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.
DALLAS WILLARDGod does not ‘love’ us without liking us.
More Dallas Willard Quotes
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The greatest challenge the church faces today is to be authentic disciples of Jesus.
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Ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
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You cannot trust Jesus in areas in which you don’t think him competent.
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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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Suppose 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.
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We’re not here to prove we’re right; we’re here to help people.
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We know we can’t be spiritually transformed by just focusing on the will.
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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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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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The effect of standing before God by welcoming him before us will be the transformation of our entire life.
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Two ways of thinking: Human kingdom and human cleverness or God’s kingdom and God’s cleverness.
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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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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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Prayer is talking with God about what we are doing together.
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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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