In Spiritual formation we are aiming at a character and life that is so shaped that the deeds of Christ routinely and easily come from what is inside.
DALLAS WILLARDThe 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.
More Dallas Willard Quotes
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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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One does not miss heaven by a hair, but by constant effort to avoid and escape God.
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The effect of standing before God by welcoming him before us will be the transformation of our entire life.
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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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The sinner is not the one who uses a lot of grace. The saint burns grace like a 747 burns fuel on take off.
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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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Spiritual formation for the Christian basically refers to the Spirit-driven process of forming the inner world of the human self in such a way that it becomes like the inner being of Christ himself.
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Grace is not opposed to effort; it’s opposed to earning.
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As we mature in Christ, it is actually possible to outgrow fear.
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Discipleship is the process of becoming who Jesus would be if he were you.
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Grace is opposed to earning, but not to effort.
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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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Find a person who has embraced anger, and you will find a person with a wounded ego.
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As Augustine say clearly, God being God offends human pride. If God is running the universe and has first claim on our lives, guess who isn’t running the universe and does not get to have things as they please.
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It’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.
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