The open secret of many Bible believing Churches is that a vanishingly small percentage of those talking about prayer and Bible reading are actually doing what they are talking about.
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Anand Thakur
The open secret of many Bible believing Churches is that a vanishingly small percentage of those talking about prayer and Bible reading are actually doing what they are talking about.
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The greatest challenge the church faces today is to be authentic disciples of Jesus.
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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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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.
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The effect of standing before God by welcoming him before us will be the transformation of our entire life.
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Solitude well practiced will break the power of busyness, haste, isolation, & loneliness.
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The people to whom we minister and speak will not recall 99 percent of what we say to them, but they will never forget the kind of persons we are.
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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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The idea of having faith in Jesus has come to be totally isolated from being his apprentice and learning how to do what he said.
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Understanding is the basis of care. What you would take care of you must first understand, whether it be a petunia or a nation.
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Ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
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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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Our relations with others are not external. They enter into our very identity. And that’s why people struggle with them so.
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Make disciples. Surround them in the reality of the Trinity in a fellowship of disciples. Teach them to do everything Jesus says.
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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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Grace is not opposed to effort; it’s opposed to earning.
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