We are unceasing spiritual beings with an eternal destiny in God’s great universe.
DALLAS WILLARDJesus is actually looking for people he can trust with his power.
More Dallas Willard Quotes
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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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A 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.
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We are becoming who we will be-forever.
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The kingdom of God is the true ecology of the human soul.
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When we are formed inwardly, outer issues do become much more manageable.
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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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Fasting confirms our utter dependence upon God by finding in Him a source of sustenance beyond food.
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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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Prayer is talking with God about what we are doing together.
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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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Feelings are good servants, but they are disastrous masters.
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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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God’s address is at the end of your rope.
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The people to whom we minister and speak will not recall 99 percent of what we say to them, but they will never forget the kind of persons we are.
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You really can’t justify anything else but giving your whole attention to spiritual formation in Christ.
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