One does not miss heaven by a hair, but by constant effort to avoid and escape God.
DALLAS WILLARDSuppose we have a motor and our transmission doesn’t work or our clutch or whatever. Then our body, our motor, just takes us down the road. Or our brakes don’t work! We must have a coordination system.
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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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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Suppose our failures occur, not in spite of what we are doing, but precisely because of it.
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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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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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Grace is not opposed to effort; it’s opposed to earning.
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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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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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Knowing the ‘right answers’ does not mean we believe them. To believe them means to act as though they’re true.
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We know we can’t be spiritually transformed by just focusing on the will.
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The different parts of the automobile like the ignition switch, the various buttons, the steering wheel – the interfaces between the driver and the machine – is our spirit or heart.
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Everyone gets a spiritual formation. It’s like education. Everyone gets an education; it’s just a matter of which one you get.
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We are built to live in the kingdom of God. It is our natural habitat.
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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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Solitude well practiced will break the power of busyness, haste, isolation, & loneliness.
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