When we receive God’s gift of life by relying on Christ, we find that God comes to act with us as we rely on him in our actions.
DALLAS WILLARDMake disciples. Surround them in the reality of the Trinity in a fellowship of disciples. Teach them to do everything Jesus says.
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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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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The aim of spiritual formation is not behavior modification but the transformation of all those aspects of you and me where behavior comes from…Circumcision of the heart.
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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 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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My 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.
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We don’t have to be brilliant.
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Our failure to hear His voice when we want to is due to the fact that we do not in general want to hear it, that we want it only when we think we need it.
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Discipleship is the process of becoming who Jesus would be if he were you.
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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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Jesus is actually looking for people he can trust with his power.
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The effect of standing before God by welcoming him before us will be the transformation of our entire life.
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We are becoming who we will be-forever.
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Suppose our failures occur, not in spite of what we are doing, but precisely because of it.
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The first act of love is always the giving of attention.
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