The ultimate freedom we have as human beings is the power to select what we will allow or require our minds to dwell upon.
DALLAS WILLARDTheology is a part of our lives. It’s unavoidable. A thoughtless theology guides our lives with just as much force as a thoughtful and informed one.
More Dallas Willard Quotes
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The first act of love is always the giving of attention.
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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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One of the hardest things in the world is to be right and not hurt other people with it.
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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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The sinner is not the one who uses a lot of grace. The saint burns grace like a 747 burns fuel on take off.
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We’re not here to prove we’re right; we’re here to help people.
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Solitude well practiced will break the power of busyness, haste, isolation, & loneliness.
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Knowing the ‘right answers’ does not mean we believe them. To believe them means to act as though they’re true.
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In one way or another, it is a common mistake to think transformation is all in the will. And it isn’t! It’s in the mind – how we think, what occupies our minds, and so forth. It’s in our feelings. It’s in our body.
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As we reach out to God, we get another source of strength.
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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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The more we pray, the more we think to pray, and as we see the results of prayer-the responses of our Father to our requests-our confidence in God’s power spills over into other areas of our life.
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The idea of having faith in Jesus has come to be totally isolated from being his apprentice and learning how to do what he said.
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Ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
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The most important thing in your life is not what you do; it’s who you become. That’s what you will take into eternity.
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