Spiritual formation for the Christian basically refers to the Spirit-driven process of forming the inner world of the human self in such a way that it becomes like the inner being of Christ himself.
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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The most important thing in your life is not what you do; it’s who you become. That’s what you will take into eternity.
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The more we pray, the more we think to pray, and as we see the results of prayer-the responses of our Father to our requests-our confidence in God’s power spills over into other areas of our life.
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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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Belief is when your whole being is set to act as if something is so.
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Disciples are those who have been so ravished with Christ that others want to be like them.
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Grace is not opposed to effort; it’s opposed to earning.
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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.
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Everyone gets a spiritual formation. It’s like education. Everyone gets an education; it’s just a matter of which one you get.
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When we are formed inwardly, outer issues do become much more manageable.
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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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The will is transformed by experience, not information.
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We are built to live in the kingdom of God. It is our natural habitat.
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The union Christ had with the Father was the greatest that we can conceive of in this life-if indeed we can conceive of it.
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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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The hardest thing about leadership is the intimacy it requires.
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