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.
DALLAS WILLARDGod does not ‘love’ us without liking us.
More Dallas Willard Quotes
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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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To allow lust (or strong desires) to govern our life is to exalt our will over God’s.
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We know we can’t be spiritually transformed by just focusing on the will.
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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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Spiritual transformation into Christ-likeness in not going to happen unless we act. What transforms us is the will to obey Jesus Christ.
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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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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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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 first act of love is always the giving of attention.
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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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It’s very difficult to be right about something without hurting someone with it.
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It would be strange if we came to shun the genuine simply because it resembled the counterfeit.
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We are built to live in the kingdom of God. It is our natural habitat.
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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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When we are formed inwardly, outer issues do become much more manageable.
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