Belief is when your whole being is set to act as if something is so.
DALLAS WILLARDYou can live opposite of what you profess, but you cannot live opposite of what you believe.
More Dallas Willard Quotes
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Discipleship is the process of becoming who Jesus would be if he were you.
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The Great Commission is still the mission statement of the Church.
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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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Your mind will really talk to you when you begin to deny fulfillment to your desires, and you will find how subtle and shameless it is.
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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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When the will is enslaved to a desire, it will in turn enslave the mind.
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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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“Spirituality” wrongly understood or pursued is a major source of human misery and rebellion against God.
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As Augustine say clearly, God being God offends human pride. If God is running the universe and has first claim on our lives, guess who isn’t running the universe and does not get to have things as they please.
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God’s address is at the end of your rope.
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Grace is not opposed to effort; it’s opposed to earning.
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At the center of care for the heart is the love of God. This must be the joyful aim of our life.
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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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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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The will is transformed by experience, not information.
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