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.
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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My central claim is that we can become like Christ by doing one thing — by following him in the overall style of life he chose for himself.
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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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Grace is not opposed to effort; it’s opposed to earning.
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You cannot trust Jesus in areas in which you don’t think him competent.
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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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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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Everyone gets a spiritual formation. It’s like education. Everyone gets an education; it’s just a matter of which one you get.
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When we receive God’s gift of life by relying on Christ, we find that God comes to act with us as we rely on him in our actions.
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Theology is a part of our lives. It’s unavoidable. A thoughtless theology guides our lives with just as much force as a thoughtful and informed one.
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There is no problem in human life that apprenticeship to Jesus cannot solve.
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Keep eternity before the children.
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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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Most problems in contemporary churches can be explained by the fact that members have never decided to follow Christ.
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The Great Commission is still the mission statement of the Church.
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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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Prayer is talking with God about what we are doing together.
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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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The hardest thing about leadership is the intimacy it requires.
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In solitude we find psychic distance, the perspective from which we can see, in the light of eternity, the created things that trap, worry, and oppress us.
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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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We don’t believe something by merely saying we believe it, or even when we believe that we believe it. We believe something when we act as if it were true.
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Understanding is the basis of care. What you would take care of you must first understand, whether it be a petunia or a nation.
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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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Feelings are good servants, but they are disastrous masters.
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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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The first act of love is always the giving of attention.
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