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To follow Jesus implies that we enter into a way of life that is given character and shape and direction by the one who calls us. To follow Jesus means picking up rhythms and ways of doing things that are often unsaid but always derivative from Jesus, formed by the influence of Jesus. To follow Jesus means that we can't separate what Jesus is saying from what Jesus is doing and the way that he is doing it. To follow Jesus is as much, or maybe even more, about feet as it is about ears and eyes" (The Way of Jesus, Eugene H. Peterson, 22).
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The life of faith is a daily exploration of the constant and countless ways in which Gods grace and love are expereinced
O God, when my faith gets overladen with dust, blow it clean with the wind of your Spirit. When my habits of obedience get stiff and rusty, anoint them with the oil of your Spirit. Restore the enthusiasm of my first love for you.
Worship is an act that develops feelings for God, not a feeling for God that is expressed in an act of worship.
One way to define spiritual life is getting so tired and fed up with yourself you go on to something better, which is following Jesus.
Pity can be nearsighted and condescending; shared suffering can be dignifying and life-changing.
The gospel is never about everybody else; it is always about you, about me. The gospel is never truth in general; it's always a truth in specific. The gospel is never a commentary on ideas or cultures or conditions; it's always about actual persons, actual pains, actual troubles, actual sin; you, me; who you are and what you've done; who I am and what I've done.
No life of faith can be lived privately. There must be overflow into the lives of others.
When we sin and mess up our lives, we find that God doesn't go off and leave us- he enters into our trouble and saves us.
Worship does not satisfy our hunger for God; it whets our appetite.
That's the whole spiritual life. It's learning how to die. And as you learn how to die, you start losing all your illusions, and you start being capable now of true intimacy and love.
