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The aim of spiritual formation is not behavior modification but the transformation of all those aspects of you and me where behavior comes from…Circumcision of the heart.

Dallas Willard

It’s very difficult to be right about something without hurting someone with it.
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Difficult Hurt Right
Theology is a part of our lives. It’s unavoidable. A thoughtless theology guides our lives with just as much force as a thoughtful and informed one.
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Fasting confirms our utter dependence upon God by finding in Him a source of sustenance beyond food.
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Anand Thakur
When we pass through what we call death, we do not loose the world. Indeed, we see it for the first time as it really is.
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Call Death Lose Time World
Every church needs to be able to answer two questions. First, what is our plan for making disciples? And second, does our plan work?
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The hardest thing about leadership is the intimacy it requires.
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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
We are invited to make a pilgrimage – into the heart and life of God.
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God Heart Invitation Life Pilgrimage
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
Grace is opposed to earning, but not to effort.
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Earn Effort Grace
Play is the creation of value that is not necessary.
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Anand Thakur
It’s just stunning to watch churches struggle to get mission statements when there it is, the Great Commission, and they should simply do what it says.
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Church Greatness Simplicity Struggle Talk
Ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
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It would be strange if we came to shun the genuine simply because it resembled the counterfeit.
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Your mind will really talk to you when you begin to deny fulfillment to your desires, and you will find how subtle and shameless it is.
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Beginning Fulfillment Mindset Shame Subtle Talk
Keep eternity before the children.
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The aim of spiritual formation is not behavior modification but the transformation of all those aspects of you and me where behavior comes from…Circumcision of the heart.

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The aim of spiritual formation is not behavior modification but the transformation of all those aspects of you and me where behavior comes from…Circumcision of the heart.

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