Forward: Week 3

May 29, 2022

Notes

Forward: Week 3
Genesis 35:1-3

• Myths of Spiritual Formation

  • All or Nothing

  • No Holes

  • Priority of Surface Indicators

  • Everything’s Always Okay

  • Perfect Place = Perfect People

  • Excellent Examples Everywhere

  • God Loves the Idealist More

• The holy moments of Jacob’s life were born out of the brokenness of his life.

  • Genesis 35:1

• Jacob’s life lacked the typical surface confirmations that his heart belonged to God.

  • Genesis 35:2

• Any consistency in Jacob’s journey of spiritual formation belonged to God.

  • Genesis 35:3

• Jacob’s pinnacle of spiritual formation took place in the midst of multiple crises.