Discipline, strictly speaking, is activity carried on to prepare us indirectly for some activity other than itself. We do not practice the piano to practice the piano well, but to play it well.
DALLAS WILLARDYour 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.
More Dallas Willard Quotes
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Play is the creation of value that is not necessary.
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The greatest challenge the church faces today is to be authentic disciples of Jesus.
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You cannot trust Jesus in areas in which you don’t think him competent.
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We are becoming who we will be-forever.
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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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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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When the will is enslaved to a desire, it will in turn enslave the mind.
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Human beings are at their core defined by what they worship rather than primarily by what they think, know, or believe. That is bound up with the central Augustinian claim that we are what we love.
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Grace is not opposed to effort; it’s opposed to earning.
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The idea of having faith in Jesus has come to be totally isolated from being his apprentice and learning how to do what he said.
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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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Fasting confirms our utter dependence upon God by finding in Him a source of sustenance beyond food.
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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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Suppose our failures occur, not in spite of what we are doing, but precisely because of it.
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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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