Spiritual Transformation in Christian Schools

83 Pages·2017·0.97 MB·English

Spiritual
Transformation in
Christian Schools
Dr. Todd Marrah, Ph.D.
Definition of Spiritual Formation
Spiritual formation is the process
conforming to inner character of
Jesus.

ØS  piritual Development
ØS  piritual Transformation
Key Questions
�A  re you being shaped?
�H  ow do you know?
�C  an it be measured?
�H  ow would you describe it?
�C  an others see it?
�S  hould others judge it?
�C  an you shape yourself?
�C  an you join in the process?
�I  s it possible to partner with the
Holy Spirit?
�I  s it partnership or availability?
�I  s availability required to be
shaped?
�C  an you shape others? (students?)
�C  an a focus in spiritual formation
cause spiritual formation?
What is it in us that
needs transformed?
Literature Review
Summary
�T  ransformation of the Heart (Jeremiah
17:9)
�T  he source of all physical, emotional,
intellectual, volitional and moral energies
(Nouwen, 1981)
�T  he executive center of human life, the
center of the process of spiritual
Literature Review
Summary
�T  ransformation of the Mind (Ro. 12:2)
�“  Spiritual formation involves exchanges
within the mind, or, in other words, it is
the removal of the former system of evil
ideas and replacing it with the thinking
system that proceeds from the mind of
Christ.” (Willard, 2002)
The transformation of the
Hands

“Jesus did not come to be served
but to serve…”
Mark 10:45