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In Spiritual formation we are aiming at a character and life that is so shaped that the deeds of Christ routinely and easily come from what is inside.
Dallas Willard
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Dallas Willard
Age: 77 †
Born: 1935
Born: September 4
Died: 2013
Died: May 8
Non-Fiction Writer
Philosopher
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Buffalo
Missouri
Dallas Albert Willard
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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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The spirit is the part that is supposed to consciously direct everything in the person, including the soul.
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Of course, we do the righteous deed because of our redemption, not for our redemption.
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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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You can no more trust Jesus and not intend to obey him than you could trust your doctor and your auto mechanic and not intend to follow their advice. If you don't intend to follow their advice, you simply don't trust them. Period.
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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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When the will is enslaved to a desire, it will in turn enslave the mind.
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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.
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We see that the soul is the deepest and the most vital part of the person as a whole. It is often treated as the person, and we actually do this when we talk about saving our soul.
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Our relations with others are not external. They enter into our very identity. And that's why people struggle with them so.
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When we think of taking Christ into the workplace or keeping Christ in the home, we are making our faith into a set of special acts. The specialness of such acts just underscores the point - that being a Christian, being Christ's isn't thought of as a normal part of life.
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If you don't have a teacher you can't have a disciple.
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Spiritual formation in Christ moves us toward a total interchange of our ideas and images for his.
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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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Fasting confirms our utter dependence upon God by finding in Him a source of sustenance beyond food.
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What a child does when not told what to do is the final indicator of what and who that child is.
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