I was at a Black Hawk Evangelical Association meeting last Thursday, and I listened to Pam Edwards do an amazing job upfront talking to our group about spiritual formation. There were so many great nuggets from her time of teaching, but two have remained especially close in mind the past four days:
- she mentioned that most people going to church these days look to be pleased, not changed.
- she held up what looked like a big street sign that said DON'T EVEN THINK OF and then she had duct tape over the next two words. She used this sign to talk about the fact that as we grow to be more Christ-like, evidence of that will be that we won't even think of __________ (fill in the blank with things like jealousy, lying, selfish ambition, etc...) Not only will we not ACT on feelings and thoughts of these sins as we grow spiritually...but as Christ is formed in us, we eventually won't even THINK along these lines.
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