Of course, we do the righteous deed because of our redemption, not for our redemption.
DALLAS WILLARDThe sinner is not the one who uses a lot of grace. The saint burns grace like a 747 burns fuel on take off.
More Dallas Willard Quotes
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A carefully cultivated heart will, assisted by the grace of God, foresee, forestall, or transform most of the painful situations before which others stand like helpless children saying “Why?
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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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Our relations with others are not external. They enter into our very identity. And that’s why people struggle with them so.
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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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The kingdom of God is the true ecology of the human soul.
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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 main thing God gets out of your life is not the achievements you accomplish. It’s the person you become.
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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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Prayer is talking with God about what we are doing together.
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The hardest thing about leadership is the intimacy it requires.
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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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Find a person who has embraced anger, and you will find a person with a wounded ego.
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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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Spiritual formation in Christ moves us toward a total interchange of our ideas and images for his.
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Ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
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