God may not guide us in an obvious way because he wants us to make decisions based on faith and character.
DALLAS WILLARDEvery church needs to be able to answer two questions. First, what is our plan for making disciples? And second, does our plan work?
More Dallas Willard Quotes
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Feelings are good servants, but they are disastrous masters.
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You can live opposite of what you profess, but you cannot live opposite of what you believe.
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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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The Great Commission is still the mission statement of the Church.
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We are becoming who we will be-forever.
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Most problems in contemporary churches can be explained by the fact that members have never decided to follow Christ.
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To allow lust (or strong desires) to govern our life is to exalt our will over God’s.
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If we do not make formation in Christ the priority, then we’re just going to keep on producing Christians that are indistinguishable in their character from many non-Christians.
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The kingdom of God is the true ecology of the human soul.
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It is the responsibility of every Christ-centred follower to carve out a satisfying life under the loving rule of God or else sin will start to look good.
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God’s aim in human history is the creation of an inclusive community of loving persons, with himself included as its primary sustainer and most glorious inhabitant.
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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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Fasting confirms our utter dependence upon God by finding in Him a source of sustenance beyond food.
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If we are to use our minds rightly, we must live in an attitude of constant openness and learning.
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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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