Nine Steps of a G4 Group
For those struggling with a life-dominating sin:
Step 1:
Admit I have a struggle I cannot overcome without God.
Step 2:
Acknowledge the breadth and impact of my sin.
Step 3:
Understand the origin, motive, and history of my sin.
Step 4:
Repent to God for how my sin replaced and misrepresented him.
Step 5:
Confess to those affected for harm done, and seek to make amends.
Step 6: Restructure my life to rely on God’s grace and his Word to transform my life.
Step 7:
Implement the new structure with humility and flexibility.
Step 8:
Persevere in the new life and identity to which God has called me.
Step 9: Steward all of my life for God’s glory.
For those struggling through a period of life-altering suffering:
Step 1:
Prepare myself physically, emotionally, and spiritually to face my suffering.
Step 2:
Acknowledge the specific history and realness of my suffering.
Step 3:
Understand the impact of my suffering.
Step 4: Learn my suffering story, which I used to make sense of my experience.
Step 5: Mourn the wrongness of what happened, and receive God’s comfort.
Step 6:
Learn my gospel story by which God gives meaning to my experience.
Step 7:
Identify goals that allow me to combat the impact of my suffering.
Step 8:
Persevere in the new life and identity to which God has called me.
Step 9:
Steward all of my life for God’s glory.