The union Christ had with the Father was the greatest that we can conceive of in this life-if indeed we can conceive of it.
DALLAS WILLARDOne of the hardest things in the world is to be right and not hurt other people with it.
More Dallas Willard Quotes
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We don’t have to be brilliant.
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Bodily pleasure is not in itself a bad thing. But when it is exalted to a necessity and we become dependent upon it, then we are slaves of our body and its feelings. Only misery lies ahead.
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The most important thing in your life is not what you do; it’s who you become. That’s what you will take into eternity.
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That’s the illusion – the idea that you can be all right on the inside and not act it out – and it has affected us in many ways. That’s a part of the idea that professing is enough.
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You can live opposite of what you profess, but you cannot live opposite of what you believe.
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As we mature in Christ, it is actually possible to outgrow fear.
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Human beings are at their core defined by what they worship rather than primarily by what they think, know, or believe. That is bound up with the central Augustinian claim that we are what we love.
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Our relations with others are not external. They enter into our very identity. And that’s why people struggle with them so.
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Fasting confirms our utter dependence upon God by finding in Him a source of sustenance beyond food.
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Play is the creation of value that is not necessary.
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Our failure to hear His voice when we want to is due to the fact that we do not in general want to hear it, that we want it only when we think we need it.
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Make disciples. Surround them in the reality of the Trinity in a fellowship of disciples. Teach them to do everything Jesus says.
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Two ways of thinking: Human kingdom and human cleverness or God’s kingdom and God’s cleverness.
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God’s address is at the end of your rope.
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The sinner is not the one who uses a lot of grace. The saint burns grace like a 747 burns fuel on take off.
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