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.
DALLAS WILLARDAs we reach out to God, we get another source of strength.
More Dallas Willard Quotes
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This life is not something that is imposed upon us; we receive it and work with it.
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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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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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Bodily pleasure is not in itself a bad thing. But when it is exalted to a necessity and we become dependent upon it, then we are slaves of our body and its feelings. Only misery lies ahead.
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“Spirituality” wrongly understood or pursued is a major source of human misery and rebellion against God.
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God does not ‘love’ us without liking us.
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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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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 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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Make disciples. Surround them in the reality of the Trinity in a fellowship of disciples. Teach them to do everything Jesus says.
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When we pass through what we call death, we do not loose the world. Indeed, we see it for the first time as it really is.
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Grace is not just about forgiveness but about life.
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Spiritual transformation into Christ-likeness in not going to happen unless we act. What transforms us is the will to obey Jesus Christ.
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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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