Of course, we do the righteous deed because of our redemption, not for our redemption.
DALLAS WILLARDWhen we are formed inwardly, outer issues do become much more manageable.
More Dallas Willard Quotes
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Obedience to Christ is the easy way, take my yoke.
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The kingdom of God is the true ecology of the human soul.
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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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What is thinking? It is the activity of searching out what must be true, or cannot be true, in the light of the given facts or assumptions.
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Spiritual formation in Christ moves us toward a total interchange of our ideas and images for his.
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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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Our failure to hear His voice when we want to is due to the fact that we do not in general want to hear it, that we want it only when we think we need it.
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Prayer is talking with God about what we are doing together.
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That’s the illusion – the idea that you can be all right on the inside and not act it out – and it has affected us in many ways. That’s a part of the idea that professing is enough.
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Jesus is actually looking for people he can trust with his power.
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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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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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Grace is not opposed to effort, it is opposed to earning. Earning is an attitude. Effort is an action. Grace, you know, does not just have to do with forgiveness of sins alone.
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We are built to live in the kingdom of God. It is our natural habitat.
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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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