To allow lust (or strong desires) to govern our life is to exalt our will over God’s.
DALLAS WILLARDWe 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.
More Dallas Willard Quotes
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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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One of the hardest things in the world is to be right and not hurt other people with it.
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When the light comes into a room, we do not have to say, “Now what are we going to do about the darkness?” It’s gone!
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Prayer is talking with God about what we are doing together.
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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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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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The effect of standing before God by welcoming him before us will be the transformation of our entire life.
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The truly powerful ideas are precisely the ones that never have to justify themselves.
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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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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.
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A disciple is a person who has decided that the most important thing in their life is to learn how to do what Jesus said to do.
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Knowing the ‘right answers’ does not mean we believe them. To believe them means to act as though they’re true.
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You cannot trust Jesus in areas in which you don’t think him competent.
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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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We know we can’t be spiritually transformed by just focusing on the will.
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