The ultimate freedom we have as human beings is the power to select what we will allow or require our minds to dwell upon.
DALLAS WILLARDIf we do not make formation in Christ the priority, then we’re just going to keep on producing Christians that are indistinguishable in their character from many non-Christians.
More Dallas Willard Quotes
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God does not ‘love’ us without liking us.
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We are invited to make a pilgrimage – into the heart and life of God.
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A leader enables people to love and honor the role they play in the organization or group they are part of.
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Few people arise in the morning as hungry for God as they are for cornflakes or toast and eggs.
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The main thing God gets out of your life is not the achievements you accomplish. It’s the person you become.
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To depart from righteousness is to choose a life of crushing burdens, failures, and disappointments, a life caught in the toils of endless problems that are never resolved.
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We have churches full of people who profess all kinds of stuff that they don’t believe. They think that by professing it they’re doing something good. Really, they’re just deluding themselves.
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Grace is not just about forgiveness but about life.
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The Great Commission is still the mission statement of the Church.
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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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Relations between parents and children and siblings and mates. This is not external. We can’t separate them.
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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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Grace is opposed to earning, but not to effort.
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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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We are built to live in the kingdom of God. It is our natural habitat.
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