The hardest thing about leadership is the intimacy it requires.
DALLAS WILLARDHuman beings are at their core defined by what they worship rather than primarily by what they think, know, or believe. That is bound up with the central Augustinian claim that we are what we love.
More Dallas Willard Quotes
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God’s address is at the end of your rope.
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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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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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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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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.
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This life is not something that is imposed upon us; we receive it and work with it.
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Find a person who has embraced anger, and you will find a person with a wounded ego.
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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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I’m practicing the discipline of not having to have the last word.
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As we reach out to God, we get another source of strength.
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We’re not here to prove we’re right; we’re here to help people.
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The open secret of many Bible believing Churches is that a vanishingly small percentage of those talking about prayer and Bible reading are actually doing what they are talking about.
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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 are formed inwardly, outer issues do become much more manageable.
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