A disciple is a person who has decided that the most important thing in their life is to learn how to do what Jesus said to do.
DALLAS WILLARDJesus is actually looking for people he can trust with his power.
More Dallas Willard Quotes
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Suppose our failures occur, not in spite of what we are doing, but precisely because of it.
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We’re not here to prove we’re right; we’re here to help people.
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Bodily pleasure is not in itself a bad thing. But when it is exalted to a necessity and we become dependent upon it, then we are slaves of our body and its feelings. Only misery lies ahead.
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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 aim of spiritual formation is not behavior modification but the transformation of all those aspects of you and me where behavior comes from…Circumcision of the heart.
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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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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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Play is the creation of value that is not necessary.
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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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“Spirituality” wrongly understood or pursued is a major source of human misery and rebellion against God.
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Understanding is the basis of care. What you would take care of you must first understand, whether it be a petunia or a nation.
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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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We cannot handle injustice by finding more ways to impose what is in fact “right” on people. It has to come from the inside. And that’s where the church should be working.
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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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Fasting confirms our utter dependence upon God by finding in Him a source of sustenance beyond food.
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