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.
DALLAS WILLARDKnowing the ‘right answers’ does not mean we believe them. To believe them means to act as though they’re true.
More Dallas Willard Quotes
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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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The people to whom we minister and speak will not recall 99 percent of what we say to them, but they will never forget the kind of persons we are.
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The kingdom of God is the true ecology of the human soul.
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There is no avoiding the fact that we live at the mercy of our ideas This is never more true than with our ideas about God.
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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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If we are to use our minds rightly, we must live in an attitude of constant openness and learning.
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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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One does not miss heaven by a hair, but by constant effort to avoid and escape God.
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When we pass through what we call death, we do not loose the world. Indeed, we see it for the first time as it really is.
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As we mature in Christ, it is actually possible to outgrow fear.
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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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Fasting confirms our utter dependence upon God by finding in Him a source of sustenance beyond food.
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Belief is when your whole being is set to act as if something is so.
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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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Obedience to Christ is the easy way, take my yoke.
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