Experience Spiritual Depth in a Shallow World

“For mere improvement is not redemption, though redemption always improves people … God became man to turn creatures into sons: not simply to produce better men of the old kind but to produce a new kind of man. It is not like teaching a horse to jump better and better but like turning a horse into a winged creature.” -C. S. Lewis

It’s possible to experience salvation but not complete transformation

(Matthew 11:28-30) “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light.”

Spiritual Depth:
Experiencing God’s Love, Spiritual Disciplines, Spiritual Gifts, Doctrine/Theology

Emotional Health:
Self-awareness, emotional maturity, healing from past wounds, eliminating destructive habits

4 Practice of Deep Change
Practice #1 - Feel Your Feelings
Practice #2 - Face Your Past
Practice #3 - Change Your Habits
Practice #4 - Embrace Your Limits

(Psalm 139:23-24) 23 Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. 24 See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

“As we progress toward the center where God actually is waiting for us, we are naturally going to feel that we are getting worse. This warns us that the spiritual journey is not a success story or a career move, it is rather a series of humiliations of the false self.” -Thomas Keating

When I

(Psalm 139:23-24) 23 Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. 24 See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.