We know we can’t be spiritually transformed by just focusing on the will.
DALLAS WILLARDWe’re not here to prove we’re right; we’re here to help people.
More Dallas Willard Quotes
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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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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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This life is not something that is imposed upon us; we receive it and work with it.
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The most important thing in your life is not what you do; it’s who you become. That’s what you will take into eternity.
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Of course, we do the righteous deed because of our redemption, not for our redemption.
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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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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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Ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
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The ultimate freedom we have as human beings is the power to select what we will allow or require our minds to dwell upon.
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What is thinking? It is the activity of searching out what must be true, or cannot be true, in the light of the given facts or assumptions.
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A leader enables people to love and honor the role they play in the organization or group they are part of.
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Our relations with others are not external. They enter into our very identity. And that’s why people struggle with them so.
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Play is the creation of value that is not necessary.
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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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Most problems in contemporary churches can be explained by the fact that members have never decided to follow Christ.
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