Prayer is talking with God about what we are doing together.
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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The greatest challenge the church faces today is to be authentic disciples of Jesus.
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It’s very difficult to be right about something without hurting someone with it.
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God may not guide us in an obvious way because he wants us to make decisions based on faith and character.
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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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The Great Commission is still the mission statement of the Church.
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When we are formed inwardly, outer issues do become much more manageable.
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Feelings are good servants, but they are disastrous masters.
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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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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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Every church needs to be able to answer two questions. First, what is our plan for making disciples? And second, does our plan work?
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Bodily pleasure is not in itself a bad thing. But when it is exalted to a necessity and we become dependent upon it, then we are slaves of our body and its feelings. Only misery lies ahead.
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Kingdom obedience is kingdom abundance.
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My central claim is that we can become like Christ by doing one thing — by following him in the overall style of life he chose for himself.
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The kingdom of God is the true ecology of the human soul.
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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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