To allow lust (or strong desires) to govern our life is to exalt our will over God’s.
DALLAS WILLARDSpiritual people are not those who engage in certain spiritual practices; they are those who draw their life from a conversational relationship with God.
More Dallas Willard Quotes
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The more we pray, the more we think to pray, and as we see the results of prayer-the responses of our Father to our requests-our confidence in God’s power spills over into other areas of our life.
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Discipline, strictly speaking, is activity carried on to prepare us indirectly for some activity other than itself. We do not practice the piano to practice the piano well, but to play it well.
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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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As we mature in Christ, it is actually possible to outgrow fear.
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Kingdom obedience is kingdom abundance.
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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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If we are to use our minds rightly, we must live in an attitude of constant openness and learning.
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Business is a primary arrangement on God’s part for people to love one another and serve one another.
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Suppose our failures occur, not in spite of what we are doing, but precisely because of it.
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We’re not here to prove we’re right; we’re here to help people.
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The first act of love is always the giving of attention.
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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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Solitude well practiced will break the power of busyness, haste, isolation, & loneliness.
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The idea of having faith in Jesus has come to be totally isolated from being his apprentice and learning how to do what he said.
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You really can’t justify anything else but giving your whole attention to spiritual formation in Christ.
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