What is thinking? It is the activity of searching out what must be true, or cannot be true, in the light of the given facts or assumptions.
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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Jesus is actually looking for people he can trust with his power.
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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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If we are to use our minds rightly, we must live in an attitude of constant openness and learning.
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The open secret of many Bible believing Churches is that a vanishingly small percentage of those talking about prayer and Bible reading are actually doing what they are talking about.
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Ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
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Everyone gets a spiritual formation. It’s like education. Everyone gets an education; it’s just a matter of which one you get.
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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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God’s address is at the end of your rope.
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You really can’t justify anything else but giving your whole attention to spiritual formation in Christ.
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When we are formed inwardly, outer issues do become much more manageable.
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As we mature in Christ, it is actually possible to outgrow fear.
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Spiritual people are not those who engage in certain spiritual practices; they are those who draw their life from a conversational relationship with God.
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As Augustine say clearly, God being God offends human pride. If God is running the universe and has first claim on our lives, guess who isn’t running the universe and does not get to have things as they please.
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When the will is enslaved to a desire, it will in turn enslave the mind.
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The main thing God gets out of your life is not the achievements you accomplish. It’s the person you become.
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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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Play is the creation of value that is not necessary.
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As we reach out to God, we get another source of strength.
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Understanding is the basis of care. What you would take care of you must first understand, whether it be a petunia or a nation.
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Spiritual formation for the Christian basically refers to the Spirit-driven process of forming the inner world of the human self in such a way that it becomes like the inner being of Christ himself.
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Bodily pleasure is not in itself a bad thing. But when it is exalted to a necessity and we become dependent upon it, then we are slaves of our body and its feelings. Only misery lies ahead.
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The kingdom of God is the true ecology of the human soul.
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We don’t have to be brilliant.
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The 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.
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It’s very difficult to be right about something without hurting someone with it.
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In solitude we find psychic distance, the perspective from which we can see, in the light of eternity, the created things that trap, worry, and oppress us.
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