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.
DALLAS WILLARDMost problems in contemporary churches can be explained by the fact that members have never decided to follow Christ.
More Dallas Willard Quotes
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Feelings are good servants, but they are disastrous masters.
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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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God’s aim in human history is the creation of an inclusive community of loving persons, with himself included as its primary sustainer and most glorious inhabitant.
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If we do not make formation in Christ the priority, then we’re just going to keep on producing Christians that are indistinguishable in their character from many non-Christians.
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The different parts of the automobile like the ignition switch, the various buttons, the steering wheel – the interfaces between the driver and the machine – is our spirit or heart.
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This life is not something that is imposed upon us; we receive it and work with it.
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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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The first act of love is always the giving of attention.
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Of course, we do the righteous deed because of our redemption, not for our redemption.
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When we are formed inwardly, outer issues do become much more manageable.
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The 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.
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At the center of care for the heart is the love of God. This must be the joyful aim of our life.
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Keep eternity before the children.
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One of the hardest things in the world is to be right and not hurt other people with it.
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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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