The truly powerful ideas are precisely the ones that never have to justify themselves.
DALLAS WILLARDUnderstanding is the basis of care. What you would take care of you must first understand, whether it be a petunia or a nation.
More Dallas Willard Quotes
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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.
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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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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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Grace is not opposed to effort; it’s opposed to earning.
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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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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 have churches full of people who profess all kinds of stuff that they don’t believe. They think that by professing it they’re doing something good. Really, they’re just deluding themselves.
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We’re not here to prove we’re right; we’re here to help people.
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Play is the creation of value that is not necessary.
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Business is a primary arrangement on God’s part for people to love one another and serve one another.
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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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Spiritual formation in Christ moves us toward a total interchange of our ideas and images for his.
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Prayer is talking with God about what we are doing together.
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The open secret of many Bible believing Churches is that a vanishingly small percentage of those talking about prayer and Bible reading are actually doing what they are talking about.
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