Values of Renewal Church: Formation

Life Together

The way we organize our life, and the practices we are devoted to determine the people we become. Jesus’ life and teachings interrogated the scripts that people tend to live into. He called his people to be set apart. This week we begin a series on ‘Life Together: Values of Renewal church.’ We begin with Formation: our lifelong goal is to be learners of Jesus and to live like he did.

(Recording unavailable this week)

Respond:

  • The way we organize our life, and the practices we are devoted to (learning, service, financial, prayer, physical etc.) determine the people we become. Take some time to interrogate the habits that you live into. Consider the habits of Jesus.

  • Followers of Jesus adopted Jesus’ yoke, they were bound to his teaching and way of life. Out of Jesus’ habits and practices (prayer, Scripture, solitude, Sabbath, worship, obedience, surrender etc), which ones happen to be the most difficult to practice today why might that be?

  • So we know that spiritual formation is a process through which we partner with the Spirit, to become more like Jesus. In what ways might a view that spiritual formation is only God’s work lead to an unhealthy life? On the other hand, how might a view that spiritual formation is only achieved through human effort harmful? What is the role of the community in spiritual formation.

2022Jonathansermon, sundays, pastor josh