Discipline, strictly speaking, is activity carried on to prepare us indirectly for some activity other than itself. We do not practice the piano to practice the piano well, but to play it well.
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Anand Thakur
Discipline, strictly speaking, is activity carried on to prepare us indirectly for some activity other than itself. We do not practice the piano to practice the piano well, but to play it well.
DALLAS WILLARDMake disciples. Surround them in the reality of the Trinity in a fellowship of disciples. Teach them to do everything Jesus says.
DALLAS WILLARDWe are becoming who we will be-forever.
DALLAS WILLARDSpiritual 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.
DALLAS WILLARDKnowing the ‘right answers’ does not mean we believe them. To believe them means to act as though they’re true.
DALLAS WILLARDThe truly powerful ideas are precisely the ones that never have to justify themselves.
DALLAS WILLARDThe hardest thing about leadership is the intimacy it requires.
DALLAS WILLARDThe people to whom we minister and speak will not recall 99 percent of what we say to them, but they will never forget the kind of persons we are.
DALLAS WILLARDWe live in a culture that has, for centuries now, cultivated the idea that the skeptical person is always smarter than one who believes. You can almost be as stupid as a cabbage as long as you doubt.
DALLAS WILLARDWhen the light comes into a room, we do not have to say, “Now what are we going to do about the darkness?” It’s gone!
DALLAS WILLARDThe effect of standing before God by welcoming him before us will be the transformation of our entire life.
DALLAS WILLARDThe first act of love is always the giving of attention.
DALLAS WILLARDKeep eternity before the children.
DALLAS WILLARDTo allow lust (or strong desires) to govern our life is to exalt our will over God’s.
DALLAS WILLARDWe’re not here to prove we’re right; we’re here to help people.
DALLAS WILLARDFasting confirms our utter dependence upon God by finding in Him a source of sustenance beyond food.
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