Episode 306 - Practicing the Way with John Mark Comer

The Nothing Is Wasted Podcast

Davey Blackburn and Aubrey Sampson

Religion & Spirituality:christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2024

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

How do we practice the way of Jesus when our lives are riddled with pain and suffering? What does it look like to grow spiritually when we are hurting?Author and Bible teacher John Mark Comer has been leading others towards what he calls an apprenticeship with Jesus, teaching how we can learn the intended rhythms and practices God wants us to engage in by simply looking to how Jesus walked and talked in this world. We are all being spiritually formed by something, he argues, and if we want it to be a formation in the likeness of Christ then we need to learn to sit with Him, become like Him and do the things Jesus did. This is the very message of his latest book, Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus, Become like him, Do as he did, which can help Christians learn the spiritual disciplines that Jesus taught and modeled for all believers. In this deeply insightful conversation, Davey and Aubrey chat with John Mark about what spiritual formation is, what types of spiritual disciplines we should be doing in our seasons of pain and suffering, and the important impact of community when we are hurting. They go on to talk about the dark night of the soul, a spiritual experience often described by theologians but rarely discussed in churches, in which God removes the felt sense of his presence while remaining as near as He ever was. It can be one of the most disorienting experiences for those who encounter it and yet as John Mark shares, there is a richness offered in the spiritual life of the one who walks through it.If you've been struggling to do basic spiritual disciplines in your suffering or if you've been wrestling with a deep sense of God's absence in your life, this episode is a gentle reminder that God is with you when you are hurting and that He invites you into rest and to simply be when you don't have the strength to do. Website: www.johnmarkcomer.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/johnmarkcomer Facebook: www.facebook.com/johnmarkcomer Book: Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus, Become like him, Do as he did https://a.co/d/8ux9p32 Do you need resources to help guide you in your specific pain point? Our Curated Pathways are designed to give you everything we offer in one place when it comes to your unique journey: www.nothingiswasted.com/pathways Pastors, looking for a way to establish a path towards healing and redemption within your church? Join Davey Blackburn for a live call on how Nothing is Wasted can help: www.nothingiswasted.com/pastors Would you like to bring hope and healing to your church? Learn how your church can help people find healing from pain and trauma through the Pain to Purpose Course: www.nothingiswasted.com/churches

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0:00.0	Hey Nothing is Wasted Family. Are you currently walking through a specific valley and looking for resources to help you in your pain?
0:07.0	I think we can all attest to the fact that there is tremendous comfort in hearing from those who have walked a similar path and have found hope and healing on the other side.
0:15.0	That's why we've created collections of resources called
0:19.0	Curated Pathways to help you navigate your specific pain points. With curated pathways
0:25.3	on topics like grief, child loss, sexual betrayal, childhood trauma,
0:29.2	widowhood, and more, we've compiled the very best resources from Nothing
0:33.9	as Waste Ministries.
0:35.1	Our curated pathways will give you access to everything we've created from past
0:38.7	podcast episodes to bonus content, masterclasses, live coaching, and everything in between.
0:45.0	When you're facing a crisis, loss, or trauma, you don't have the time or the energy
0:49.2	or the emotional bandwidth to search for what could help you.
0:52.4	That's why we've created Curated Pathways.
0:55.2	Now you can get a taste of what our Curated Pathways have to offer by going to
0:59.0	Nothing is Wasted.com slash Pathways. But if you're ready to go the next level on your healing journey, you can access the full library of our resources,
1:08.0	including the entire curated pathway you're looking for by becoming a community plus member.
1:15.0	For just $20 a month or $200 a year, you'll have access to the complete collection of
1:19.7	nothing is wasted curated pathways, as well as our entire library of master classes, bonus
1:25.2	episodes, live coaching, live events, replays, and more. As a community plus
1:30.9	member you'll be able to access a new curated pathway each month as our collection grows.
1:36.7	Our team has been working very hard on this to catalog, index, organize, and distribute our library of content in a way that will be most helpful to you or to
1:46.1	friends and family that you know who are going through a tough time.
1:49.4	We know what it's like to face pain and we want to equip you with the tools you need to find hope and
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