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I’m practicing the discipline of not having to have the last word.

Dallas Willard

Find a person who has embraced anger, and you will find a person with a wounded ego.
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Angry Ego Embrace Person Wound
Grace is opposed to earning, but not to effort.
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Earn Effort Grace
When the will is enslaved to a desire, it will in turn enslave the mind.
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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
The transformation of the social world is at its heart the transformation of personal relations. That’s the key to transforming society in the larger arena.
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Large Personal Relation Social Transformation World
Jesus is actually looking for people he can trust with his power.
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People Power Trust
The sinner is not the one who uses a lot of grace. The saint burns grace like a 747 burns fuel on take off.
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Anand Thakur
To allow lust (or strong desires) to govern our life is to exalt our will over God’s.
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Anand Thakur
As Augustine say clearly, God being God offends human pride. If God is running the universe and has first claim on our lives, guess who isn’t running the universe and does not get to have things as they please.
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God Human Live Offend Pride Universe
The main thing God gets out of your life is not the achievements you accomplish. It’s the person you become.
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Accomplishment Achievement God Life Person Yourself
Disciples are those who have been so ravished with Christ that others want to be like them.
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Devotion Discipline God
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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Anand Thakur
If we are to use our minds rightly, we must live in an attitude of constant openness and learning.
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Attitude Learning Live Mindset Open Right
The greatest challenge the church faces today is to be authentic disciples of Jesus.
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Anand Thakur
We have churches full of people who profess all kinds of stuff that they don’t believe. They think that by professing it they’re doing something good. Really, they’re just deluding themselves.
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Goodness Kind People Thinking
We are invited to make a pilgrimage – into the heart and life of God.
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God Heart Invitation Life Pilgrimage

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