To allow lust (or strong desires) to govern our life is to exalt our will over God’s.
DALLAS WILLARDRelations between parents and children and siblings and mates. This is not external. We can’t separate them.
More Dallas Willard Quotes
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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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You cannot trust Jesus in areas in which you don’t think him competent.
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As we reach out to God, we get another source of strength.
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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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We don’t have to be brilliant.
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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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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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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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Two ways of thinking: Human kingdom and human cleverness or God’s kingdom and God’s cleverness.
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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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It’s very difficult to be right about something without hurting someone with it.
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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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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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Keep eternity before the children.
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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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