How does a 4mation hour work?

You need:

• Four people (of the same sex, or possibly two couples) 
• One regular, weekly hour 
• A venue where you are not going to be disturbed, and are able to pray 
• Your ‘gym cards’ 
• One person designated as timekeeper for that session 

1. One person opens with a prayer, focusing the group on God’s presence.
2. The timekeeper gives each person 10 minutes to report back on how the previous week went and to say what they are aiming at this week.
3. It’s crucial to see the categories on the gym card as a training programme for spiritual fitness, not as ends in themselves. So the most important questions are not: ‘Did you fast for as long as you wanted to?’, but are: ‘Did you experience God this week?’ and ‘What do you think God was doing in and through you this week?’  We are co-operating with the Holy Spirit by training ourselves to live more of Jesus’ abundant life.

4. It’s important for the other three to listen well when the fourth is speaking, but they are also free to ask further questions, particularly along the lines of: ‘What’s your experience of God this week?’

5.  After the four 10-minute sessions, then you pray for each other. Ideally, you would stand together in a small circle. Then give a few moments for anyone to confess anything to God they want forgiveness for (this can be out loud, or quietly). After that, lay hands on one another in whatever order, asking that God fill that person with his Spirit, adding in any particular requests.

6. Unless God has other plans, finish on time.