In Spiritual formation we are aiming at a character and life that is so shaped that the deeds of Christ routinely and easily come from what is inside.
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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You cannot trust Jesus in areas in which you don’t think him competent.
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Our relations with others are not external. They enter into our very identity. And that’s why people struggle with them so.
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Of course, we do the righteous deed because of our redemption, not for our redemption.
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When the will is enslaved to a desire, it will in turn enslave the mind.
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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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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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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.
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We don’t have to be brilliant.
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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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It’s just stunning to watch churches struggle to get mission statements when there it is, the Great Commission, and they should simply do what it says.
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Grace is not opposed to effort, it is opposed to earning. Earning is an attitude. Effort is an action. Grace, you know, does not just have to do with forgiveness of sins alone.
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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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We live in a culture that has, for centuries now, cultivated the idea that the skeptical person is always smarter than one who believes. You can almost be as stupid as a cabbage as long as you doubt.
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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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We are becoming who we will be-forever.
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