Grace is not opposed to effort, it is opposed to earning. Earning is an attitude. Effort is an action. Grace, you know, does not just have to do with forgiveness of sins alone.
DALLAS WILLARDWe are invited to make a pilgrimage – into the heart and life of God.
More Dallas Willard Quotes
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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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“Spirituality” wrongly understood or pursued is a major source of human misery and rebellion against God.
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The key, then, to loving God is to see Jesus, to hold him before the mind with as much fullness and clarity as possible. It is to adore him.
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We cannot handle injustice by finding more ways to impose what is in fact “right” on people. It has to come from the inside. And that’s where the church should be working.
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We’re not here to prove we’re right; we’re here to help people.
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God does not ‘love’ us without liking us.
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Of course, we do the righteous deed because of our redemption, not for our redemption.
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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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The most important thing in your life is not what you do; it’s who you become. That’s what you will take into eternity.
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The Great Commission is still the mission statement of the Church.
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Spiritual transformation into Christ-likeness in not going to happen unless we act. What transforms us is the will to obey Jesus Christ.
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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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The transformation of the social world is at its heart the transformation of personal relations. That’s the key to transforming society in the larger arena.
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Keep eternity before the children.
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Feelings are good servants, but they are disastrous masters.
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