Sometimes we get caught up in trying to glorify God by praising what He can do and we lose sight of the practical point of what He actually does do.
DALLAS WILLARDThe 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.
More Dallas Willard Quotes
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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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It’s very difficult to be right about something without hurting someone with it.
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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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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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At the center of care for the heart is the love of God. This must be the joyful aim of our life.
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I’m practicing the discipline of not having to have the last word.
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What is reality? The answer Jesus gives to this question is: God and his kingdom. That is what you can count on and what you have to come to terms with.
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God does not ‘love’ us without liking us.
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Grace is not just about forgiveness but about life.
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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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We are invited to make a pilgrimage – into the heart and life of God.
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It’s just stunning to watch churches struggle to get mission statements when there it is, the Great Commission, and they should simply do what it says.
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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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The Great Commission is still the mission statement of the Church.
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We are built to live in the kingdom of God. It is our natural habitat.
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