How does our way of dealing with others factor into our personal faith and spiritual faithfulness as committed disciples of Jesus? What would happen if my view and attitude toward all others was rooted in grace and acceptance as an equally precious child of God?

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A timely consideration is our view of our human body and how it relates to growing as a disciple of Jesus. In our present cultural climate in the U.S., a strong movement urges one to reject the biblical view of one’s body. The new cultural view: our body is not trustworthy, because it may contradict our emotional state, feelings, or desires for our life going forward. How so? To reject the objective truth of our body enables one to elevate choice for gender -known as fluidity - and other dimensions of human sexuality and identity.
Willard’s biblical guidance shows how our bodily existence is the arena of discipline, using spiritual practices. That is, we choose by will to do certain things in order to influence our thinking. This directly counters the present cultural view of the body following the mind’s choices.

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Renewal always begins at the core reality: what and where we really are. We “confess” to God what He already of course knows about us. It is not sharing knowledge, but an act of decision and will to be honest and agree with God about our true current condition. Only coming to this point can we possibly hope to experience actual inner life change to proceed in faithfully following Jesus into transformation - and ultimately holiness of heart and mind. We can in this way fully expect to become more and more like Jesus in our view of ourselves and the world around us. This means we expect to become more and more like Jesus in loving self and others. 

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Introducing a new series based on Dallas Willard’s essential work on discipleship, “Renovation of the Heart.”
"VIM” is Willard’s acronym (like “vim and vigor”) of the three fundamental building blocks for authentic growth as a committed disciple of Jesus Christ.
V for VISION: conviction of the desire for a mature life of Kingdom living
I for INTENTION: the decision to do the things required to bring the vision into reality. One must decide to act in order to move from a wistful dream to certainty of attaining the vision.
M for MEANS: the particular tools used to achieve the vision; classic spiritual practices long proven effective by serious students of Christ’s Kingdom way of living.

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