The open secret of many Bible believing Churches is that a vanishingly small percentage of those talking about prayer and Bible reading are actually doing what they are talking about.
DALLAS WILLARDWe’re not here to prove we’re right; we’re here to help people.
More Dallas Willard Quotes
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God’s address is at the end of your rope.
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You really can’t justify anything else but giving your whole attention to spiritual formation in Christ.
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It’s very difficult to be right about something without hurting someone with it.
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A carefully cultivated heart will, assisted by the grace of God, foresee, forestall, or transform most of the painful situations before which others stand like helpless children saying “Why?
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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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Suppose our failures occur, not in spite of what we are doing, but precisely because of it.
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Keep eternity before the children.
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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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To allow lust (or strong desires) to govern our life is to exalt our will over God’s.
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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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If we are to use our minds rightly, we must live in an attitude of constant openness and learning.
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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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We are invited to make a pilgrimage – into the heart and life of God.
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The Great Commission is still the mission statement of the Church.
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Every church needs to be able to answer two questions. First, what is our plan for making disciples? And second, does our plan work?
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