Discipleship is the process of becoming who Jesus would be if he were you.
DALLAS WILLARDIf we do not make formation in Christ the priority, then we’re just going to keep on producing Christians that are indistinguishable in their character from many non-Christians.
More Dallas Willard Quotes
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We are becoming who we will be-forever.
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Grace is opposed to earning, but not to effort.
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When the will is enslaved to a desire, it will in turn enslave the mind.
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We’re not here to prove we’re right; we’re here to help people.
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We cannot handle injustice by finding more ways to impose what is in fact “right” on people. It has to come from the inside. And that’s where the church should be working.
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The people to whom we minister and speak will not recall 99 percent of what we say to them, but they will never forget the kind of persons we are.
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The will is transformed by experience, not information.
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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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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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Few people arise in the morning as hungry for God as they are for cornflakes or toast and eggs.
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One does not miss heaven by a hair, but by constant effort to avoid and escape God.
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If we do not make formation in Christ the priority, then we’re just going to keep on producing Christians that are indistinguishable in their character from many non-Christians.
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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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The effect of standing before God by welcoming him before us will be the transformation of our entire life.
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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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