Most problems in contemporary churches can be explained by the fact that members have never decided to follow Christ.
DALLAS WILLARDOur 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.
More Dallas Willard Quotes
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The transformation of the social world is at its heart the transformation of personal relations. That’s the key to transforming society in the larger arena.
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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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What a child does when not told what to do is the final indicator of what and who that child is.
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We are invited to make a pilgrimage – into the heart and life of God.
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If 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.
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Solitude well practiced will break the power of busyness, haste, isolation, & loneliness.
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In Spiritual formation we are aiming at a character and life that is so shaped that the deeds of Christ routinely and easily come from what is inside.
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God’s address is at the end of your rope.
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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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There is no avoiding the fact that we live at the mercy of our ideas This is never more true than with our ideas about God.
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Jesus is actually looking for people he can trust with his power.
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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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I’m practicing the discipline of not having to have the last word.
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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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To allow lust (or strong desires) to govern our life is to exalt our will over God’s.
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