Live Every Day with Gospel-Intentionality

Using the Lessons

Taking the first Step

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The “Marks of Maturity” lessons were created to help church and organizational leaders mentor others into Christian maturity to the 4th Level.

We designed the Marks of Maturity Grid to explain what it means to be a disciple who lives with gospel intentionality. These lessons are intended to be a transferrable tool for you to give to your leaders to use and to give to others as they train future leaders to reach the 4th Level.

Pillars of Maturity

1. Gospel Love

2. Gospel Life

3. Gospel Embrace

4. Gospel Planting

12 Marks & 36 Submarks

Each Pillar of Gospel Maturity features 3 marks defining Christian life (e.g., Gospel Love: Continual, Corporate, Conviction). Thus, 12 marks have been identified to guide believers into Christian maturity. And within each of the 12 marks, there are 3 submarks to help go deeper. The 36 submarks help Christians and leaders identify how the Bible calls us to become more like Christ in everyday life. Although the Grid is not meant to be exhaustive, we believe every aspect of gospel maturity lives within these 36 submarks and 12 marks—simple, biblical ways to categorize growth.

Structured & Organic

Our hope is that our resources will be used in a structured organic way. None of the lessons (except Bible study lessons) created with the Maturity Grid follow each other. Disciplemaking leaders can pick any lessons they want from week to week. Grab a submark and work through one or more lessons before moving onto a new submark.

Points & Application

Each lesson is simply a skeleton, giving you the foundation and structure to take and personalize for your group. We recommend reviewing the passage independently and then using the lessons as a guide to formulate your personalized lesson for your meeting. Feel free to mix and match questions or strike out any questions that do not fit the direction of your meeting.

The Lesson outline

Each lesson consists of 4 parts: passage points, passage questions, personal application, and group application.

Passage
Points

We share the mountaintop highlights of a particular Scripture passage and how it relates to the sub-mark we are teaching about in the lesson. Our points are simply highlights we don’t want your group to miss. However, you may find other points from the passage to serve your hearers. And we encourage you to do so!

Passage
Questions

We hope these starter questions “prime your pump” to think of questions for your particular group. Use some and ask others. We do not want you to ask every question. That will be too much for any group. Simply choose the best questions. Knowing some questions may be challenging to answer, we provide a brief answer in parenthesis.

Personal
Application

James tells us to “be doers of the word, and not just hearers only” (James 1:22). We want to apply the truth of God’s Word to everyday life. Choose questions to ask your group to help them personally apply truths from the text to their lives. You will find heart questions and activities to help drill down deeper on the point of the lesson.

Group
Application

Christians are called to live in community. We want to apply the Bible’s truth to the entire group and then help one another live it out. Select the best questions for your group and come up with some of your own. The goal is to regularly remind people about the gospel of Jesus Christ so they can take steps of faith in Jesus!

A Note for Your Church

We get it. Your church mission and direction may be different than the terminology used the 4 Pillars in the Marks of Maturity Grid and Lessons. However, we believe these 12 marks and 36 sub-marks are areas where we can all grow. Please feel free to mix and match these marks in any way that will best serve your church or organization. The best part about this resource is that all of the lessons (outside of the Bible study lessons) and marks are independent of one another, so chart your own course and live with gospel intentionality!

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Additional Resources

The Maturity Grid

Lessons for Leaders

For Further Study

Personal Evaluation

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