This life is not something that is imposed upon us; we receive it and work with it.
DALLAS WILLARDWe’re not here to prove we’re right; we’re here to help people.
More Dallas Willard Quotes
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We don’t believe something by merely saying we believe it, or even when we believe that we believe it. We believe something when we act as if it were 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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One of the hardest things in the world is to be right and not hurt other people with it.
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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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Belief is when your whole being is set to act as if something is so.
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It’s just stunning to watch churches struggle to get mission statements when there it is, the Great Commission, and they should simply do what it says.
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Obedience to Christ is the easy way, take my yoke.
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The first act of love is always the giving of attention.
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Spiritual transformation into Christ-likeness in not going to happen unless we act. What transforms us is the will to obey Jesus Christ.
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As we reach out to God, we get another source of strength.
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We are unceasing spiritual beings with an eternal destiny in God’s great universe.
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The aim of spiritual formation is not behavior modification but the transformation of all those aspects of you and me where behavior comes from…Circumcision of the heart.
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Play is the creation of value that is not necessary.
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It is the responsibility of every Christ-centred follower to carve out a satisfying life under the loving rule of God or else sin will start to look good.
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You cannot trust Jesus in areas in which you don’t think him competent.
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