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You really can’t justify anything else but giving your whole attention to spiritual formation in Christ.

Dallas Willard

What is reality? The answer Jesus gives to this question is: God and his kingdom. That is what you can count on and what you have to come to terms with.
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What a child does when not told what to do is the final indicator of what and who that child is.
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Character Children Final
Grace is not opposed to effort, it is opposed to earning. Earning is an attitude. Effort is an action. Grace, you know, does not just have to do with forgiveness of sins alone.
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Play is the creation of value that is not necessary.
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Spiritual transformation into Christ-likeness in not going to happen unless we act. What transforms us is the will to obey Jesus Christ.
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We’re not here to prove we’re right; we’re here to help people.
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Evidence Help People Right
Spiritual formation for the Christian basically refers to the Spirit-driven process of forming the inner world of the human self in such a way that it becomes like the inner being of Christ himself.
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The first act of love is always the giving of attention.
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The more we pray, the more we think to pray, and as we see the results of prayer-the responses of our Father to our requests-our confidence in God’s power spills over into other areas of our life.
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Areas Confidence Life Ourselves Prayer Result Thinking
When we receive God’s gift of life by relying on Christ, we find that God comes to act with us as we rely on him in our actions.
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Act Action Come Gift God Life Ourselves
Fasting confirms our utter dependence upon God by finding in Him a source of sustenance beyond food.
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We are invited to make a pilgrimage – into the heart and life of God.
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God Heart Invitation Life Pilgrimage
Sometimes we get caught up in trying to glorify God by praising what He can do and we lose sight of the practical point of what He actually does do.
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You cannot trust Jesus in areas in which you don’t think him competent.
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Few people arise in the morning as hungry for God as they are for cornflakes or toast and eggs.
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Hungry Morning People Rise
The open secret of many Bible believing Churches is that a vanishingly small percentage of those talking about prayer and Bible reading are actually doing what they are talking about.
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You really can’t justify anything else but giving your whole attention to spiritual formation in Christ.

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