We are invited to make a pilgrimage – into the heart and life of God.
DALLAS WILLARDWhen we are formed inwardly, outer issues do become much more manageable.
More Dallas Willard Quotes
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Of course, we do the righteous deed because of our redemption, not for our redemption.
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God’s address is at the end of your rope.
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When we pass through what we call death, we do not loose the world. Indeed, we see it for the first time as it really is.
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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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Grace is not opposed to effort, it is opposed to earning. Earning is an attitude. Effort is an action. Grace, you know, does not just have to do with forgiveness of sins alone.
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A leader enables people to love and honor the role they play in the organization or group they are part of.
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One of the hardest things in the world is to be right and not hurt other people with it.
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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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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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Prayer is talking with God about what we are doing together.
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We cannot handle injustice by finding more ways to impose what is in fact “right” on people. It has to come from the inside. And that’s where the church should be working.
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If we do not make formation in Christ the priority, then we’re just going to keep on producing Christians that are indistinguishable in their character from many non-Christians.
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In Spiritual formation we are aiming at a character and life that is so shaped that the deeds of Christ routinely and easily come from what is inside.
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The people to whom we minister and speak will not recall 99 percent of what we say to them, but they will never forget the kind of persons we are.
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The different parts of the automobile like the ignition switch, the various buttons, the steering wheel – the interfaces between the driver and the machine – is our spirit or heart.
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