Spiritual formation in Christ moves us toward a total interchange of our ideas and images for his.
DALLAS WILLARDThe greatest challenge the church faces today is to be authentic disciples of Jesus.
More Dallas Willard Quotes
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When we are formed inwardly, outer issues do become much more manageable.
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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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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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Suppose our failures occur, not in spite of what we are doing, but precisely because of it.
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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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We are becoming who we will be-forever.
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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.
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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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God does not ‘love’ us without liking us.
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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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Discipline, strictly speaking, is activity carried on to prepare us indirectly for some activity other than itself. We do not practice the piano to practice the piano well, but to play it well.
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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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As we mature in Christ, it is actually possible to outgrow fear.
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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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Play is the creation of value that is not necessary.
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