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The hardest thing about leadership is the intimacy it requires.

Dallas Willard

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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
Intimacy
Hardest
Requires
Leadership
Thing

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Fasting confirms our utter dependence upon God by finding in Him a source of sustenance beyond food.
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When we pass through what we call death, we do not loose the world. Indeed, we see it for the first time as it really is.
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Kingdom praying and its efficacy is entirely a matter of the innermost heart's being totally open and honest before God. It is a matter of what we are saying with our whole being, moving with resolute intent and clarity of mind into the flow of God's action.
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Theology is just what you really think about God, and if you're going to do that, you'd better use your mind and not just let it be a receptacle - a catch-all for whatever beliefs happen to be passing by.
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