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Spiritual Formation:Spiritual Formation:““The process by which God forms The process by which God forms Christ’s character in believers by Christ’s character in believers by the ministry of the Spirit, in the the ministry of the Spirit, in the

context of community, and in context of community, and in accordance with biblical standards. accordance with biblical standards.

This process involves the This process involves the transformation of the whole person transformation of the whole person

in thoughts, behaviors and styles in thoughts, behaviors and styles of relating to God and others. It of relating to God and others. It

results in a life of service to others results in a life of service to others and witness to Christ.”and witness to Christ.”

Spiritual Formation:Spiritual Formation:““The process by which God forms Christ’s The process by which God forms Christ’s

character in believers by the ministry of character in believers by the ministry of the Spiritthe Spirit, in the context of community, , in the context of community,

and in accordance with biblical and in accordance with biblical standards. This process involves standards. This process involves the the

transformation of the whole persontransformation of the whole person in in thoughts, behaviors and styles of thoughts, behaviors and styles of

relating to God and others. It results in a relating to God and others. It results in a life of service to others and witness to life of service to others and witness to

Christ.”Christ.”

““When we despair of gaining inner When we despair of gaining inner transformation through human powers of transformation through human powers of will and determination, we are open to a will and determination, we are open to a

wonderful new realization: inner wonderful new realization: inner righteousness is a gift from God to be righteousness is a gift from God to be

graciously received. The needed change graciously received. The needed change within us is God’s work, not ours…The within us is God’s work, not ours…The Disciplines allow us to place ourselves Disciplines allow us to place ourselves

before God so that he can transform us…By before God so that he can transform us…By themselves the Spiritual Disciplines can do themselves the Spiritual Disciplines can do

nothing; they can only get us to the place nothing; they can only get us to the place where something can be done.”where something can be done.”

Richard Foster, Richard Foster, Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual GrowthCelebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth

““When we despair of gaining inner When we despair of gaining inner transformation through human powers of transformation through human powers of will and determination, we are open to a will and determination, we are open to a

wonderful new realization: wonderful new realization: inner inner righteousness is a gift from God to be righteousness is a gift from God to be

graciously received. The needed change graciously received. The needed change within us is God’s work, not ours…The within us is God’s work, not ours…The Disciplines allow us to place ourselves Disciplines allow us to place ourselves

before God so that he can transform usbefore God so that he can transform us…By …By themselves the Spiritual Disciplines can do themselves the Spiritual Disciplines can do

nothing; they can only get us to the place nothing; they can only get us to the place where something can be done.”where something can be done.”

Richard Foster, Richard Foster, Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual GrowthCelebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth

““This is the way it is with the Spiritual This is the way it is with the Spiritual Disciplines—they are a way of sowing Disciplines—they are a way of sowing

to the Spirit. The Disciplines are to the Spirit. The Disciplines are God’s way of getting us into the God’s way of getting us into the

ground; they put us where he can ground; they put us where he can work within us and transform us.”work within us and transform us.”

Richard Foster, Richard Foster, Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual GrowthSpiritual Growth

A farmer …A farmer …

““Spiritual practices don’t give us Spiritual practices don’t give us ‘spiritual brownie points’ or help us ‘spiritual brownie points’ or help us

‘work the system’ for a passing ‘work the system’ for a passing grade with God. They simply put us grade with God. They simply put us

in a place where we can begin to in a place where we can begin to notice God and respond to his word notice God and respond to his word

to us.”to us.”

Adele Calhoun, Adele Calhoun, Spiritual Disciplines Handbook: Practices That Transform Spiritual Disciplines Handbook: Practices That Transform Us Us

““Spiritual practices Spiritual practices don’t give us don’t give us ‘spiritual brownie points’ ‘spiritual brownie points’ or help us or help us

‘work the system’ for a passing ‘work the system’ for a passing grade with God. They simply put us grade with God. They simply put us

in a place where we can begin to in a place where we can begin to notice God and respond notice God and respond to his word to his word

to us.”to us.”

Adele Calhoun, Adele Calhoun, Spiritual Disciplines Handbook: Practices That Transform Spiritual Disciplines Handbook: Practices That Transform Us Us

Spiritual Disciplines are “nothing Spiritual Disciplines are “nothing but an activity undertaken to but an activity undertaken to

bring us into more effective bring us into more effective cooperation with Christ and his cooperation with Christ and his

Kingdom.”Kingdom.”

Dallas Willard, Dallas Willard, Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding How God Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding How God Changes LivesChanges Lives

Spiritual Disciplines are “nothing Spiritual Disciplines are “nothing but an activity undertaken to but an activity undertaken to

bring us into more effective bring us into more effective cooperationcooperation with Christ and his with Christ and his

Kingdom.”Kingdom.”

Dallas Willard, Dallas Willard, Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding How God Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding How God Changes LivesChanges Lives

““We can become like Christ by doing one We can become like Christ by doing one thing—by following him in the overall style thing—by following him in the overall style

of life he chose for himself...We can, of life he chose for himself...We can, through faith and grace, become like Christ through faith and grace, become like Christ

by practicing the types of activities he by practicing the types of activities he engaged in, by arranging our whole lives engaged in, by arranging our whole lives

around the activities he himself practiced around the activities he himself practiced in order to remain constantly at home in in order to remain constantly at home in

the fellowship of his Father.” the fellowship of his Father.”

Dallas Willard, Dallas Willard, The Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding How God Changes The Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding How God Changes LivesLives

““We can become like Christ by doing one We can become like Christ by doing one thing—by following him in the overall style thing—by following him in the overall style

of life he chose for himself...of life he chose for himself...We can, We can, through faith and grace, become like through faith and grace, become like

Christ by practicing the types of activities Christ by practicing the types of activities he engaged in, by arranging our whole he engaged in, by arranging our whole

lives around the activities he himself lives around the activities he himself practiced practiced in order to remain constantly at in order to remain constantly at

home in the fellowship of his Father.” home in the fellowship of his Father.”

Dallas Willard, Dallas Willard, The Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding How God Changes The Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding How God Changes LivesLives

““What activities did Jesus practice? Such What activities did Jesus practice? Such things as solitude and silence, prayer, things as solitude and silence, prayer,

simple and sacrificial living, intense study simple and sacrificial living, intense study and meditation upon God’s Word and God’s and meditation upon God’s Word and God’s ways, and service to others. Some of these ways, and service to others. Some of these will certainly be even more necessary to us will certainly be even more necessary to us

than they were to him, because of our than they were to him, because of our greater or different need. But in a balanced greater or different need. But in a balanced life of such activities, we will be constantly life of such activities, we will be constantly

enlivened by ‘The Kingdom Not of This enlivened by ‘The Kingdom Not of This World’—the Kingdom of Truth as seen in World’—the Kingdom of Truth as seen in

John 18:36-37.”John 18:36-37.”

Dallas Willard, Dallas Willard, The Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding How God Changes LivesThe Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding How God Changes Lives

““What activities did Jesus practice? Such What activities did Jesus practice? Such things as things as solitude and silence, prayer, solitude and silence, prayer,

simple and sacrificial living, intense study simple and sacrificial living, intense study and meditation upon God’s Word and God’s and meditation upon God’s Word and God’s ways, and service to others. ways, and service to others. Some of these Some of these will certainly be even more necessary to us will certainly be even more necessary to us

than they were to him, because of our than they were to him, because of our greater or different need. But greater or different need. But in a balanced in a balanced life of such activities, we will be constantly life of such activities, we will be constantly

enlivened byenlivened by

‘‘The Kingdom Not of This World’—The Kingdom Not of This World’—thethe

Kingdom of Truth as seen in John 18:36-37.”Kingdom of Truth as seen in John 18:36-37.”

Dallas Willard, Dallas Willard, The Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding How God Changes LivesThe Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding How God Changes Lives

An athlete in training…An athlete in training…““no one ever says, ‘If you want to be a no one ever says, ‘If you want to be a

great athlete, go vault eighteen feet, run great athlete, go vault eighteen feet, run the mile under four minutes,’ or ‘If you the mile under four minutes,’ or ‘If you

want to be a great musician, play the want to be a great musician, play the Beethoven violin concerto.’ Instead, we Beethoven violin concerto.’ Instead, we

advise the young artist or athlete to enter advise the young artist or athlete to enter a certain kind of overall life, one involving a certain kind of overall life, one involving deep associations with qualified people as deep associations with qualified people as

well as rigorously scheduled time, diet, well as rigorously scheduled time, diet, and activity for the mind and body.”and activity for the mind and body.”

Dallas Willard, Dallas Willard, The Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding How God The Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding How God Changes LivesChanges Lives

““Our mistake is to think that following Our mistake is to think that following Jesus consists in loving our enemies, Jesus consists in loving our enemies, going the ‘second mile,’ turning the going the ‘second mile,’ turning the other cheek, suffering patiently and other cheek, suffering patiently and

hopefullyhopefully—while living the rest of our —while living the rest of our lives just as everyone around us lives just as everyone around us

doesdoes…If we wish to follow Christ—and …If we wish to follow Christ—and to walk in the easy yoke with him—we to walk in the easy yoke with him—we will have to accept his overall way of will have to accept his overall way of

life as our way of life totally.”life as our way of life totally.”

Dallas Willard, Dallas Willard, The Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding How God The Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding How God Changes LivesChanges Lives

““Our mistake is to think that following Our mistake is to think that following Jesus consists in loving our enemies, Jesus consists in loving our enemies, going the ‘second mile,’ turning the going the ‘second mile,’ turning the other cheek, suffering patiently and other cheek, suffering patiently and

hopefullyhopefully—while living the rest of our —while living the rest of our lives just as everyone around us lives just as everyone around us

doesdoes……If we wish to follow ChristIf we wish to follow Christ—and —and to walk in the easy yoke with him—to walk in the easy yoke with him—we we will have to accept his overall way of will have to accept his overall way of

life as our way of life totally.”life as our way of life totally.”

Dallas Willard, Dallas Willard, The Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding How God The Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding How God ChangesChanges

““But the news about Him was But the news about Him was spreading even farther, and spreading even farther, and

large crowds were gathering large crowds were gathering to hear Him and to be healed to hear Him and to be healed of their sicknesses. But Jesus of their sicknesses. But Jesus

Himself would often slip away Himself would often slip away to the wilderness and pray.”to the wilderness and pray.”

Luke 5:15-16Luke 5:15-16

Discuss at your Discuss at your tabletable

1.1. According to the gospel accounts, what According to the gospel accounts, what disciplines did Jesus practice? As a way of disciplines did Jesus practice? As a way of

“sowing to the Spirit” or “cooperating “sowing to the Spirit” or “cooperating with Christ and His Kingdom,” what are with Christ and His Kingdom,” what are

some ways that you can you incorporate some ways that you can you incorporate these disciplines this semester?these disciplines this semester?

2.2. What are some ways that you could bring What are some ways that you could bring some spiritual disciplines into your SF some spiritual disciplines into your SF

group? group?

Resources Resources Barton, Ruth Haley, Barton, Ruth Haley, Sacred Rhythms: Arranging Our Lives For Sacred Rhythms: Arranging Our Lives For

Spiritual TransformationSpiritual Transformation

Calhoun, Adele, Calhoun, Adele, Spiritual Disciplines Handbook: Practices That Spiritual Disciplines Handbook: Practices That Transform UsTransform Us

Ford, Leighton, Ford, Leighton, The Attentive Life: Discerning God’s Presence The Attentive Life: Discerning God’s Presence in All Thingsin All Things

Foster, Richard, Foster, Richard, Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual GrowthGrowth

Willard, Dallas, Willard, Dallas, Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding How Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding How God Changes LivesGod Changes Lives

Resources Resources Dallas Willard’s website:Dallas Willard’s website:

www.dwillard.orgwww.dwillard.org

Gary Thomas’ website:Gary Thomas’ website:

www.garythomas.comwww.garythomas.com

Ruth Haley Barton’s Transforming Ruth Haley Barton’s Transforming Center:Center:

www.thetransformingcenter.orgwww.thetransformingcenter.org