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Solitude well practiced will break the power of busyness, haste, isolation, & loneliness.

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Dallas Willard
Age: 77 †
Born: 1935
Born: September 4
Died: 2013
Died: May 8
Non-Fiction Writer
Philosopher
Translator
Buffalo
Missouri
Dallas Albert Willard
Power
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Busyness
Well
Practiced
Haste
Isolation
Loneliness
Solitude
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Spiritual formation cannot, in the nature of the case, be a 'private' thing, because it is a matter of whole-life transformation. You need to seek out others in your community who are pursuing the renovation of the heart.
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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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Feelings are good servants, but they are disastrous masters.
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Hearing God is about the very specific issue of what it means to live with guidance in our life.
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