To allow lust (or strong desires) to govern our life is to exalt our will over God’s.
DALLAS WILLARDSolitude well practiced will break the power of busyness, haste, isolation, & loneliness.
More Dallas Willard Quotes
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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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Disciples are those who have been so ravished with Christ that others want to be like them.
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You really can’t justify anything else but giving your whole attention to spiritual formation in Christ.
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Play is the creation of value that is not necessary.
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The kingdom of God is the true ecology of the human soul.
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Make disciples. Surround them in the reality of the Trinity in a fellowship of disciples. Teach them to do everything Jesus says.
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In one way or another, it is a common mistake to think transformation is all in the will. And it isn’t! It’s in the mind – how we think, what occupies our minds, and so forth. It’s in our feelings. It’s in our body.
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Suppose we have a motor and our transmission doesn’t work or our clutch or whatever. Then our body, our motor, just takes us down the road. Or our brakes don’t work! We must have a coordination system.
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The aim of spiritual formation is not behavior modification but the transformation of all those aspects of you and me where behavior comes from…Circumcision of the heart.
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Keep eternity before the children.
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A disciple is a person who has decided that the most important thing in their life is to learn how to do what Jesus said to do.
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It’s very difficult to be right about something without hurting someone with it.
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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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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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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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