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My Top 5

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Book of James, Holy Bible

Celebration of Discipline, Richard J. Foster, Harper, San Francisco, CA. 1978.

The Life You've Always Wanted, John Ortberg, Zondervan, 1997.

So, You Want to be Like Christ?, Charles R. Swindoll, Thomas Nelson Publishing, Nashville, TN. 2005.

The Spirit of the Disciplines, Dallas Willard, Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1988.

These are my top 5 - what are yours? why?

In Search of Excellence

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in discussion What is Sanctification? / Excellence » In Search of Excellence

Tom Peters grew so tired of any discussions of Excellence (he felt that the word was overused and people did not understand the real definition that he and Robert Waterman used as a basis for their book) that for a number of years he actually removed it from his vocabulary - that is passion for your beliefs! Tom Peters is as energetic and passionate today as he was 25 years ago (excellence re-entered his vocabulary in 2006).

We worship a God who created us, loved us before we were born, allowed his only Son to die on the cross for our sins…

• are you at least as passionate about your Christian beliefs as Tom Peters is about excellence?
• Do you have a passion that drives you to seek out a closer relationship with God?
• Do you believe that you can achieve excellence in your faith walk?
• Discipline / consistent process was a hallmark of companies that measured up to the Peters/Waterman criteria - how committed are you to living a disciplined life?

Amazing Grace

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in discussion What is Sanctification? / Sanctifying Grace » Amazing Grace

My God is an amazing and limitless God. He has exceeded (from Creation forward) and continues to exceed expectations each and every day!

I am sure that I don't fully understand or respect the power of His grace on my life.

If He can perform the greatest of miracles in all our lives, why should we limit His capability to lead us to achieving perfection?

Nobody's Perfect

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in discussion What is Sanctification? / Godliness / Perfection » Nobody's Perfect

"All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" - Romans 3:23.

Is sin a permanent barrier to godliness or Christian perfection? If perfection is impractical or even impossible, is there really a need to pursue?

Excellence is Excellence

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in discussion What is Sanctification? / Excellence » Excellence is Excellence

I believe that Excellence is Excellence - whether it is in the secular world or in our Christian walk.

We sometimes hesitate in applying concepts or proven processes from our secular / business lives to our Christian life.
Do we feel that it is wrong to use them?
Do we somehow view our Christian lives & activities as different?
Do we think that the techniques used for process improvement are exclusive of our spiritual pursuits?