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Recovery Ministry

Re:generation

Step 11 - Intimacy

We seek to deepen our relationship with God daily and depend on his power to do his will.

Foundation 11

“And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.” (John 17:3)

Key Theme

Delight and grow in God’s grace.

Remember

Grow daily in your relationship with God: fully experience his love, strength, and joy in the journey he has planned for you.

Step 11 Week 1 Training Video

Things to Remember

  • We were designed to give ourselves to our loves. We were created for worship
  • True freedom and joy is more than overcoming sin or worldly struggles. It comes from embracing and enjoying all that God has for us in our relationship with him.
  • When we are intimate with God, our relationship with him produces eternal joy which can carry us through any hardship.
  • This week practice glorifying God in all that you do, praise, worship, and prayer.

Key Questions

The questions on the review day are great. Other key questions you may wish to address:

  • Day 4, Q2: How do you feel after praising God? Do you feel more connected and joyful than before you began your praise list?
  • Day 5, Q2: When was the last time you spent extended time alone with God, praying and listening to him?

Encouragement for Participants

  • Don’t settle for less than God’s best. Go for all that he has for you in your relationship with him.
  • When you walk intimately with God, he fills up more of your life and there is less room for sin.
  • God can fill you to overflowing.
  • Just like any relationship, a deep, personal relationship with God takes effort.
  • Disciplines for this week include a purpose to glorify God through praise and intimate prayer (talking and listening to God).

Encouragement for the Leaders

  • Ask participants if they have scheduled time away for extended prayer.
  • How is your relationship with God? Are you distant, steady or growing closer?
  • When was your last time of extended alone time with God to pray and listen to him?
  • God loves you and wants you filled with his goodness. Don’t let busyness or distractions keep you from him. Enjoy him in worship.
  • Share with your group a joy in your relationship with Christ that sustains you in hard times.