You really can’t justify anything else but giving your whole attention to spiritual formation in Christ.
DALLAS WILLARDIf we are to use our minds rightly, we must live in an attitude of constant openness and learning.
More Dallas Willard Quotes
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Of course, we do the righteous deed because of our redemption, not for our redemption.
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The key, then, to loving God is to see Jesus, to hold him before the mind with as much fullness and clarity as possible. It is to adore him.
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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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The first act of love is always the giving of attention.
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The more we pray, the more we think to pray, and as we see the results of prayer-the responses of our Father to our requests-our confidence in God’s power spills over into other areas of our life.
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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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Obedience to Christ is the easy way, take my yoke.
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It’s very difficult to be right about something without hurting someone with it.
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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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When the will is enslaved to a desire, it will in turn enslave the mind.
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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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The idea of having faith in Jesus has come to be totally isolated from being his apprentice and learning how to do what he said.
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Kingdom obedience is kingdom abundance.
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Almost everything worth doing in human life is very difficult in its early stages and the good we are aiming at is never available at first, to strengthen us when we seem to need it most.
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Jesus is actually looking for people he can trust with his power.
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