Of course, we do the righteous deed because of our redemption, not for our redemption.
DALLAS WILLARDWhat a child does when not told what to do is the final indicator of what and who that child is.
More Dallas Willard Quotes
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Find a person who has embraced anger, and you will find a person with a wounded ego.
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Discipleship is the process of becoming who Jesus would be if he were you.
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Knowing the ‘right answers’ does not mean we believe them. To believe them means to act as though they’re true.
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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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Grace is not opposed to effort, it is opposed to earning. Earning is an attitude. Effort is an action. Grace, you know, does not just have to do with forgiveness of sins alone.
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We are built to live in the kingdom of God. It is our natural habitat.
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There is no problem in human life that apprenticeship to Jesus cannot solve.
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Discipline, strictly speaking, is activity carried on to prepare us indirectly for some activity other than itself. We do not practice the piano to practice the piano well, but to play it well.
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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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When we receive God’s gift of life by relying on Christ, we find that God comes to act with us as we rely on him in our actions.
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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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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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A carefully cultivated heart will, assisted by the grace of God, foresee, forestall, or transform most of the painful situations before which others stand like helpless children saying “Why?
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When we are formed inwardly, outer issues do become much more manageable.
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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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