Christ Formation: Practical Discipleship
Are you looking for growth as you follow Jesus? He promised you could overcome barriers and become more like him. He promised peace, joy and fulfillment. Let me help guide you on this journey. This spiritual formation podcast is designed to Christform you. What’s different about it are the exercises in the episodes that you can do while you listen. This activates your growth! ----- Have you been doing all the church stuff but don’t feel like you are making progress on your personal challenges and stressors? Feeling blocked, frustrated or discouraged? I have been through years of these experiences and found the way through, and God has a way for you. He will Christform you as you abide in him.----- Through the ChristFormation podcast you will learn to walk in God’s love and find peace in your destiny in God’s eternal community of love. I have a calm and careful style that will guide you to routines and practices to find more peace, fulfillment, joy and victory in your walk with Christ. You will be able to overcome barriers and frustrations. Are you burned out? He will start healing you.----- These spiritual formation/discipleship episodes are grounded in decades of practicing Christformation. More importantly, they are grounded in biblical theology and the process of maturity of becoming like Christ. In addition, years of reading and absorbing the great Christlike examples from history have helped me understand and teach the Christformation process. ----- We hope you will enjoy this podcast and grow! ----- For more in-depth spiritual formation, visit my online discipleship course site at https://christformationencounters.com/description-pm-course/.----- Phil is available to guest on your podcast. He has graduate degrees from the U. of Washington, Fuller Seminary and Vanguard University (with classes from Talbot Seminary). For more background information on Phil Rehberg please visit https://christformationencounters.com/about-2/about-phil/ ----- For Phil’s weekly blog posts on encouragement and growth, visit http://www.meatformaturity.org/ ----- For Phil’s books, please visit https://www.amazon.com/stores/Phil-Rehberg/author/B0055SR5ZK -----
Episodes
How can we learn to have more faith in God when a challenging situation arises? One way to expand your faith in God in specific areas is by the “possible faith” exercise. By imagining the faith you could have, you should be able to embrace deeper faith! You might be surprised at how much it helps.
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Many of us have been reading Scripture or listening to sermons on Scripture for years and we are frustrated that we do not see more change. So, how do you maximize the transforming impact of Scripture? Through meditation; the fundamental Christian practice. In this session you are going to learn an effective method for meditation and practice it on a passage. The regular practice of activational meditation should unleash the power ...
In this session we are going to do an exercise that will answer the question: How can I center myself in God in a few minutes? The short answer is by connecting to your threefold living power supply from God: your new self, the Holy Spirit and Christ. We explained these three sources in our previous sessions. Now we will combine them and go through an exercise to embed them into your heart. These three supplies are the root energy ...
How can you continuously abide in Christ? When you practice Christ-focus, Jesus promises to provide spiritual strength and growth. This is probably the most important Christian practice! You are going to learn a practice to help you abide in Christ more consistently. In John 15:5 Jesus promises that if you learn to abide in him you will bear more fruit. Isn’t this what your heart desires?
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Galatians 5:16 promises, “Walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh” (ESV). We are going to answer the question: How can I walk in the Spirit? And you are going to learn a practice that helps you to grow in walking in the Spirit. This will make it easier to receive the living water that Jesus wants to supply to us. Scripture teaches, “If by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will ...
Do you live from your new self? The purpose of this session is to help you understand your new self so you will habitually live from it. You will do an exercise to help you live from your new self. The more you understand and commit to this new creation in you and the story behind it, the more your mind and heart will be able to conform to the image of Christ, so you will act like him. This brings peace and fulfillment.
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What does it mean to be Christlike? What traits does this include? This is a key question for your life if you follow Jesus. In this session we describe Christlikeness in some detail and do an exercise to help you evaluate your Christlikeness. If you know what true Christlikeness looks like, you will be more successful at Christformation because you will be aimed in the right direction.----
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What are your motives for Christformation and all Christian living? Why are you making all this effort? The purpose of this episode is to help you embrace spiritually healthy motives for Christformation and reject unhealthy ones. With proper motives, following Jesus will make much more sense and you will be more fruitful. If you do not pursue Christ with the proper motives, you will not be able to abide in Christ and your whole C...
Do you ever think about what it will be like to live on the New Earth for eternity? In the previous episode you learned to embrace a destiny perspective; now you will embrace your future living experience. There will be no suffering or death. You will be free from sinfulness and overflowing with peace and joy. All God’s people will live in perfect harmony. In this episode we are going to do an extended meditation on your future lif...
When you think about your future what comes to mind? How you think about your future has a gigantic impact on your life. The purpose of this episode is to help you understand, and devote yourself to, your destiny. If you set your hope fully on the next age, you will be free from your present circumstances and be able to live as Christ did, who lived with a focus on the glory of eternity. Our destiny increases our sense of security ...
Do you ever wonder how to summarize the entire Bible? This episode is about the story of the way humans become mature and fulfill God’s original purposes for them, which he introduced in the Garden of Eden. Hang on for a fascinating ride, but don’t be misled by my calm and careful style of delivery: this is a blockbuster story! I will summarize the story of the entire Bible! We will look at the big picture of God’s design for bring...
Have you committed to the most important elements of following Christ? What are they? The Christlike Creed includes the most important biblical principles and practices Jesus is asking you to follow. In this session you will intentionally embrace each one, one at a time so you can remain in God’s blessings. This should keep your heart abiding in Christ and bearing fruit for him.
How much do you believe in God’s love for you? If you are not reasonably secure in his love it will be very hard to find peace and growth. In this session you will go through the "God Loves Me" prayer in order to affirm God's love for you and discern where you have doubts or reservations about God's love.
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If someone asked you what is God’s supreme mission for your life, what would you say? If you do not know God’s supreme mission for you, how will you make it your top priority? How will you avoid getting sidetracked? In this episode we will present God’s supreme mission for you according to the Bible and look at each element. We will list pursuits that are not your top priority. We will encourage you to unite with God as you journey...
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