How Our Hearts and Lives are Broken and the Promise of Healing

Session #1 of Healing the Heart and Life by Walking with Jesus Christ Daily

Valley Vineyard Christian Fellowship, Reseda, CA

September 23, 2003

This is the first of six studies in how patient apprenticeship to Jesus leads us into the fullness of life for which God made us. Dallas presents how our hearts and lives are broken alongside the promise of healing. There are things that will change us and heal us, but healing is active, not passive, and there are things we need to do.

Presentation Slides: https://dwillard.s3.amazonaws.com/Healing-the-Heart-and-Life-1.pdf

The song Dallas said he’d like to sing every night of the series is “Change Me on the Inside” by Brian Doerksen.

For further study:

Renovation of the Heart: https://dwillard.org/resources/books/renovation-of-the-heart

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Church Activities Organized around Character Development – Really!

Kern Family Foundation Pastors Conference

Theme: Character Formation

July 6-7, 2010

This is the final session of a 4-part series on character formation. Reflecting back on the Great Commission and implementing the VIM model, Dallas coaches us in the ways we can realign our church activities around the vision, intention, and means of character formation in Christian community. Dallas offers advice to his audience of young pastors that is important for all of us in looking at how we approach our job, our ministry, our work (which is different from our job or ministry) and our own life.

Download the diagrams and definitions used in this session here: https://dwillard.s3.amazonaws.com/Kern-Character-Conference-4.pdf

For Further Study:

“Techniques Without Transformation” – James Bryan Smith, Christianity Today, 2022.

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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Realism about Character Transformation

– ‘Spiritual Formation’ and the ‘VIM’ Structure: Vision/Intention/Means.
Session 3 of this 4-part series is a high-level overview of how Christian character
formation works. Much of this material can be found in Dallas’s book, Renovation of the
Heart. This includes a study of how the human person is put together and a review of
the VIM strategy for growth.
Download the diagrams and definitions used in this session here:
https://dwillard.s3.amazonaws.com/Kern-Character-Conference-3.pdf
For Further Study:
1. Renovation of the Heart, by Dallas Willard.
2. “How Do We Assess Spiritual Growth?” – Willard, Leadership magazine, 2010.
3. “Measuring Matters of the Heart: Spiritual Formation in the Age of Accountability" –
Willard, International Forum on Christian Higher Education, 2006.

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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