world spirituality 01
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World Spirituality
Session 01Grade 7, Values (IB Humanities)
Outline
Heroes
People who
inspire!
Spiritual Heroes• Ordinary
• Imperfect / Weak
• Heart to Serve
• Extraordinary Acts
• Empathy
What is World Spirituality?
“The state or quality of being dedicated to God, religion, or spiritual things or values.”
World Spirituality enriches our hearts and minds to respect and serve all God’s creatures and creation with care.
What is Not Spirituality?
World Spirituality
“When I use the word spirituality, I don't necessarily mean religion; I mean whatever it is that helps you feel connected to something that is larger than yourself.”
- Dean Ornish
World Spirituality
“Wherever we may come alive, that is the area in which we are spiritual.”
- David Steindl-Rast
World Spirituality
“We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection ”
- The Dalai Lama
World Spirituality
“We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence.
See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls ”
- Mother Theresa
World Spirituality
“Faith is to believe what we do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what we believe ”
- St. Augustine
World Spirituality
“The formless Absolute is my Father, and God with form is my Mother.” God reveals Himself in the form which His devotee loves most. His love for the devotee knows no bounds.”
- Ramakrishna (A Hindu Saint)
Jesus’ Spiritual Model“True worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. God is a spirit and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth.” (John 4)
Jesus’ Spiritual Model“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.”
“You must show love to your neighbor in a practical way.”
- Jesus Christ (Luke 10)
Application: Jesus’ Life1. Read the various
spiritual traits on the next slide.
2. Think about Jesus’ life, teachings, stories, miracles and ministries
3. Provide a biblical example for each trait.
4. Pair-UP…
Application: Jesus’ Life