When we pass through what we call death, we do not loose the world. Indeed, we see it for the first time as it really is.
DALLAS WILLARDHuman beings are at their core defined by what they worship rather than primarily by what they think, know, or believe. That is bound up with the central Augustinian claim that we are what we love.
More Dallas Willard Quotes
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If we allow everything access to our mind, we are simply asking to be kept in a state of mental turmoil or bondage. For nothing enters the mind without having an effect for good or evil.
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Play is the creation of value that is not necessary.
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The idea of having faith in Jesus has come to be totally isolated from being his apprentice and learning how to do what he said.
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Prayer is talking with God about what we are doing together.
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Theology is a part of our lives. It’s unavoidable. A thoughtless theology guides our lives with just as much force as a thoughtful and informed one.
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The will is transformed by experience, not information.
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God’s address is at the end of your rope.
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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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Relations between parents and children and siblings and mates. This is not external. We can’t separate them.
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The main thing God gets out of your life is not the achievements you accomplish. It’s the person you become.
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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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Ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
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We are built to live in the kingdom of God. It is our natural habitat.
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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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Fasting confirms our utter dependence upon God by finding in Him a source of sustenance beyond food.
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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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There is no problem in human life that apprenticeship to Jesus cannot solve.
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Jesus is actually looking for people he can trust with his power.
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Your mind will really talk to you when you begin to deny fulfillment to your desires, and you will find how subtle and shameless it is.
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We know we can’t be spiritually transformed by just focusing on the will.
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Discipleship is the process of becoming who Jesus would be if he were you.
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A leader enables people to love and honor the role they play in the organization or group they are part of.
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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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There is no avoiding the fact that we live at the mercy of our ideas This is never more true than with our ideas about God.
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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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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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