How We Change: Unintentional Spiritual Formation | Discovering Your Identity and Calling E4 (Revamped)
John Mark Comer Teachings
Practicing the Way
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🗓️ 2 February 2024
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
"The question isn't, are you being formed? It's, what are you being formed into?"
John Mark talks about the various influences that shape our lives and who we become. He challenges us to be intentional with our beliefs, habits, relationships, and experiences to form us into people of love.
Key Scripture Passages: Ephesians 4v1-24; Galatians 4v19; Proverbs 4v23
Discussion Guide: https://practicingthewayarchives.org/identity/part-five
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the John Mark Homer Teaching Podcast. I'm your host Strawn Coleman and I am part of the teaching team here practicing the way. |
| 0:16.0 | Each week on the podcast we share a teaching from John Mark or other trusted voices in the formation space. |
| 0:23.9 | In today's teaching, John Mark explores what it means to, in the words of Paul the Apostle, grow |
| 0:29.3 | and mature into the fullness of Christ. asking the question how do you and I really change? |
| 0:38.0 | As you listen you might like to ask yourself what unintentional practices are forming me most in my life today? |
| 0:45.0 | Here's John Mark. |
| 0:49.0 | Be true to yourself. |
| 0:53.0 | Good advice. yourself. |
| 0:57.0 | Good advice, bad advice. Yes. |
| 1:00.0 | We hear this all the time, right? |
| 1:05.0 | In a magazine interview with a Hollywood |
| 1:08.0 | celeb in the West Hills of LA, |
| 1:10.0 | what advice do you have for the reader? |
| 1:12.0 | You know, be true to yourself. Great, that's really helpful. What if I don't look like you? It's not quite as helpful. |
| 1:19.0 | In the audiobook from the self-help guru on your morning commute, you know, 10 tips for whatever. Number three, be true to yourself. |
| 1:28.0 | In the Oprah-esque talk show interview, thinking of a marriage or of a divorce, |
| 1:33.8 | or of a sex change, or of a whatever. |
| 1:35.9 | Well, you know the thing is, be true to yourself, |
| 1:38.6 | pan to the audience, head nod everywhere, right? This is more than a cliche in our culture. It is a mantra, really for |
| 1:46.9 | American culture in particular, but as a follower of Jesus, you know, I have mixed |
| 1:51.3 | feelings about it. On one hand, I love it. I mean, it's right in line with this idea of discovering your identity and calling. Like, go on that journey of self-discovery. Figure out who you are, who you aren't, what you are made to do, what you are not |
| 2:05.7 | made to do, and then be yourself. |
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