In Spiritual formation we are aiming at a character and life that is so shaped that the deeds of Christ routinely and easily come from what is inside.
DALLAS WILLARDWhen 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!
More Dallas Willard Quotes
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God does not ‘love’ us without liking us.
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My central claim is that we can become like Christ by doing one thing — by following him in the overall style of life he chose for himself.
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The union Christ had with the Father was the greatest that we can conceive of in this life-if indeed we can conceive of it.
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The hardest thing about leadership is the intimacy it requires.
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Spiritual formation for the Christian basically refers to the Spirit-driven process of forming the inner world of the human self in such a way that it becomes like the inner being of Christ himself.
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We 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.
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“Spirituality” wrongly understood or pursued is a major source of human misery and rebellion against God.
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As we mature in Christ, it is actually possible to outgrow fear.
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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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Our failure to hear His voice when we want to is due to the fact that we do not in general want to hear it, that we want it only when we think we need it.
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As we reach out to God, we get another source of strength.
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Discipline, strictly speaking, is activity carried on to prepare us indirectly for some activity other than itself. We do not practice the piano to practice the piano well, but to play it well.
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Solitude well practiced will break the power of busyness, haste, isolation, & loneliness.
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We are unceasing spiritual beings with an eternal destiny in God’s great universe.
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Prayer is talking with God about what we are doing together.
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It’s very difficult to be right about something without hurting someone with it.
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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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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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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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Grace is opposed to earning, but not to effort.
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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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Business is a primary arrangement on God’s part for people to love one another and serve one another.
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Keep eternity before the children.
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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.
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We don’t have to be brilliant.
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At the center of care for the heart is the love of God. This must be the joyful aim of our life.
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