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.
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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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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There is no avoiding the fact that we live at the mercy of our ideas This is never more true than with our ideas about God.
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Spiritual people are not those who engage in certain spiritual practices; they are those who draw their life from a conversational relationship with God.
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The Great Commission is still the mission statement of the Church.
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God does not ‘love’ us without liking us.
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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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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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Solitude well practiced will break the power of busyness, haste, isolation, & loneliness.
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If we are to use our minds rightly, we must live in an attitude of constant openness and learning.
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Theology is a part of our lives. It’s unavoidable. A thoughtless theology guides our lives with just as much force as a thoughtful and informed one.
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When we receive God’s gift of life by relying on Christ, we find that God comes to act with us as we rely on him in our actions.
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Discipleship is the process of becoming who Jesus would be if he were you.
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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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It would be strange if we came to shun the genuine simply because it resembled the counterfeit.
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Jesus is actually looking for people he can trust with his power.
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