You can live opposite of what you profess, but you cannot live opposite of what you believe.
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Anand Thakur
You can live opposite of what you profess, but you cannot live opposite of what you believe.
DALLAS WILLARDGod’s aim in human history is the creation of an inclusive community of loving persons, with himself included as its primary sustainer and most glorious inhabitant.
DALLAS WILLARDMost problems in contemporary churches can be explained by the fact that members have never decided to follow Christ.
DALLAS WILLARDThis life is not something that is imposed upon us; we receive it and work with it.
DALLAS WILLARDFeelings are good servants, but they are disastrous masters.
DALLAS WILLARDThe main thing God gets out of your life is not the achievements you accomplish. It’s the person you become.
DALLAS WILLARDWe 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.
DALLAS WILLARDWhen 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.
DALLAS WILLARDTo allow lust (or strong desires) to govern our life is to exalt our will over God’s.
DALLAS WILLARDBodily pleasure is not in itself a bad thing. But when it is exalted to a necessity and we become dependent upon it, then we are slaves of our body and its feelings. Only misery lies ahead.
DALLAS WILLARDA disciple is a person who has decided that the most important thing in their life is to learn how to do what Jesus said to do.
DALLAS WILLARDBelief is when your whole being is set to act as if something is so.
DALLAS WILLARDKingdom obedience is kingdom abundance.
DALLAS WILLARDThe greatest challenge the church faces today is to be authentic disciples of Jesus.
DALLAS WILLARDThe first act of love is always the giving of attention.
DALLAS WILLARDYou cannot trust Jesus in areas in which you don’t think him competent.
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