Fasting confirms our utter dependence upon God by finding in Him a source of sustenance beyond food.
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.
More Dallas Willard Quotes
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As we mature in Christ, it is actually possible to outgrow fear.
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God’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.
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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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At the center of care for the heart is the love of God. This must be the joyful aim of our 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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Theology 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.
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Understanding is the basis of care. What you would take care of you must first understand, whether it be a petunia or a nation.
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Belief is when your whole being is set to act as if something is so.
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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 will is transformed by experience, not information.
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Keep eternity before the children.
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Relations between parents and children and siblings and mates. This is not external. We can’t separate them.
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It’s just stunning to watch churches struggle to get mission statements when there it is, the Great Commission, and they should simply do what it says.
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The kingdom of God is the true ecology of the human soul.
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This life is not something that is imposed upon us; we receive it and work with it.
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Disciples are those who have been so ravished with Christ that others want to be like them.
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That’s the illusion – the idea that you can be all right on the inside and not act it out – and it has affected us in many ways. That’s a part of the idea that professing is enough.
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Sometimes we get caught up in trying to glorify God by praising what He can do and we lose sight of the practical point of what He actually does do.
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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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We know we can’t be spiritually transformed by just focusing on the will.
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We are unceasing spiritual beings with an eternal destiny in God’s great universe.
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The aim of spiritual formation is not behavior modification but the transformation of all those aspects of you and me where behavior comes from…Circumcision of the heart.
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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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The Great Commission is still the mission statement of the Church.
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The ultimate freedom we have as human beings is the power to select what we will allow or require our minds to dwell upon.
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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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