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Of course, we do the righteous deed because of our redemption, not for our redemption.

Dallas Willard

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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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
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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Anand Thakur
Fasting confirms our utter dependence upon God by finding in Him a source of sustenance beyond food.
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The truly powerful ideas are precisely the ones that never have to justify themselves.
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To allow lust (or strong desires) to govern our life is to exalt our will over God’s.
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Keep eternity before the children.
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Bodily pleasure is not in itself a bad thing. But when it is exalted to a necessity and we become dependent upon it, then we are slaves of our body and its feelings. Only misery lies ahead.
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Anand Thakur
We cannot handle injustice by finding more ways to impose what is in fact “right” on people. It has to come from the inside. And that’s where the church should be working.
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Fact Injustice People Work
The effect of standing before God by welcoming him before us will be the transformation of our entire life.
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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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Feelings are good servants, but they are disastrous masters.
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The ultimate freedom we have as human beings is the power to select what we will allow or require our minds to dwell upon.
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The different parts of the automobile like the ignition switch, the various buttons, the steering wheel – the interfaces between the driver and the machine – is our spirit or heart.
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Different Driver Heart Ignition Machine Ourselves Spirit
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
Two ways of thinking: Human kingdom and human cleverness or God’s kingdom and God’s cleverness.
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Clever God Thinking Way

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