Jesus is actually looking for people he can trust with his power.
DALLAS WILLARDThat’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.
More Dallas Willard Quotes
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When we are formed inwardly, outer issues do become much more manageable.
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As we mature in Christ, it is actually possible to outgrow fear.
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The sinner is not the one who uses a lot of grace. The saint burns grace like a 747 burns fuel on take off.
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We are becoming who we will be-forever.
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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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What a child does when not told what to do is the final indicator of what and who that child is.
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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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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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You cannot trust Jesus in areas in which you don’t think him competent.
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Ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
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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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Almost everything worth doing in human life is very difficult in its early stages and the good we are aiming at is never available at first, to strengthen us when we seem to need it most.
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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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Spiritual formation in Christ moves us toward a total interchange of our ideas and images for his.
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We are built to live in the kingdom of God. It is our natural habitat.
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God may not guide us in an obvious way because he wants us to make decisions based on faith and character.
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We are invited to make a pilgrimage – into the heart and life of God.
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Kingdom obedience is kingdom abundance.
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Of course, we do the righteous deed because of our redemption, not for our redemption.
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Feelings are good servants, but they are disastrous masters.
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Grace is not just about forgiveness but about life.
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Human 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.
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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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In one way or another, it is a common mistake to think transformation is all in the will. And it isn’t! It’s in the mind – how we think, what occupies our minds, and so forth. It’s in our feelings. It’s in our body.
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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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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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