Keep eternity before the children.
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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Grace is not opposed to effort; it’s opposed to earning.
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I’m practicing the discipline of not having to have the last word.
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Belief is when your whole being is set to act as if something is so.
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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.
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We’re not here to prove we’re right; we’re here to help people.
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As we mature in Christ, it is actually possible to outgrow fear.
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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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We are unceasing spiritual beings with an eternal destiny in God’s great universe.
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One does not miss heaven by a hair, but by constant effort to avoid and escape God.
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My central claim is that we can become like Christ by doing one thing — by following him in the overall style of life he chose for himself.
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Suppose we have a motor and our transmission doesn’t work or our clutch or whatever. Then our body, our motor, just takes us down the road. Or our brakes don’t work! We must have a coordination system.
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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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Make disciples. Surround them in the reality of the Trinity in a fellowship of disciples. Teach them to do everything Jesus says.
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God may not guide us in an obvious way because he wants us to make decisions based on faith and character.
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Even professing Christians, by and large, devote to their spiritual growth and well-being a tiny fraction of the time they devote to their body, and it is even tinier fraction if we include what they worry about.
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