There is no problem in human life that apprenticeship to Jesus cannot solve.
DALLAS WILLARDOur 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.
More Dallas Willard Quotes
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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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If we allow everything access to our mind, we are simply asking to be kept in a state of mental turmoil or bondage. For nothing enters the mind without having an effect for good or evil.
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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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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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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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Play is the creation of value that is not necessary.
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When the will is enslaved to a desire, it will in turn enslave the mind.
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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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Prayer is talking with God about what we are doing together.
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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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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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In solitude we find psychic distance, the perspective from which we can see, in the light of eternity, the created things that trap, worry, and oppress us.
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As Augustine say clearly, God being God offends human pride. If God is running the universe and has first claim on our lives, guess who isn’t running the universe and does not get to have things as they please.
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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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