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.
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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Keep eternity before the children.
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Jesus is actually looking for people he can trust with his power.
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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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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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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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It would be strange if we came to shun the genuine simply because it resembled the counterfeit.
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The hardest thing about leadership is the intimacy it requires.
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We live in a culture that has, for centuries now, cultivated the idea that the skeptical person is always smarter than one who believes. You can almost be as stupid as a cabbage as long as you doubt.
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Sometimes we get caught up in trying to glorify God by praising what He can do and we lose sight of the practical point of what He actually does do.
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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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Relations between parents and children and siblings and mates. This is not external. We can’t separate them.
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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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You can live opposite of what you profess, but you cannot live opposite of what you believe.
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Understanding is the basis of care. What you would take care of you must first understand, whether it be a petunia or a nation.
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I’m practicing the discipline of not having to have the last word.
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