Find a person who has embraced anger, and you will find a person with a wounded ego.
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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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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The transformation of the social world is at its heart the transformation of personal relations. That’s the key to transforming society in the larger arena.
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It would be strange if we came to shun the genuine simply because it resembled the counterfeit.
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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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Jesus is actually looking for people he can trust with his power.
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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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Solitude well practiced will break the power of busyness, haste, isolation, & loneliness.
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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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When the light comes into a room, we do not have to say, “Now what are we going to do about the darkness?” It’s gone!
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We know we can’t be spiritually transformed by just focusing on the will.
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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 main thing God gets out of your life is not the achievements you accomplish. It’s the person you become.
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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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The kingdom of God is the true ecology of the human soul.
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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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