Suppose our failures occur, not in spite of what we are doing, but precisely because of it.
DALLAS WILLARDThere is no problem in human life that apprenticeship to Jesus cannot solve.
More Dallas Willard Quotes
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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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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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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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Solitude well practiced will break the power of busyness, haste, isolation, & loneliness.
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I’m practicing the discipline of not having to have the last word.
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The greatest challenge the church faces today is to be authentic disciples of Jesus.
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Grace is not just about forgiveness but about 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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Play is the creation of value that is not necessary.
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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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The idea of having faith in Jesus has come to be totally isolated from being his apprentice and learning how to do what he said.
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The more we pray, the more we think to pray, and as we see the results of prayer-the responses of our Father to our requests-our confidence in God’s power spills over into other areas of our life.
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Jesus is actually looking for people he can trust with his power.
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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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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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