That’s the illusion – the idea that you can be all right on the inside and not act it out – and it has affected us in many ways. That’s a part of the idea that professing is enough.
DALLAS WILLARDFew people arise in the morning as hungry for God as they are for cornflakes or toast and eggs.
More Dallas Willard Quotes
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Two ways of thinking: Human kingdom and human cleverness or God’s kingdom and God’s cleverness.
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In solitude we find psychic distance, the perspective from which we can see, in the light of eternity, the created things that trap, worry, and oppress us.
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As we reach out to God, we get another source of strength.
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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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We are unceasing spiritual beings with an eternal destiny in God’s great universe.
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Obedience to Christ is the easy way, take my yoke.
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You cannot trust Jesus in areas in which you don’t think him competent.
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Ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
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This life is not something that is imposed upon us; we receive it and work with it.
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As we mature in Christ, it is actually possible to outgrow fear.
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Spiritual formation in Christ moves us toward a total interchange of our ideas and images for his.
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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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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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The different parts of the automobile like the ignition switch, the various buttons, the steering wheel – the interfaces between the driver and the machine – is our spirit or heart.
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