Celebration and Worship

March 25, 1981

Rolling Hills Covenant Church

This is session #11 of an 11-part series called “The Disciple, the Disciplines and the Triumphant Life.” 

A celebration is a joyous occasion engaged in “in honor” of something.

FOR FURTHER STUDY

Listen to episode 16 of this podcast: “Celebration: The Recollection of God”

Celebration of Discipline (1978) by Richard Foster

The Spirit of the Disciplines (1988) by Dallas Willard 

Visit https://DWillard.org for a wide variety of resources and opportunities that can serve as a means to help you “grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.”

Dallas Willard Ministries exists to proclaim, teach and manifest the love, truth and transforming power of Christ and the Kingdom of God. We invite you to partner with us by praying for our ministry team, praying for the students in the School of Kingdom Living, sharing your talents as a volunteer, or contributing financial gifts. Visit https://dwillard.org/donate if you’d like to help us increase the availability of Dallas’s teaching to help people become more like Jesus. 

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Fellowship and Submission 

March 23, 1981

Rolling Hills Covenant Church

This is session #10 of an 11-part series called “The Disciple, the Disciplines and the Triumphant Life.” 

Fellowship – Putting ourselves on the same plane with another person. We identify with them.

Submission - Putting our own interest under the interest of another person.

Dallas gives three words to help us relate to other people in fellowship and in submission:

1.         Accept

2.         Listen

3.         Understand

The book Dallas mentioned was:

How To Be a People Helper, by Gary Collins   

FOR FURTHER STUDY

Celebration of Discipline (1978) by Richard Foster

The Spirit of the Disciplines (1988) by Dallas Willard 

Visit https://DWillard.org for a wide variety of resources and opportunities that can serve as a means to help you “grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.”

Dallas Willard Ministries exists to proclaim, teach and manifest the love, truth and transforming power of Christ and the Kingdom of God. We invite you to partner with us by praying for our ministry team, praying for the students in the School of Kingdom Living, sharing your talents as a volunteer, or contributing financial gifts. Visit https://dwillard.org/donate if you’d like to help us increase the availability of Dallas’s teaching to help people become more like Jesus. 

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Prayer as Service of Love 

March 11, 1981

Rolling Hills Covenant Church

This is session #9 of an 11-part series called “The Disciple, the Disciplines and the Triumphant Life.” 

Prayer is communication with God for the purpose of accomplishing His goals in our lives and in the world.

Helpful Resources Becoming a Person of Prayer

“Hearing the Voice of God” conference, episodes 21-28 of this podcast.

“Hearing God” Small Group Curriculum with Dallas Willard, Richard Foster and John Ortberg.

Prayer: Conversing with God (1964) by Rosalind Rinker

Prayer: Finding the Heart’s True Home (1992) by Richard Foster

Hearing God (1999) by Dallas Willard 

Visit https://DWillard.org for a wide variety of resources and opportunities that can serve as a means to help you “grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.”

Dallas Willard Ministries exists to proclaim, teach and manifest the love, truth and transforming power of Christ and the Kingdom of God. We invite you to partner with us by praying for our ministry team, praying for the students in the School of Kingdom Living, sharing your talents as a volunteer, or contributing financial gifts. Visit https://dwillard.org/donate if you’d like to help us increase the availability of Dallas’s teaching to help people become more like Jesus. 

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Service and Sacrifice

March 4, 1981

Rolling Hills Covenant Church

This is session #8 of an 11-part series called “The Disciple, the Disciplines and the Triumphant Life.” 

FOR FURTHER STUDY

Celebration of Discipline (1978) by Richard Foster

The Spirit of the Disciplines (1988) by Dallas Willard 

Visit https://DWillard.org for a wide variety of resources and opportunities that can serve as a means to help you “grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.”

Dallas Willard Ministries exists to proclaim, teach and manifest the love, truth and transforming power of Christ and the Kingdom of God. We invite you to partner with us by praying for our ministry team, praying for the students in the School of Kingdom Living, sharing your talents as a volunteer, or contributing financial gifts. Visit https://dwillard.org/donate if you’d like to help us increase the availability of Dallas’s teaching to help people become more like Jesus. 

WAYS TO CONNECT WITH US: 

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Study and Meditation

February 25, 1981

Rolling Hills Covenant Church

This is session #7 of an 11-part series called “The Disciple, the Disciplines and the Triumphant Life.” 

Terms: 

Study is the direction of our thoughts in ways that enlarge the range and number of our ideas.

Meditation is the direction of our thoughts in ways that help us come to understand the things we already know.

Book recommendations

Study Martin Luther, St. Augustine (The Confessions, The City of God) or St. Paul ( A Man in Christ , by James S. Stewart).

Read books by people like St. Ignatius, Polycarp, and Tertullian.

Read books on the lives of people like John Wesley or more recent Christians like Billy Sunday. 

Visit https://DWillard.org for a wide variety of resources and opportunities that can serve as a means to help you “grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.”

Dallas Willard Ministries exists to proclaim, teach and manifest the love, truth and transforming power of Christ and the Kingdom of God. We invite you to partner with us by praying for our ministry team, praying for the students in the School of Kingdom Living, sharing your talents as a volunteer, or contributing financial gifts. Visit https://dwillard.org/donate if you’d like to help us increase the availability of Dallas’s teaching to help people become more like Jesus. 

WAYS TO CONNECT WITH US: 

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Celibacy, Chastity and Purity

February 18, 1981

Rolling Hills Covenant Church

This is session #6 of an 11-part series called “The Disciple, the Disciplines and the Triumphant Life.” 

Clarification of Terms:

Celibacy, chastity, and purity are three dimensions of the same topic.

Celibacy is the choice of a single life; the choice of a state without sexual relationships.

Chastity refers to restraining oneself within the bounds of proper sexual relations; mainly referring to external behavior.

Purity refers to the insides of the soul; not only to external behavior but also to the condition of the heart.

FOR FURTHER STUDY

Celebration of Discipline (1978) by Richard Foster

The Spirit of the Disciplines (1988) by Dallas Willard 

Visit https://DWillard.org for a wide variety of resources and opportunities that can serve as a means to help you “grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.”

Dallas Willard Ministries exists to proclaim, teach and manifest the love, truth and transforming power of Christ and the Kingdom of God. We invite you to partner with us by praying for our ministry team, praying for the students in the School of Kingdom Living, sharing your talents as a volunteer, or contributing financial gifts. Visit https://dwillard.org/donate if you’d like to help us increase the availability of Dallas’s teaching to help people become more like Jesus. 

WAYS TO CONNECT WITH US: 

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Simplicity, Frugality and Poverty

February 11, 1981

Rolling Hills Covenant Church

This is session #5 of an 11-part series called “The Disciple, the Disciplines and the Triumphant Life.” 

Tim, I’m working on recreating the handout. I think it’s just the list of session topics with the scriptures for study.

DEFINITIONS

Simplicity: A lack of disjointed complexity in intention and will.

Frugality: Consuming only what is necessary.

Poverty: Absence of resources.

Simplicity and frugality are commands of the scripture. Poverty is not.

FOR FURTHER STUDY

Celebration of Discipline (1978) by Richard Foster

The Spirit of the Disciplines (1988) by Dallas Willard 

Visit https://DWillard.org for a wide variety of resources and opportunities that can serve as a means to help you “grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.”

Dallas Willard Ministries exists to proclaim, teach and manifest the love, truth and transforming power of Christ and the Kingdom of God. We invite you to partner with us by praying for our ministry team, praying for the students in the School of Kingdom Living, sharing your talents as a volunteer, or contributing financial gifts. Visit https://dwillard.org/donate if you’d like to help us increase the availability of Dallas’s teaching to help people become more like Jesus. 

WAYS TO CONNECT WITH US: 

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Solitude and Silence and the Tongue

February 4, 1981

Rolling Hills Covenant Church

This is session #4 of an 11-part series called “The Disciple, the Disciplines and the Triumphant Life.” 

FOR FURTHER STUDY:

Celebration of Discipline (1978) by Richard Foster

John Wesley's Extract of The Christian's Pattern

The Spirit of the Disciplines (1988) by Dallas Willard 

Visit https://DWillard.org for a wide variety of resources and opportunities that can serve as a means to help you “grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.”

Dallas Willard Ministries exists to proclaim, teach and manifest the love, truth and transforming power of Christ and the Kingdom of God. We invite you to partner with us by praying for our ministry team, praying for the students in the School of Kingdom Living, sharing your talents as a volunteer, or contributing financial gifts. Visit https://dwillard.org/donate if you’d like to help us increase the availability of Dallas’s teaching to help people become more like Jesus. 

WAYS TO CONNECT WITH US: 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dallaswillard

Facebook Group: Dallas Willard is My Homeboy

Signup for the Dallas Willard Legacy Update at DWillard.org/mailing-list

Contact the team at Dallas Willard Ministries by writing us at [email protected].

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Fasting: The Paradigm of the Disciplines

January 28, 1981

Rolling Hills Covenant Church

This is session #3 of an 11-part series called “The Disciple, the Disciplines and the Triumphant Life.” 

FOR FURTHER STUDY:

Celebration of Discipline (1978) by Richard Foster

The Didache (There are many editions)

The Spirit of the Disciplines (1988) by Dallas Willard 

Visit https://DWillard.org for a wide variety of resources and opportunities that can serve as a means to help you “grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.”

Dallas Willard Ministries exists to proclaim, teach and manifest the love, truth and transforming power of Christ and the Kingdom of God. We invite you to partner with us by praying for our ministry team, praying for the students in the School of Kingdom Living, sharing your talents as a volunteer, or contributing financial gifts. Visit https://dwillard.org/donate if you’d like to help us increase the availability of Dallas’s teaching to help people become more like Jesus. 

WAYS TO CONNECT WITH US: 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dallaswillard

Facebook Group: Dallas Willard is My Homeboy

Signup for the Dallas Willard Legacy Update at DWillard.org/mailing-list

Contact the team at Dallas Willard Ministries by writing us at [email protected].

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Presentation of the Body through the Consecration of its “Members”

January 21, 1981

Rolling Hills Covenant Church

This is session #2 of “The Disciple, the Disciplines and the Triumphant Life.” 

DEFINITIONS:

The Disciple is a person for whom the most important thing in the world is to be a disciple of Christ. 

A discipline is a chosen activity wherein we learn to live by the power of God and in the character of God and by the grace of God.

The Triumphant Life is a life of holiness and spiritual power that manifests itself in likeness to Christ.

BOOKS:

Celebration of Discipline (1978) by Richard Foster

The Training of the Twelve (1928) by A.B. Bruce

The Spirit of the Disciplines (1988) by Dallas Willard 

Visit https://DWillard.org for a wide variety of resources and opportunities that can serve as a means to help you “grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.”

Dallas Willard Ministries exists to proclaim, teach and manifest the love, truth and transforming power of Christ and the Kingdom of God. We invite you to partner with us by praying for our ministry team, praying for the students in the School of Kingdom Living, sharing your talents as a volunteer, or contributing financial gifts. Visit https://dwillard.org/donate if you’d like to help us increase the availability of Dallas’s teaching to help people become more like Jesus. 

WAYS TO CONNECT WITH US: 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dallaswillard

Facebook Group: Dallas Willard is My Homeboy

Signup for the Dallas Willard Legacy Update at DWillard.org/mailing-list

Contact the team at Dallas Willard Ministries by writing us at [email protected].

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