I’m practicing the discipline of not having to have the last word.
DALLAS WILLARDIt’s just stunning to watch churches struggle to get mission statements when there it is, the Great Commission, and they should simply do what it says.
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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We are built to live in the kingdom of God. It is our natural habitat.
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Of course, we do the righteous deed because of our redemption, not for our redemption.
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The will is transformed by experience, not information.
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When the will is enslaved to a desire, it will in turn enslave the mind.
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We have churches full of people who profess all kinds of stuff that they don’t believe. They think that by professing it they’re doing something good. Really, they’re just deluding themselves.
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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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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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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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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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The greatest challenge the church faces today is to be authentic disciples of Jesus.
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Understanding is the basis of care. What you would take care of you must first understand, whether it be a petunia or a nation.
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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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Grace is opposed to earning, but not to effort.
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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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