When the Bible talks about Spiritual transformation, it's always something that God does to us, rather than something we do to ourselves. Willpower Christianity puts all the emphasis on our ability to manage behaviors and control our worst impulses. But willpower alone can never address the deeply ingrained habits of sin. Only God can transform our hearts. But how can we open our hearts and minds to the transforming work God is trying to do? The answer lies in the spiritual disciplines (prayer, fasting, meditation, etc). Through these spiritual practices, we allow God to get to work on our hearts.
Session 4: Be Transformed
April 27, 2022 • Bryan Fojtasek
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Session 15: Guidance (Part 2)
July 27, 2022 • Bryan Fojtasek
Tonight we continue our conversation on the discipline of guidance with a closer study on God's will, and the role that prayerful conversations with other Christians plans in our spiritual journey. We showed a video clip as an illustration that we are linking to as well.
Session 14: Guidance (Part 1)
July 20, 2022 • Bryan Fojtasek
God is leading all of us on a spiritual journey. No matter where we're starting from in our faith, our ultimate goal is to become more like Jesus. But since we're all coming from different places, each of us has a unique path to follow on the way. The discipline of guidance is when we seek God's will by having prayerful conversations with our brothers and sisters in Christ.
Session 13: Worship
July 13, 2022 • Bryan Fojtasek
Worship is a spiritual discipline. It's something we intentionally choose to do to place ourselves in God's presence so that God can transform us into a better reflection of Jesus. Of course, we can go through the external motions of worship without ever really worshipping him in our hearts. In tonight's class we discuss worship from the point of view of our ongoing spiritual formation.