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.
DALLAS WILLARDJesus is actually looking for people he can trust with his power.
More Dallas Willard Quotes
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Solitude well practiced will break the power of busyness, haste, isolation, & loneliness.
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Grace is not just about forgiveness but about life.
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God’s address is at the end of your rope.
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You can live opposite of what you profess, but you cannot live opposite of what you believe.
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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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Obedience to Christ is the easy way, take my yoke.
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A leader enables people to love and honor the role they play in the organization or group they are part of.
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What a child does when not told what to do is the final indicator of what and who that child is.
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Most problems in contemporary churches can be explained by the fact that members have never decided to follow Christ.
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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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We have churches full of people who profess all kinds of stuff that they don’t believe. They think that by professing it they’re doing something good. Really, they’re just deluding themselves.
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Few people arise in the morning as hungry for God as they are for cornflakes or toast and eggs.
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We live in a culture that has, for centuries now, cultivated the idea that the skeptical person is always smarter than one who believes. You can almost be as stupid as a cabbage as long as you doubt.
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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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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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