Small Group Leadership Strategy Phases

PHASE I PHASE II PHASE III PHASE IV PHASE V

Formless Forming Earthly Form Divine Form Eternal Form

Overseers praying for activity People praying about activity Overseers praying with people People praying together Prayer for Manifested Glory
(Jn 17:1-2) (Jn 17:3-4) (Jn 17:5-8) (Jn 17:9-12) (Jn 17:13-26)
 PHASE I
In Love With Jesus
Thoughts & Ideas

Vision
Hopes
Desires Elements of
Needs no form
Curiosity
Dreams
Formless
• Heart Issues
• Voiced or Unvoiced
• Analyzed or Obvious
Overseers praying for activity (Jn 17:1-2)
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Overseers praying for activity

After Jesus said this,
he looked toward
heaven and prayed:
“Father, the time has
come. Glorify your
Son, that your Son
may glorify you.
For you granted him
authority over all
people that he might
give eternal life to all
those you have given
him.
John 17:1-2
Genesis 1:2 “...the earth was formless……the Spirit of God was hovering…”
God is moving
People are RECEIVING
A. “…he looked toward heaven and
prayed…”
• The Father begins a work in
us when we enter into a
relationship with Him.
B. “…the time has come…”
• The Father brings us to a
particular moment to step
out to begin a work.
C.“…for you granted…”
• The Father gives a grace to
begin a work.
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Conception / Gestation
Blueprint / Building

Ø Birth
Plans

Ø Launch
Pictures Elements with
Objects no form
Goals
Subjects
Training
Forming
• Self-Initiated
• Voiced
• Agreement with Vision
• Trained
People praying about activity (Jn 17:3-4)
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People praying about activity

A. “…this is eternal life …”
• The Father reveals our
Now this is eternal life: desired destiny.
that they may know you,
the only true God, B. “…that they may know you …”
and Jesus Christ, • The Father reveals to us
whom you have sent. how to begin step into our
desired destiny.
I have brought you
glory on earth by C.“…I have brought you glory…”
completing the work • The Father reveals to us
you gave me to do. how to bring Him glory.

John 17:3-4 D.“…completing the work …”

• The Father reveals we can
accomplish His work.
Ps. 33:15 “…he who forms the hearts of all…”
God is forming
People are REALIZING
 PHASE III
Infancy
Structure
Ø Birth

Activity
Ø Launch

Reality
Tangibility Elements with
Expression form
Foundation
Earthly Form
Actually Meeting
• Time of meeting
• Purpose / Commonality
• Leadership
- Defining & Validating W W W (in the home) to ensure lifestyle of NT believers within
“the fellowship” (community).
Word of God \
Ø Finding a Flow
Worship of God >
Ø Learning to Discern the Holy Spirit’s
Direction
Work of God /

Overseers praying with people (Jn 17:5-8)

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Overseers praying with people

And now, Father, glorify me
in your presence with the
glory I had with you before
the world began. “I have
revealed you to those whom
you gave me out of the
world. They were yours;
you gave them to me and
they have obeyed your
word. Now they know that
everything you have given
me comes from you. For I
gave them the words you gave
me and they accepted them.
They knew with certainty
that I came from you, and
they believed that you sent
me.”
A. “…glorify me in your presence…”
• Our purpose is bringing glory
to Jesus.
B. “…to those whom you gave me…”
• We fulfill our purpose
through our relationships
with others.
C.“…I gave them the words you gave me
and they accepted them…”
• The word of God is the way
we bring glory to Jesus in
our relationships with others.

John 17:5-8
I Corinthians 12:12 “...though its parts are many, they form one body…”
A Godly form
People are RESPONDING
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Adolesence
Blessing

Growth
Definition
Unity Elements of desired
Movement form
Direction
Divine Form
3 in Agreement
W W W > Natural Process
Ø Creating a “Living Faith”

Ø Creating a “Spiritual Family”

Identifying \

Acknowledging > 5-fold Gifts

Nurturing /

People praying together (Jn 17:9-12)

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People praying together

I pray for them. I am not
praying for the world, but for
those you have given me, for they
are yours. All I have is yours,
and all you have is mine. And
A. “…those you have given me…”
glory has come to me through • We are given to Jesus.
them. I will remain in the world
no longer, but they are still in
the world, and I am coming to
B. “…glory has come to me through
you. Holy Father, protect them them…”
by the power of your name–the • We bring glory to Jesus.
name you gave me–so that they
may be one as we are one. While I
was with them, I protected C.“…that they may be one as we are
them and kept them safe by one…”
that name you gave me. None • We can be unified as Jesus
has been lost except the one
doomed to destruction so that and the Father are one.
Scripture would be fulfilled.

John 17:9-12
Isaiah 44:13 “...he shapes it into the form of a man…”
Gods’ desired form
People are RUNNING
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Maturity
Reproducing

Dominion Elements of higher

Expansion Form

Eternal Form
Miraculous Signs & Wonders
Missions
Multiplying

Releasing > 5-fold Gifts

Prayer for Manifested Glory (Jn 17:13-26)

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Prayer for Manifested Glory

“I am coming to you now, but I say these A. “…that they may have the full
things while I am still in the world, so that
they may have the full measure of my joy
measure of my joy…”
within them. I have given them your word • The Father’s will is that we
and the world has hated them, for they are
not of the world any more than I am of the are to be full of joy.
world. My prayer is not that you take them
out of the world but that you protect them
from the evil one. They are not of the
world, even as I am not of it. Sanctify them
B. “…Sanctify them by the truth…”
by the truth; your word is truth. As you sent • The Father’s will is that we
me into the world, I have sent them into
the world. For them I sanctify myself, that are different and set apart.
they too may be truly sanctified. “My
prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for
those who will believe in me through their
message, that all of them may be one,
C.“…May they be brought to complete
Father, just as you are in me and I am in unity to let the world know that you
you. May they also be in us so that the
world may believe that you have sent me.
sent me and have loved them even as
I have given them the glory that you gave you have loved me…”
me, that they may be one as we are one: I
in them and you in me. May they be brought • The Father’s will is that we
to complete unity to let the world know that
you sent me and have loved them even as you show His love and tell His
have loved me. “Father, I want those you
have given me to be with me where I am,
story.
and to see my glory, the glory you have
given me because you loved me before
the creation of the world. “Righteous D.“…continue to make you known in
Father, though the world does not know order that the love you have for me
you, I know you, and they know that you
have sent me. I have made you known to may be in them…”
them, and will continue to make you known
in order that the love you have for me may be • The Father’s will is that we
in them and that I myself may be in them.” know Him and stay in His
John 17:12-26 love

Galatians 4:19 “...until Christ is formed in you…”

Gods’ higher form
People are RELEASING & REPRODUCING
Small Group Leadership Strategy Phases
PHASE I PHASE II PHASE III PHASE IV PHASE V
In Love With Jesus Conception / Gestation Infancy Adolescence Maturity
Thoughts & Ideas Blueprint / Building Structure Blessing Reproducing

Birth
Ø
Vision Plans
Activity Growth
Hopes Pictures
Reality Definition
Desires Elements of Objects Elements Elements of Dominion Elements of
Tangibility Elements with form Unity
Needs no form Goals with desired form Expansion higher form
Expression Movement
Curiosity Subjects no form
Foundation Direction
Dreams Training
Formless Forming Earthly Form Divine Form Eternal Form
Launch
Actually Meeting 3 in Agreement
• Time of meeting Miraculous Signs & Wonders
WWW > Natural Process
• • Purpose / Commonality
Ø

Voiced
• Leadership Ø Creating a “Living Faith” Missions
• Heart Issues
• Self-Initiated - Defining & Validating WWW (in the home)
to ensure lifestyle of NT believers within “the Ø Creating a “Spiritual Family” Multiplying
• Voiced or Unvoiced
• Agreement with fellowship” (community).
Vision
• Analyzed or Obvious Word of God \ Ø Finding a Flow Identifying \
• Trained
Worship of God > Ø Learning to Acknowledging > 5-fold Gifts Releasing > 5-fold Gifts
Discern the Holy
Work of God / Spirit’s Direction Nurturing /

Overseers praying for activity People praying about activity Overseers praying with people People praying together Prayer for Manifested Glory
(Jn 17:1-2) (Jn 17:3-4) (Jn 17:5-8) (Jn 17:9-12) (Jn 17:13-26)