This life is not something that is imposed upon us; we receive it and work with it.
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Anand Thakur
This life is not something that is imposed upon us; we receive it and work with it.
DALLAS WILLARDIf 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.
DALLAS WILLARDSometimes we get caught up in trying to glorify God by praising what He can do and we lose sight of the practical point of what He actually does do.
DALLAS WILLARDEveryone gets a spiritual formation. It’s like education. Everyone gets an education; it’s just a matter of which one you get.
DALLAS WILLARDThe ultimate freedom we have as human beings is the power to select what we will allow or require our minds to dwell upon.
DALLAS WILLARDGrace is not opposed to effort; it’s opposed to earning.
DALLAS WILLARDSuppose our failures occur, not in spite of what we are doing, but precisely because of it.
DALLAS WILLARDMy central claim is that we can become like Christ by doing one thing — by following him in the overall style of life he chose for himself.
DALLAS WILLARDIf 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.
DALLAS WILLARDThat’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.
DALLAS WILLARDThe main thing God gets out of your life is not the achievements you accomplish. It’s the person you become.
DALLAS WILLARDWhat a child does when not told what to do is the final indicator of what and who that child is.
DALLAS WILLARDThe people to whom we minister and speak will not recall 99 percent of what we say to them, but they will never forget the kind of persons we are.
DALLAS WILLARDObedience to Christ is the easy way, take my yoke.
DALLAS WILLARDKingdom obedience is kingdom abundance.
DALLAS WILLARDIt is the responsibility of every Christ-centred follower to carve out a satisfying life under the loving rule of God or else sin will start to look good.
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