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.
DALLAS WILLARDGrace is opposed to earning, but not to effort.
More Dallas Willard Quotes
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Ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
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The kingdom of God is the true ecology of the human soul.
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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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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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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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It’s very difficult to be right about something without hurting someone with it.
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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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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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Play is the creation of value that is not necessary.
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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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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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In one way or another, it is a common mistake to think transformation is all in the will. And it isn’t! It’s in the mind – how we think, what occupies our minds, and so forth. It’s in our feelings. It’s in our body.
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Prayer is talking with God about what we are doing together.
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Business is a primary arrangement on God’s part for people to love one another and serve one another.
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As we mature in Christ, it is actually possible to outgrow fear.
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