When the will is enslaved to a desire, it will in turn enslave the mind.
DALLAS WILLARDMy central claim is that we can become like Christ by doing one thing — by following him in the overall style of life he chose for himself.
More Dallas Willard Quotes
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The will is transformed by experience, not information.
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The greatest challenge the church faces today is to be authentic disciples of Jesus.
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Most problems in contemporary churches can be explained by the fact that members have never decided to follow Christ.
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It would be strange if we came to shun the genuine simply because it resembled the counterfeit.
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Knowing the ‘right answers’ does not mean we believe them. To believe them means to act as though they’re true.
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Grace is not just about forgiveness but about life.
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You cannot trust Jesus in areas in which you don’t think him competent.
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Spiritual transformation into Christ-likeness in not going to happen unless we act. What transforms us is the will to obey Jesus Christ.
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In one way or another, it is a common mistake to think transformation is all in the will. And it isn’t! It’s in the mind – how we think, what occupies our minds, and so forth. It’s in our feelings. It’s in our body.
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Grace is opposed to earning, but not to effort.
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Even professing Christians, by and large, devote to their spiritual growth and well-being a tiny fraction of the time they devote to their body, and it is even tinier fraction if we include what they worry about.
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A carefully cultivated heart will, assisted by the grace of God, foresee, forestall, or transform most of the painful situations before which others stand like helpless children saying “Why?
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If we are to use our minds rightly, we must live in an attitude of constant openness and learning.
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It is the responsibility of every Christ-centred follower to carve out a satisfying life under the loving rule of God or else sin will start to look good.
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Grace is not opposed to effort; it’s opposed to earning.
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