{"id":1420,"date":"2024-01-16T01:10:24","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T01:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openspacesofsedona.org\/blog\/?p=1420"},"modified":"2024-02-11T03:15:52","modified_gmt":"2024-02-11T03:15:52","slug":"spiritual-formation-is-becoming-like-jesus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openspacesofsedona.org\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/01\/16\/spiritual-formation-is-becoming-like-jesus\/","title":{"rendered":"Sculpting the Soul: The Gradual Path to Resemble Jesus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:45%\">\n<p>Pastor Dona Shares an important Article, from Christianity Today. On the topic of Spiritual Formation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2024\/january-web-only\/spirtual-formation-imitation-christ-way-jesus-christianity.html?share=O2my8vkQxV83y0a4Z0NSxGqLA5W9R\/sq\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2024\/january-web-only\/spirtual-formation-imitation-christ-way-jesus-christianity.html?share=O2my8vkQxV83y0a4Z0NSxGqLA5W9R\/sq\">Spiritual Formation Is Becoming Like Jesus<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:3vh\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This article delves into spiritual formation, portraying it as a gradual, lifelong journey to resemble Jesus. It challenges our instant-gratification culture, highlighting the slow nature of spiritual growth. The process is seen as a divine work, with individuals yielding to God&#8217;s transforming grace. Joy is described as a quiet undercurrent, accumulating over time. The recommendation is to stay committed, acknowledging the lengthy but rewarding process of actualizing destinies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:7vh\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2024-01-16T01:10:24+00:00\">January 16, 2024<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-author-name\">Rev. Dona Johnson<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:7vh\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pastor Dona Shares an important Article, from Christianity Today. On the topic of Spiritual Formation. Spiritual Formation Is Becoming Like Jesus This article delves into spiritual formation, portraying it as a gradual, lifelong journey to resemble Jesus. It challenges our instant-gratification culture, highlighting the slow nature of spiritual growth. The process is seen as a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openspacesofsedona.org\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openspacesofsedona.org\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openspacesofsedona.org\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openspacesofsedona.org\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openspacesofsedona.org\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1420"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/openspacesofsedona.org\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1498,"href":"https:\/\/openspacesofsedona.org\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1420\/revisions\/1498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openspacesofsedona.org\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openspacesofsedona.org\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openspacesofsedona.org\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}