God’s Intention for your Spiritual Growth
God calls all Christians to become more like Jesus through the power of the Holy Spirit (2 Cor 3:18), and this transformation happens in the innermost part of a person: their heart. This progression is called spiritual formation, which involves learning to hear God in his Word, growing in the grace and knowledge of Jesus, and bearing lasting fruit. One way we experience this transforming power of God’s grace is through spiritual disciplines like reading and meditating on God’s Word, prayer, and journaling. Here are 14 verses that speak of God’s intention for the progression of spiritual formation. On the importance of God’s Word Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. (Col 3:16) Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart, since you have bee