Spiritual Formation Quotes
Spiritual Formation Quote of the day
The aim of spiritual formation is not behavior modification but the transformation of all those aspects of you and me where behavior comes from...Circumcision of the heart.
Spiritual formation for the Christian basically refers to the Spirit-driven process of forming the inner world of the human self in such a way that it becomes like the inner being of Christ himself.
My moral and spiritual formation does not allow me to be a dictator... If I were a dictator, You can be sure that many things have happened.
The self is not something ready-made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action.
Spiritual formation in Christ moves us toward a total interchange of our ideas and images for his.
In Spiritual formation we are aiming at a character and life that is so shaped that the deeds of Christ routinely and easily come from what is inside.
Everyone gets a spiritual formation. It's like education. Everyone gets an education; it's just a matter of which one you get.
For me the university has always been an ideal context for spiritual formation. I always felt that if you want to offer spiritual formation at the university, you can.
You really can't justify anything else but giving your whole attention to spiritual formation in Christ.
It is not that the university as such is against spiritual formation. It is just that often the university does not know how to integrate spiritual formation within its academic disciplines.
If we can't even spend a short amount of time each day with God in solitude, our spiritual formation will be seriously stunted.
The secret to extraordinary faith is fully engaging our MINDS, as well as our hearts, because DYNAMIC FAITH REQUIRES A HEALTHY BALANCE OF BOTH.
We need to retrain our brains, our hearts, and our wills to seek a comfort that truly satisfies.
By extending love and comfort to the broken places around us, we keep watch with Jesus in his sorrow.
What if our common sense has been negatively influenced by our addiction to comfort?
Knowing what we believe and why we believe it is not an option for the Christian, because as believers, OUR BELIEFS ARE THE VERY HEART OF WHO WE ARE.
If a church is good at making disciples it will be good at making leaders because in the end, a good spiritual formation plan will lead to an accelerated spiritual multiplication.
God gave us His Word so we could know truth. His truth. The whole truth. And nothing but the truth.