We know we can’t be spiritually transformed by just focusing on the will.
DALLAS WILLARDA carefully cultivated heart will, assisted by the grace of God, foresee, forestall, or transform most of the painful situations before which others stand like helpless children saying “Why?
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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When the light comes into a room, we do not have to say, “Now what are we going to do about the darkness?” It’s gone!
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Grace is opposed to earning, but not to effort.
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Most problems in contemporary churches can be explained by the fact that members have never decided to follow Christ.
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Discipline, strictly speaking, is activity carried on to prepare us indirectly for some activity other than itself. We do not practice the piano to practice the piano well, but to play it well.
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When we are formed inwardly, outer issues do become much more manageable.
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Grace is not just about forgiveness but about life.
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That’s the illusion – the idea that you can be all right on the inside and not act it out – and it has affected us in many ways. That’s a part of the idea that professing is enough.
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When the will is enslaved to a desire, it will in turn enslave the mind.
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The ultimate freedom we have as human beings is the power to select what we will allow or require our minds to dwell upon.
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The Great Commission is still the mission statement of the Church.
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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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We are becoming who we will be-forever.
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The will is transformed by experience, not information.
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A carefully cultivated heart will, assisted by the grace of God, foresee, forestall, or transform most of the painful situations before which others stand like helpless children saying “Why?
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