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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.

Dallas Willard

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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You cannot trust Jesus in areas in which you don’t think him competent.
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We are becoming who we will be-forever.
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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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When we are formed inwardly, outer issues do become much more manageable.
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Form Issues Management
We don’t believe something by merely saying we believe it, or even when we believe that we believe it. We believe something when we act as if it were true.
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Act Believe True
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
Jesus is actually looking for people he can trust with his power.
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People Power Trust
We don’t have to be brilliant.
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Brilliant One Liner
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
The will is transformed by experience, not information.
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There is no problem in human life that apprenticeship to Jesus cannot solve.
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Human Life Problem Solution
Grace is not opposed to effort, it is opposed to earning. Earning is an attitude. Effort is an action. Grace, you know, does not just have to do with forgiveness of sins alone.
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We live in a culture that has, for centuries now, cultivated the idea that the skeptical person is always smarter than one who believes. You can almost be as stupid as a cabbage as long as you doubt.
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Believe Culture Doubt Ideas Live Yourself
We know we can’t be spiritually transformed by just focusing on the will.
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Prayer is talking with God about what we are doing together.
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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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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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