LifeShapes
St Matthew's uses Lifeshapes for discipling and growing leaders. Lifeshapes is a set of tools for understanding ourselves, our relationship with Christ and to one another. The shapes are:
The Circle —Choosing to Learn from Life
Identifying the events in our lives that affect our emotions and actions and that represent opportunity for learning and
growth.
The Semi Circle—Living in Rhythm with Life
A process that helps us identify rhythms and patterns of work, rest, fruitfulness and abiding in our lives.
Recognizing these patterns will prevent us from becoming overstretched.
The Triangle—Balancing the Relationships of Life
Three areas of life that Jesus modeled to maintain a balanced lifestyle:
• Up—developing intimacy with Him
• In—building the Church community
• Out—reaching the unchurched
The Square—Defining the Priorities of Life
Four stages of team development modeled by Jesus. These are the stages that result in any team striving to reach maturity, fruitfulness and multiplication.
The Pentagon—Knowing Your Role in Life
Five key roles (apostle, prophet, teacher, evangelist, pastor) that each of us are designed to fill. Put together, they make up the church identified in Ephesians 4:11-13.
The Hexagon—Praying As a Way of Life
Six petitions of prayer modeled by Jesus in Matthew 6:9-13. Learning to apply this prayer to your daily requests will strengthen and renew your prayer life.
The Heptagon—Practicing the Principles of a Vital Life
Seven principles of growth that apply to all living things, including God's people. The anagram "MRS GREN" can help you live as a healthy disciple and is also a useful diagnostic tool for the health of the church. (Movement, Respiration, Sensitivity, Growth, Reproduction, Excretion, Nutrition)
The Octagon—Living a Mission-Minded Life
The Person of Peace is the key to unlocking eight evangelistic strategies in your everyday life. This is Jesus' own model from Luke 12
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