Human 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.
DALLAS WILLARDThe 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.
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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The hardest thing about leadership is the intimacy it requires.
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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 are unceasing spiritual beings with an eternal destiny in God’s great universe.
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Play is the creation of value that is not necessary.
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Belief is when your whole being is set to act as if something is so.
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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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If we are to use our minds rightly, we must live in an attitude of constant openness and learning.
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The first act of love is always the giving of attention.
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It would be strange if we came to shun the genuine simply because it resembled the counterfeit.
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God’s address is at the end of your rope.
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Keep eternity before the children.
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The sinner is not the one who uses a lot of grace. The saint burns grace like a 747 burns fuel on take off.
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Ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
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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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