When Paul said to the Galatians, “I am in the pain of childbirth until Christ is formed in you” he was speaking of Spiritual Formation. When he told the Romans, “Those whom God forknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his son,” he was speaking of Spiritual Formation. When he reminded the Corinthians that “All of us, with unveiled faces, seeing the glory of the Lord as though reflected in a mirror, are being transformed into the same image” he was speaking of Spiritual Formation (Galatians 4:19, Romans 8:29, 2 Corinthians 3:18). So what is Spiritual Formation?
Spiritual Formation is the continuing process of life and experience through which we are progressively formed, conformed, and transformed into the image of Jesus Christ.
- Richard Foster
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