The ultimate freedom we have as human beings is the power to select what we will allow or require our minds to dwell upon. Dallas Willard More Quotes by Dallas Willard More Quotes From Dallas Willard The most important thing in your life is not what you do; it's who you become. That's what you will take into eternity. Dallas Willard eternity important life-is We don't believe something by merely saying we believe it, or even when we believe that we believe it. We believe something when we act as if it were true. Dallas Willard dont-believe ifs believe The greatest issue facing the world today, with all its heartbreaking needs, is whether those who, by profession or culture, are identified as ‘Christians’ will become disciples – students, apprentices, practitioners – of Jesus Christ, steadily learning from him how to live the life of the Kingdom of the Heavens into every corner of human existence. Dallas Willard live-life christian jesus Ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life. Dallas Willard hurrying Discipleship is the process of becoming who Jesus would be if he were you. Dallas Willard becoming would-be jesus When [Satan] undertook to draw Eve away from God, he did not hit her with a stick, but with an idea. It was with an idea that God could not be trusted and that she must act on her own to secure her own well-being. Dallas Willard satan sticks ideas One of the hardest things in the world is to be right and not hurt other people with it. Dallas Willard hurt people world Consumer Christianity is now normative. The consumer Christian is one who utilizes the grace of God for forgiveness and the services of the church for special occasions, but does not give his or her life and innermost thoughts, feelings, and intentions over to the kingdom of the heavens. Such Christians are not inwardly transformed and not committed to it. Dallas Willard christian giving heaven 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. Dallas Willard important life-is jesus Every church needs to be able to answer two questions. First, what is our plan for making disciples? And second, does our plan work? Dallas Willard able church two A disciple is a learner, a student, an apprentice – a practitioner… Disciples of Jesus are people who do not just profess certain views as their own but apply their growing understanding of life in the Kingdom of the Heavens to every aspect of their life on earth. Dallas Willard views people jesus The main thing God gets out of your life is not the achievements you accomplish. It's the person you become. Dallas Willard accomplish achievement life-is What Paul is clearly saying is that if anyone is worthy of being saved, they will be saved. At that point many Christians get very anxious, saying that absolutely no one is worthy of being saved. The implication of that is that a person can be almost totally good, but miss the message about Jesus, and be sent to hell. What kind of a God would do that? I am not going to stand in the way of anyone whom God wants to save. I am not going to say 'he can't save them.' I am happy for God to save anyone he wants in any way he can. It is possible for someone who does not know Jesus to be saved. Dallas Willard religious christian god We're not here to prove we're right; we're here to help people. Dallas Willard prove helping people Feelings are good servants, but they are disastrous masters. Dallas Willard servant masters feelings Spiritual people are not those who engage in certain spiritual practices; they are those who draw their life from a conversational relationship with God. Dallas Willard practice spiritual people Solitude well practiced will break the power of busyness, haste, isolation, & loneliness. Dallas Willard haste solitude loneliness You can live opposite of what you profess, but you cannot live opposite of what you believe. Dallas Willard inspirational life believe Few people arise in the morning as hungry for God as they are for cornflakes or toast and eggs. Dallas Willard god food morning Jesus, Willard says, “does not call us to do what he did, but to be as he was, permeated with love. Then the doing of what he did and said becomes the natural expression of who we are in him. Dallas Willard expression doe jesus
