Suppose we have a motor and our transmission doesn’t work or our clutch or whatever. Then our body, our motor, just takes us down the road. Or our brakes don’t work! We must have a coordination system.
DALLAS WILLARDDisciples are those who have been so ravished with Christ that others want to be like them.
More Dallas Willard Quotes
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The hardest thing about leadership is the intimacy it requires.
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We live in a culture that has, for centuries now, cultivated the idea that the skeptical person is always smarter than one who believes. You can almost be as stupid as a cabbage as long as you doubt.
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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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The ultimate freedom we have as human beings is the power to select what we will allow or require our minds to dwell upon.
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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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Fasting confirms our utter dependence upon God by finding in Him a source of sustenance beyond food.
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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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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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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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If we allow everything access to our mind, we are simply asking to be kept in a state of mental turmoil or bondage. For nothing enters the mind without having an effect for good or evil.
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When we are formed inwardly, outer issues do become much more manageable.
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The key, then, to loving God is to see Jesus, to hold him before the mind with as much fullness and clarity as possible. It is to adore him.
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Jesus is actually looking for people he can trust with his power.
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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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Every church needs to be able to answer two questions. First, what is our plan for making disciples? And second, does our plan work?
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