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In Spiritual formation we are aiming at a character and life that is so shaped that the deeds of Christ routinely and easily come from what is inside.

Dallas Willard

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

Attention Form God Spiritual
Almost everything worth doing in human life is very difficult in its early stages and the good we are aiming at is never available at first, to strengthen us when we seem to need it most.
DALLAS WILLARD

Anand Thakur
We don’t believe something by merely saying we believe it, or even when we believe that we believe it. We believe something when we act as if it were true.
DALLAS WILLARD

Act Believe True
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.
DALLAS WILLARD

Anand Thakur
You can live opposite of what you profess, but you cannot live opposite of what you believe.
DALLAS WILLARD

Believe Live Opposite Yourself
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
Grace is not opposed to effort; it’s opposed to earning.
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Anand Thakur
As we mature in Christ, it is actually possible to outgrow fear.
DALLAS WILLARD

Anand Thakur
Of course, we do the righteous deed because of our redemption, not for our redemption.
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Anand Thakur
It is the responsibility of every Christ-centred follower to carve out a satisfying life under the loving rule of God or else sin will start to look good.
DALLAS WILLARD

Follow God Love Responsibility Rule Satisfaction Sin Start
There is no avoiding the fact that we live at the mercy of our ideas This is never more true than with our ideas about God.
DALLAS WILLARD

Anand Thakur
My central claim is that we can become like Christ by doing one thing — by following him in the overall style of life he chose for himself.
DALLAS WILLARD

Choice God Life Myself Style
It’s very difficult to be right about something without hurting someone with it.
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Difficult Hurt Right
Belief is when your whole being is set to act as if something is so.
DALLAS WILLARD

Act Belief Yourself
Everyone gets a spiritual formation. It’s like education. Everyone gets an education; it’s just a matter of which one you get.
DALLAS WILLARD

Education Form Oneself Spiritual
Obedience to Christ is the easy way, take my yoke.
DALLAS WILLARD

Easy Myself Obedience Way

In Spiritual formation we are aiming at a character and life that is so shaped that the deeds of Christ routinely and easily come from what is inside.

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In Spiritual formation we are aiming at a character and life that is so shaped that the deeds of Christ routinely and easily come from what is inside.

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