is very important to use the leader’s guides as you facilitate one of these groups.

    NAVIGATOR RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO YOU

    On T

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    website there are helps for group participants, group leaders, and church leaders who manage discipleship training. Learn approaches that others are using to make T

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    discipleship training effective.

    Two ministries within The Navigators also provide practical resources and help for developing disciples and disciplemakers in your church:

    NavPress (www.navpress.com) — The NavPress mission is to advance The Navigators’ calling by publishing life-transforming materials that are biblically rooted, culturally relevant, and highly practical.

    Church Discipleship Ministry (CDM) (www.navigatorchurchministries.org) — CDM partners with church leaders to develop generations of disciples in everyday life where they live, work, and play.

    Both ministries continue to develop materials, tools, and training you can use in your personal or local church ministry. The mailing address is The Navigators, P.O. Box 6000, Colorado Springs, CO, 80934.

    ABBREVIATIONS FOR BIBLE VERSIONS

    Unless otherwise identified, Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible: New International Version. You can refer back to this list when you encounter unfamiliar Bible version abbreviations.

    (

    AMP

    ) The Amplified Bible

    (

    ESV

    ) English Standard Version

    (

    KJV

    ) King James Version

    (

    MLB

    ) Modern Language Bible: The Berkeley Version in Modern English

    (

    MSG

    ) The Message

    (

    NASB

    ) New American Standard Bible

    (

    NCV

    ) New Century Version

    (

    NIV

    ) New International Version

    (

    NKJV

    ) New King James Version

    (

    NLT

    ) New Living Translation

    (

    NRSV

    ) New Revised Standard Version

    (

    PH

    ) The New Testament in Modern English (J. B. Phillips)

    Session 1

    OUTLINE OF THIS SESSION

    Open the session in prayer.

    Get acquainted with other members in your group.

    Read Based on Colossians 2:7 (pages 13–14) and General Comments (pages 14–15).

    Learn how to make your Bible reading exciting (pages 15–18).

    a. Why Read and Mark a Bible (page 15)

    b. Ways to Mark Your Bible as You Read (pages 15–17)

    c. Choosing Where to Read in Your Bible (page 17)

    d. What to Mark (page 18)

    Complete the Reading and Marking Exercise (pages 18–19).

    Discuss Scripture Memory Overview (pages 19–20).

    Glance through "BeginningwithChrist Explanation" (pages 20–24) in preparation for its corresponding Bible study in session 2.

    Read Proven Ways to Memorize a Verse Effectively (pages 24–25).

    Read Assignment for Session 2 (page 25).

    Close the session in prayer.

    BASED ON COLOSSIANS 2:7

    Rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.

    — C

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