Diligence is derived from the Latin word diligere, which means to love.
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Exile is separation from everything that clings to us, in order that we may cling totally to God.
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We don't make our ascent by climbing in a single direction, we circle round and round as we scale higher and higher.
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It’s an inescapable truth, how we respond to affliction will significantly shape the person we become.
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All the conflict we feel inside our bodies will soon die away but until then what all this angst really means is that we’re cramped, glory is growing.
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Christlike character is only something we can grow towards.
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Affliction and glory are woven into the whole fabric of our lives.
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God created us in such a way that we would seek Him.
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Jesus entered humanity to affirm, love, and train apprentices into artisans.
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Their is a hiddenness, a deep mystery in pain and suffering.
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This is the unencumbered life, a life that’s free from everything so that it may participate in anything.
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A healthy death-to-self results in a deeper love and greater care for oneself.
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Our adversary has us so focused on the part of us that is dust that we cannot see our own dignity.
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If we’d only substitute Jesus’ body for our spouse’s or worse—our child’s, we’d see the horror they saw.
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To understand temptation we have to probe its source, we have to drive towards the origin point.
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Practicing the Spiritual Disciplines is about cooperating with grace, it's simply sowing seed upon the soil of our soul.
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We only have to practice silence once to recognize the depth and distraction of our soul.
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The classical exercises of the spirit are ways that athletes of Christ have actually taken up their cross.
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God doesn't expect us to be flawless, He expects us to flourish.
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Every profession or artform or craft involves good pain as a key ingredient to the maturation process.
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