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.
DALLAS WILLARDWhen we receive God’s gift of life by relying on Christ, we find that God comes to act with us as we rely on him in our actions.
More Dallas Willard Quotes
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Keep eternity before the children.
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The Great Commission is still the mission statement of the Church.
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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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Relations between parents and children and siblings and mates. This is not external. We can’t separate them.
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Grace is not just about forgiveness but about life.
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When 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!
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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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Knowing the ‘right answers’ does not mean we believe them. To believe them means to act as though they’re true.
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We are unceasing spiritual beings with an eternal destiny in God’s great universe.
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When the will is enslaved to a desire, it will in turn enslave the mind.
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Ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
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The main thing God gets out of your life is not the achievements you accomplish. It’s the person you become.
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Solitude well practiced will break the power of busyness, haste, isolation, & loneliness.
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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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