Intro to Spiritual Formation

Questions for Reflection or Small Group:Prior to listening to the sermon, if someone were to ask you “What is Spiritual Formation?” what would you have said? Is your answer any different now? What are some things that have formed you that you are thankful for? What are some things that have formed you that you wish never did?Author Dallas Willard defines Christian Spiritual Formation as: “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.”What does it specifically look like for this to be a “Spirit-driven process”? How will we know if/when that process is effective? Compare/Contrast Jeremiah 2:13 and John 4:14. How do you respond to what John Mark Comer writes about Spiritual Formation: “Formation into the image of Jesus isn’t something we do as much as it’s something that is done to us, by God himself, as we yield to his work of transforming grace. Our job is to make ourselves available.”Is this view of our spiritual formation too passive? Why/Why Not? Read Psalm 139:23-24 Is this passage consistent with Comer’s quote above?How does someone practically welcome God to search, test, and lead them?