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Discipleship is the process of becoming who Jesus would be if he were you.

Dallas Willard

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
God may not guide us in an obvious way because he wants us to make decisions based on faith and character.
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Anand Thakur
Spiritual formation in Christ moves us toward a total interchange of our ideas and images for his.
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Change Himself Ideas Image Move Spirituality
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
When we receive God’s gift of life by relying on Christ, we find that God comes to act with us as we rely on him in our actions.
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Act Action Come Gift God Life Ourselves
Grace is not just about forgiveness but about life.
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Forgiveness Grace Life
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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Follow God Love Responsibility Rule Satisfaction Sin Start
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
If we do not make formation in Christ the priority, then we’re just going to keep on producing Christians that are indistinguishable in their character from many non-Christians.
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Character Form God Production
This life is not something that is imposed upon us; we receive it and work with it.
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Anand Thakur
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
Human beings are at their core defined by what they worship rather than primarily by what they think, know, or believe. That is bound up with the central Augustinian claim that we are what we love.
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Definition Human Love Thinking
At the center of care for the heart is the love of God. This must be the joyful aim of our life.
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Anand Thakur
Grace is opposed to earning, but not to effort.
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Earn Effort Grace
You can live opposite of what you profess, but you cannot live opposite of what you believe.
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Believe Live Opposite Yourself
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

Discipleship is the process of becoming who Jesus would be if he were you.

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