Grace is opposed to earning, but not to effort.
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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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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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.
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You cannot trust Jesus in areas in which you don’t think him competent.
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Belief is when your whole being is set to act as if something is so.
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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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We are becoming who we will be-forever.
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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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The most important thing in your life is not what you do; it’s who you become. That’s what you will take into eternity.
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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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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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Two ways of thinking: Human kingdom and human cleverness or God’s kingdom and God’s cleverness.
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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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When we are formed inwardly, outer issues do become much more manageable.
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Few people arise in the morning as hungry for God as they are for cornflakes or toast and eggs.
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Feelings are good servants, but they are disastrous masters.
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