Most problems in contemporary churches can be explained by the fact that members have never decided to follow Christ.
DALLAS WILLARDWhen 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.
More Dallas Willard Quotes
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You cannot trust Jesus in areas in which you don’t think him competent.
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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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God’s aim in human history is the creation of an inclusive community of loving persons, with himself included as its primary sustainer and most glorious inhabitant.
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That’s the illusion – the idea that you can be all right on the inside and not act it out – and it has affected us in many ways. That’s a part of the idea that professing is enough.
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Jesus is actually looking for people he can trust with his power.
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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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I’m practicing the discipline of not having to have the last word.
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Knowing the ‘right answers’ does not mean we believe them. To believe them means to act as though they’re true.
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Grace is not opposed to effort, it is opposed to earning. Earning is an attitude. Effort is an action. Grace, you know, does not just have to do with forgiveness of sins alone.
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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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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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Feelings are good servants, but they are disastrous masters.
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In one way or another, it is a common mistake to think transformation is all in the will. And it isn’t! It’s in the mind – how we think, what occupies our minds, and so forth. It’s in our feelings. It’s in our body.
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The first act of love is always the giving of attention.
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The greatest challenge the church faces today is to be authentic disciples of Jesus.
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