Disciples are those who have been so ravished with Christ that others want to be like them.
DALLAS WILLARDGrace is opposed to earning, but not to effort.
More Dallas Willard Quotes
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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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One of the hardest things in the world is to be right and not hurt other people with it.
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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 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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What is reality? The answer Jesus gives to this question is: God and his kingdom. That is what you can count on and what you have to come to terms with.
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What a child does when not told what to do is the final indicator of what and who that child is.
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Feelings are good servants, but they are disastrous masters.
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When 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.
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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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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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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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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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The hardest thing about leadership is the intimacy it requires.
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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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