Day 59 Stage One: Making Apprentices

First, they [apprentices of Jesus] are learning to understand and do the things Jesus gave us specific commandments and teachings about...Second...how would Jesus lead our lives if he were in our place?

DW p170

Day 58 God's Plan for Spiritual Formation

Discipleship is about realtionship, so the process will be different for everyone.

JJ p.168

Day 57 The costs of Non-Discipleship

A fundamental mistake of the conservative side of much of the Western church is that its basic goal is to get people into heaven rather than heaven into people.

DW p164

Day 56 The Distracted church

Some [children of light] are shocked to consider that they have let a life of church activities be their substitute for having a life with God.

JJ p 163

Day 55 To Be Children of Light NOw

Children of light are beyond the point where mere talk-no matter how sound it is-can make an impression. Demonstration is required.

DW p 160

Day 54 Progression of Spiritual Growth

We're not performing-we're just tagging along behind Jesus, copying his fascinating way of being

DW p158

Day 53 What Children of light are like

Children of light differ from others on the inside of their life in the following way also: Will...Body...Social Relations...Soul

DW pp 153-154

Day 52 Children of Light

Children of light differ on the "inside" of their life...Thought life: They love to dwell opon God's greatness and loveliness as brought to light in Jesus Christ...Feelings: The love other people. They love their own life and who they are.

DW p151

Day 51 The sweetness of the Law

Viewing the law as something we can or must acheive (self-idolatry), however, repeats the degradation of the law committed by the Pharisees at the time of Jesus. It is turned from an instrument of grace to an instrument of cultural self-righteousness and human oppression.

DW p. 148

Day 50 Abandoning Outcomes

As we take on Jesus' yoke, we abandon outcomes to God accepting that we do not have the wherewithal to make life come out right.

DW p.145

DAy 49 The Cries of the Soul

Rest for our soul is rest in God. Our soul is at peace only when it is with God, as a child with its mother

DW p143

Day 48 The Depths of our being

We must take care to do whatever we can to keep it(our soul) in his hands, recognizing all the while that we can do this only with his help.

DW p. 140

Day 47 Intergrating the dimensions of the self

The soul manifests amazing capacities for recovery when it finds its home in God and receives his grace.

DW p,137

Day 46 Steps toward Genuine Love

Blessed no matter what happens------>abandonment of all defensiveness--->love among christians that is genuine---->extend ourselves in blessing and redemption

DW p.133

DAy 45 L:etting Go of Attack and Withdrawl

What we do when we meet as Christians should equip us to do this(making initiatives of goodwill and blessing) effectively elsewhere.

DW p130

Day 44 How Lovelessness Works

As assault and withdrawl are eliminated, the social area of our lives becomes what God intended: a play of constant mutual blessing. Every contact with a human being should be one of good will and respect, with a constant readiness to make way for the other in suitable ways.

DW pp.127-128

Day 43 Reciprocal rootedness in others

Stable healthy living requires the assurance of others being for us.

Lack of nourishment from deep connections with others means spiritual starvation in our every dimension.

DW p.124

Day 42 Formation is not Private

Failure to love others as Jesus loves us chokes off the flow of the eternal kind of life that our whole human system cries out for.

DW p.122

Day 41 Sabbath Moments

Our body is to be regarded as holy because it is owned and inhabited by God. So we give it proper nourishment, exercise and rest.

Sleep is a good first use of solitude and silence. It is also a good indicator of how thoroughly we trust in God.

DW pp.120-121