Sublime
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This book provides an actual profile for becoming more like Jesus every day. The profile is . . . • Biblical: an exposition of Romans 12; God’s executive summary of the profile of an authentic Christ-follower. • Relational: spiritual maturity is achieved by growing in five key relationships, not by keeping rules. • Grace-based: a Romans 12 disciple
... See moreChip Ingram • True Spirituality
Where does my will stop and God’s begin? How do I ask in a way that’s in line with God’s eternal perspective? What’s worth praying about, and what’s just life? And at the end of the day, does Jesus really care about parking spaces?
Tim Mackie • Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools
God’s dream and plan for each of His children is not about rules or religious activity but about relationship. God’s desire is not for our performance, but for us to learn to live out of the grace and favor we already possess. God’s primary agenda is to make us more and more like His Son so that we enjoy and love Him and others the way He loves the
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By the steady but patient commitment to removing unsound beliefs from our souls, we become increasingly adept at seeing through our flimsy fears, our bewilderment in love, and our lack of self control. We stop trying to look good to others. One day, we contentedly realize we’ve stopped playing to the crowd.
Sharon Lebell • The Art of Living: The Classical Mannual on Virtue, Happiness, and Effectiveness
THINK—What did God say to you through this chapter? REFLECT—What new insight did you get about how transformation occurs? UNDERSTAND—Can you think of an experience where your “thinking changed” in a way that led to a change in a relationship or behavior? SURRENDER—Ask God to renew your thinking about His commands—moving from restrictions to guardra
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Willard defined a disciple as someone whose ultimate goal is to live their life the way Jesus would live if he were me.
John Mark Comer • Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus. Become like him. Do as he did.
If Perception and Action were the disciplines of the mind and the body, then Will is the discipline of the heart and the soul.
Ryan Holiday • The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph
The Discipline of Perception (how we see and perceive the world around us) The Discipline of Action (the decisions and actions we take—and to what end) The Discipline of Will (how we deal with the things we cannot change, attain clear and convincing judgment, and come to a true understanding of our place in the world)