Christianity has a reputation for religious rule following.

God isn’t after behavior modification. He’s after life transformation.

God wants us to get his playbook into us.

The best players don’t carry the playbook with them. They carry it within them.

The Ten Commandments were never meant to be God’s final word on ethics

Ten Commandments Summarized
• You shall have no other gods before me
• You shall not make or worship idols
• You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God
• Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy
• Honor your father and your mother
• You shall not murder
• You shall not commit adultery
• You shall not steal
• You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor
• You shall not covet

The Ten Commandments gave Israel structure and direction as they learned how to live as free, flourishing people.

God’s way of life starts on the inside and works its way outward.

Spiritual Formation

Spiritual formation is the shaping of our spirits into the likeness of Christ, for the sake of others. It is the shaping and forming of the entire person in God’s love, mercy, and truth.
Richard Foster

Faith can become performative rather than formative.

The story of Rosa Parks

In moments of pressure, we don’t suddenly become better people. We reveal who we already are.

Under stress, under fear, under conflict, we don’t rise to the level of our best intentions. We fall to the level of what has been formed in us over time.

Instinct always reveals formation.

TRANSFORMED
GREEK: metamorphoō

Three Elements of the Story
• The Seed
• The Sower
• The Soil

What stays the same and what changes?

Spiritual Practices
• Reading Scripture
• Prayer
• Community
• Serving Others
• Silence
• Sabbath / Rest

Spiritual practices are not about controlling outcomes; they are about creating the right conditions for transformation to happen.