We are unceasing spiritual beings with an eternal destiny in God’s great universe.
DALLAS WILLARDWe 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.
More Dallas Willard Quotes
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God does not ‘love’ us without liking us.
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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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Jesus is actually looking for people he can trust with his power.
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The first act of love is always the giving of attention.
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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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It’s very difficult to be right about something without hurting someone with it.
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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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I’m practicing the discipline of not having to have the last word.
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Two ways of thinking: Human kingdom and human cleverness or God’s kingdom and God’s cleverness.
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Play is the creation of value that is not necessary.
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A carefully cultivated heart will, assisted by the grace of God, foresee, forestall, or transform most of the painful situations before which others stand like helpless children saying “Why?
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Suppose our failures occur, not in spite of what we are doing, but precisely because of it.
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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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As we reach out to God, we get another source of strength.
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You cannot trust Jesus in areas in which you don’t think him competent.
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