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.
DALLAS WILLARDAs we reach out to God, we get another source of strength.
More Dallas Willard Quotes
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If we do not make formation in Christ the priority, then we’re just going to keep on producing Christians that are indistinguishable in their character from many non-Christians.
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A leader enables people to love and honor the role they play in the organization or group they are part of.
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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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Every church needs to be able to answer two questions. First, what is our plan for making disciples? And second, does our plan work?
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Grace is not opposed to effort; it’s opposed to earning.
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Ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
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It’s very difficult to be right about something without hurting someone with it.
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The truly powerful ideas are precisely the ones that never have to justify themselves.
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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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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.
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We cannot handle injustice by finding more ways to impose what is in fact “right” on people. It has to come from the inside. And that’s where the church should be working.
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It is the responsibility of every Christ-centred follower to carve out a satisfying life under the loving rule of God or else sin will start to look good.
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Our relations with others are not external. They enter into our very identity. And that’s why people struggle with them so.
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God may not guide us in an obvious way because he wants us to make decisions based on faith and character.
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The will is transformed by experience, not information.
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