The different parts of the automobile like the ignition switch, the various buttons, the steering wheel – the interfaces between the driver and the machine – is our spirit or heart.
DALLAS WILLARDOne of the hardest things in the world is to be right and not hurt other people with it.
More Dallas Willard Quotes
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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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The ultimate freedom we have as human beings is the power to select what we will allow or require our minds to dwell upon.
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You cannot trust Jesus in areas in which you don’t think him competent.
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Suppose we have a motor and our transmission doesn’t work or our clutch or whatever. Then our body, our motor, just takes us down the road. Or our brakes don’t work! We must have a coordination system.
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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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It’s very difficult to be right about something without hurting someone with it.
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Your mind will really talk to you when you begin to deny fulfillment to your desires, and you will find how subtle and shameless it is.
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We are built to live in the kingdom of God. It is our natural habitat.
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Prayer is talking with God about what we are doing together.
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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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One does not miss heaven by a hair, but by constant effort to avoid and escape God.
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Kingdom obedience is kingdom abundance.
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Solitude well practiced will break the power of busyness, haste, isolation, & loneliness.
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Business is a primary arrangement on God’s part for people to love one another and serve one another.
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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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