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Belief is when your whole being is set to act as if something is so.

Dallas Willard

Our failure to hear His voice when we want to is due to the fact that we do not in general want to hear it, that we want it only when we think we need it.
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Anand Thakur
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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Anand Thakur
When we are formed inwardly, outer issues do become much more manageable.
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Form Issues Management
God does not ‘love’ us without liking us.
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God Love Ourselves
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.
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Anand Thakur
Grace is opposed to earning, but not to effort.
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Earn Effort Grace
In one way or another, it is a common mistake to think transformation is all in the will. And it isn’t! It’s in the mind – how we think, what occupies our minds, and so forth. It’s in our feelings. It’s in our body.
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Body Feeling Mindset Mistake Way
We know we can’t be spiritually transformed by just focusing on the will.
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Anand Thakur
A disciple is a person who has decided that the most important thing in their life is to learn how to do what Jesus said to do.
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Anand Thakur
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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Anand Thakur
Everyone gets a spiritual formation. It’s like education. Everyone gets an education; it’s just a matter of which one you get.
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Education Form Oneself Spiritual
As we mature in Christ, it is actually possible to outgrow fear.
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Anand Thakur
Suppose we have a motor and our transmission doesn’t work or our clutch or whatever. Then our body, our motor, just takes us down the road. Or our brakes don’t work! We must have a coordination system.
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Machine Ourselves Road System Work
Kingdom obedience is kingdom abundance.
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Abundance Obedience One Liner
Most problems in contemporary churches can be explained by the fact that members have never decided to follow Christ.
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Church Decision Fact God Problem
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.
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Act Believe True

Belief is when your whole being is set to act as if something is so.

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