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To be conformed to the image of his Son is not only to think God’s thoughts after him but to desire what God desires. That requires the recalibration of our heart-habits and the recapturing of our imagination, which happens when God’s Word becomes the orienting center of our social imaginary, shaping our very perception of things before we even thi
... See moreJames K. A. Smith • You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit
rather than lose the precious privilege of communion with God before setting out. Sir Matthew Hale says:
D. L. Moody • Prevailing Prayer (Moody Classics)
For when the mind is brought to stillness, and all our strategies of acquisition have dropped, a deeper truth presents itself: we are and have always been one with God and we are all one in God (Jn 17:21).
Martin Laird • Into the Silent Land: A Guide to the Christian Practice of Contemplation
- To serve is to be free. One of the prayers from the Book of Common Prayer says that to serve God is “perfect freedom.” While this may seem counterintuitive in our contemporary age, we see its truth beautifully played out in the life of Jesus, who came among us as a servant. In his generous and glad service to the world, which he performed in equall
Jeremy Begbie • Glimpses of the New Creation: Worship and the Formative Power of the Arts
We pursue God because, and only because, He has first put an urge within us that spurs us to the pursuit.
A. W. Tozer • The Pursuit of God : (Annotated and illustrated)
The pastor may have been a heretic or the devil in disguise, but apathy was not an option—demons and devils roamed too close to the self.
Andrew Root • The Pastor in a Secular Age (Ministry in a Secular Age Book #2): Ministry to People Who No Longer Need a God
Focus on God so he can reveal the spiritual gifts he has for you and show you how he wants you to use them for his glory.
Erik Rees • S.H.A.P.E.: Finding and Fulfilling Your Unique Purpose for Life
Irenaeus once put it, “The glory of God is a human…
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