Following Jesus is based on the first-century practice of rabbis and apprentices.

Today, to follow Jesus means to apprentice under him.

To apprentice under Jesus is to organise your life around three driving goals:

Be with Jesus

Become like Jesus

Do as he did

Apprenticing under Jesus means practicing a way of life.

One of the best ways to begin is through a daily prayer rhythm, where you create a time and place
for solitude, silence, and prayer.

We may desire to become more like Jesus, but feel stuck.

The problem is that we don’t know how to become like Jesus.

We need a training program — a reliable pathway to transformation.

We find this in the Way of Jesus, where we are formed by:

• The Practices

• Community

• Teaching

• The Holy Spirit

Formation happens over time and through suffering.

And one of the best ways to begin to change is to replace an unhealthy habit with the practice of
reading Scripture daily.

Spiritual formation isn’t a Christian thing; it’s a human thing.

We are formed by a complex web of forces, but especially by:

• Habits

• Relationships

• The stories we believe

• Environment

• Time

• Experience

Most of our formation is unintentional.

Some of the most important questions to reflect on are:

• Who am I becoming?

• Am I being intentional about who I am becoming?

One of the best ways to do this is through a Formation Audit