We will need a wise and constant use of disciplines for the spiritual life. This is because the substance of ourselves formed in a world against God, is ready to do otherwise.DW p49
Each day I find goodness and love occuring in the oddest places. Could that be because I no longer demand and expect it from others? I'm content to hang out with Jesus all day long. Whatever he's up to, I want to tag along.JJ p. 51
posted by TK at 5:23 PM
Welcome to our online discussion of Dallas Willard and Jan Johnson's Renovation of the Heart in Daily Practice: Experiments in Spiritual Transformation. Each day, Monday-Friday, I will post the title of that day's chapter and maybe an excerpt from the chapter. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, will be to read that day's selection from the book then click on the comment link and add your $.02 to the conversation. If you are a highlighter maybe just share what you highlighted and why you highlighted it. Maybe something really resonated with you as you tackled that day's experiment, share that with us. Maybe, as happened with me, the first time I read the book, God will reveal something to you. Read the comments that others leave, respond to each other, ask for clarification, let someone know you connected with a comment they left. My hope is that working through this book together we will get much more out of it, we might not only grow in Christlikeness but grow closer to each other. If you have any technical difficulties please email me at tkay3atcharterdotnet.
1 Comments:
I notice when I demand or expect anything from anyone the outcome is not the way I would like it to be.
But when I do things the way God would like ust to do things have a better outcome. I find myself spending alot of time from day to day with Jesus I try to reach for his coat tails but sometimes I trip and fall and by the time I get up I Have to try to catch up up with him again.
Ever Since I turned my life over to God I had no choice but to die to myself so I could be Born again and it is the best feeling ever.
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