"The external manifestation of Christlikeness is not the focus of Christian Spiritual Formation."
"The weight of trying to be good is an unnecessary load because the way to God is the way of all encompassing inner transformation."
posted by TK at 2:14 PM
Welcome to our online discussion of Dallas Willard and Jan Johnson's Renovation of the Heart in Daily Practice: Experiments in Spiritual Transformation. Each day, Monday-Friday, I will post the title of that day's chapter and maybe an excerpt from the chapter. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, will be to read that day's selection from the book then click on the comment link and add your $.02 to the conversation. If you are a highlighter maybe just share what you highlighted and why you highlighted it. Maybe something really resonated with you as you tackled that day's experiment, share that with us. Maybe, as happened with me, the first time I read the book, God will reveal something to you. Read the comments that others leave, respond to each other, ask for clarification, let someone know you connected with a comment they left. My hope is that working through this book together we will get much more out of it, we might not only grow in Christlikeness but grow closer to each other. If you have any technical difficulties please email me at tkay3atcharterdotnet.
3 Comments:
God- I confess that I have been trying to "be good" and I keep being dissapointed, and ashamed, that I keep failing. I need you to show me what I need to do to take the next few steps, because I really don't know.
Gracious Father, I exhaust myself trying with all that is in me to be good. I always end up getting in your way. At times I am blind to this. I pray that I will start to see clearly and realize that I can not do it on my own, but it by YOU in me that the transformation can happen.
God- No matter how hard I try to be good why is it that with certain things I seem to take my will back? Please help me realize what I need to do to focus more. and give me the willingness to change!
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