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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.

Dallas Willard

As we reach out to God, we get another source of strength.
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God Search Source Strength
You really can’t justify anything else but giving your whole attention to spiritual formation in Christ.
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Attention Form God Spiritual
Jesus is actually looking for people he can trust with his power.
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People Power Trust
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
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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Knowing the ‘right answers’ does not mean we believe them. To believe them means to act as though they’re true.
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Answer Believe Right True
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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Machine Ourselves Road System Work
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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Anand Thakur
As we mature in Christ, it is actually possible to outgrow fear.
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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 truly powerful ideas are precisely the ones that never have to justify themselves.
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Anand Thakur
God’s address is at the end of your rope.
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Anand Thakur
Everyone gets a spiritual formation. It’s like education. Everyone gets an education; it’s just a matter of which one you get.
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Education Form Oneself Spiritual
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
The kingdom of God is the true ecology of the human soul.
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Anand Thakur
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

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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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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