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Personal Growth Journal
If you’ve been a little self-reflective recently, perhaps doing some navel-gazing, reminiscing or simply feeling a little shell-shocked, we created this for you! It’s a self-reflection journalling exercise and our contribution to helping you hear God a little more clearly. We hope you find it useful.
Personal Discernment
Not sure where God’s calling you? Learning to hear and respond to God’s voice is essential to the journey of following Christ. Based on Ignatius’ principles, this handout outlines a structured approach to hearing God’s voice for ourselves, and is suitable for anyone.
Little Prayer Book
Everything starts with prayer. This Little Prayer Book is a collection of prayers and introductions to contemplative practices used by the South West Baptist Church local communities. Containing daily devotions, liturgy for communion a “build your own liturgy” section and brief overviews of contemplative practices like the Examen, you’re sure to find something to enrich your personal or communal prayer life.
Resources
Click the links to download a digital file.
5A’s of Self Awareness - A journalling exercise based around The 5 A’s of Self Awareness personal growth process.
Little Prayer Book - Prayer is the foundation of our collective life together. The Little Prayer Book is a collection of liturgies and introductions to contemplative practices from the South West Baptist Church local communities.
A Guide to Personal Discernment - Learning to hear the quiet voice if God is a constantly deepening journey. Thankfully we can draw on wisdom from the past. This handout can be used by anyone doing discernment for the first time.
The Four Relationships - An introduction to the four-relationships theological framework.
Discovery Bible - A simple process for anyone to discover Jesus in the Bible together.
Websites
Sabbath Sermon Series - For those of us caught up in Western society, Jesus’ rhythms of rest are perhaps the most counter-cultural and disruptive practice for ourselves, our communities and our society. Here’s a sermon series from South West Baptist Church on Sabbath, with accompanying daily readings available here.
Ian Cron, Suzanne Stabile and The Road Back To You - There are heaps of Enneagram books and podcasts out there, and The Road Back To You by Ian and Suzanne has been an excellent starting point for most people.