Of course, we do the righteous deed because of our redemption, not for our redemption.
DALLAS WILLARDThe most important thing in your life is not what you do; it’s who you become. That’s what you will take into eternity.
More Dallas Willard Quotes
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Every church needs to be able to answer two questions. First, what is our plan for making disciples? And second, does our plan work?
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Almost everything worth doing in human life is very difficult in its early stages and the good we are aiming at is never available at first, to strengthen us when we seem to need it most.
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Jesus is actually looking for people he can trust with his power.
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We have churches full of people who profess all kinds of stuff that they don’t believe. They think that by professing it they’re doing something good. Really, they’re just deluding themselves.
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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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Make disciples. Surround them in the reality of the Trinity in a fellowship of disciples. Teach them to do everything Jesus says.
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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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We are invited to make a pilgrimage – into the heart and life of God.
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Grace is not opposed to effort, it is opposed to earning. Earning is an attitude. Effort is an action. Grace, you know, does not just have to do with forgiveness of sins alone.
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We are becoming who we will be-forever.
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Fasting confirms our utter dependence upon God by finding in Him a source of sustenance beyond food.
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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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The first act of love is always the giving of attention.
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It’s very difficult to be right about something without hurting someone with it.
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The truly powerful ideas are precisely the ones that never have to justify themselves.
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