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.
DALLAS WILLARDDisciples are those who have been so ravished with Christ that others want to be like them.
More Dallas Willard Quotes
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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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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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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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We are invited to make a pilgrimage – into the heart and life of 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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Spiritual formation in Christ moves us toward a total interchange of our ideas and images for his.
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We are becoming who we will be-forever.
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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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We are built to live in the kingdom of God. It is our natural habitat.
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We know we can’t be spiritually transformed by just focusing on the will.
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You can live opposite of what you profess, but you cannot live opposite of what you believe.
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Jesus is actually looking for people he can trust with his power.
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The hardest thing about leadership is the intimacy it requires.
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What is reality? The answer Jesus gives to this question is: God and his kingdom. That is what you can count on and what you have to come to terms with.
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The transformation of the social world is at its heart the transformation of personal relations. That’s the key to transforming society in the larger arena.
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