{"id":328,"date":"2022-10-26T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewinglife.net\/want-to-change-your-life\/"},"modified":"2024-12-17T19:01:59","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T19:01:59","slug":"want-to-change-your-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewinglife.net\/renewing-life-center-blog\/want-to-change-your-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Want to Change Your Life?"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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What dreams do you have for the future?  Are you doing something about it or are you just stuck in the dream?<\/p>\n

Perhaps these phrases hit home even though you\u2019d never speak them out loud?<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s something missing in my life.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cMy life is such a mess.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIs this really what it\u2019s all about?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSurely, there must be more to my faith than what I am experiencing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wanting to change your life is a healthy part of living!<\/p>\n

I want to introduce you to The Spiritual Formation Institute<\/em>, a program that\u2019s been helping people act on their dreams and change their lives by coming to know God more personally.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/strong><\/span><\/a> to see what this experience is all about.<\/p>\n

The Institute exists to engage you in knowing and experiencing God and to help you find yourself in new ways by deepening your relationship with Jesus.  Here are some testimonies of how participants  experienced the Institute this year:<\/p>\n

\u201cThis last year has been one of the hardest years of my life with personal trials.  Because of the knowledge I have gained and the spiritual practices I learned through Spiritual Direction, I now know God loves me unconditionally and has been by my side the whole time.  I don\u2019t think I would have made it through the last year without the skills and knowledge I have learned about my Lord and Savior Jesus.\u201d  L.V.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m in Year 2 currently.  This program has been instrumental in deepening my relationship with Jesus and learning how to better love people.  I\u2019ve learned so much about myself and how intentional God is every Retreat!\u201d L.W.<\/p>\n

\u201cAWARE. The Institute is incredibly experiential, and while it is difficult to articulate in words, \u2018aware\u2019 is the one word that captures the profound impact that the Institute has had on my faith journey.  It has made me both more aware of God\u2019s movement in my life, as well as more aware of myself, both in such beautiful ways.\u201d A.E.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am taking the Spiritual Institute for the second time because the information and experience was so valuable that I wanted to glean what I missed the first time.  Also, I am in a different place six years later and look forward to growing with God in a deeper way.\u201d J.D.<\/p>\n

\u201c \u2018Shame\u2019 and \u2018should\u2019 have been life-long companions of mine.  Even after counseling, I wasn\u2019t fully released from their grip.  The Institute offered me space and direction for growing my relationship with Jesus, whose presence with me is real, who enjoys me exactly the way I am, and who gave me grace to see my story as something beautiful to be celebrated.\u201d M.W.<\/p>\n

\u201cThrough the SFI, I have cultivated daily disciplines as well as deepened my practices of Sabbath, silence and solitude.  I have grown to crave the rhythm of retreat as a place to intentionally create time and space to hear God.  My identity in and personal friendship with God has grown so much through these two years.  It has truly been a significant piece of His transforming work in me.\u201d G.K.<\/p>\n

\u201cHaving graduated five years ago there are still a number of practices that continue to influence my everyday life.  During my time in the program I learned the value of listening well to others, the gift of offering empathy, and how extended times of silence deepen intimacy with Jesus.\u201d C.W.<\/p>\n

The Spiritual Formation Institute begins again in 2023!  There are 4 retreats that take place at the Mt. Charleston hotel. <\/p>\n