In one way or another, it is a common mistake to think transformation is all in the will. And it isn't! It's… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
The acid test for any theology is this: Is the God presented one that can be loved, heart, soul, mind, and strength?… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
And God has set up prayer in such a way that, if you want to explain it away, you can. That's the… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
The ultimate freedom we have as human beings is the power to select what we will allow or require our minds to… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
Theology is just what you really think about God, and if you're going to do that, you'd better use your mind and… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
What we think is, in the adult person, very much a matter of what we allow ourselves to think, and what we… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
If we are to use our minds rightly, we must live in an attitude of constant openness and learning. — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
The key, then, to loving God is to see Jesus, to hold him before the mind with as much fullness and clarity… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
Kingdom praying and its efficacy is entirely a matter of the innermost heart's being totally open and honest before God. It is… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
When the will is enslaved to a desire, it will in turn enslave the mind. — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
Your mind will really talk to you when you begin to deny fulfillment to your desires, and you will find how subtle… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
If we allow everything access to our mind, we are simply asking to be kept in a state of mental turmoil or… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
Today it is the skeptics who are the social conformists, though because of powerful intellectual propaganda they continue to enjoy thinking of themselves as… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
“While it is in one sense a result of God’s presence within us, the New Testament also describes a process involved in our “putting… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
"Spirituality" wrongly understood or pursued is a major source of human misery and rebellion against God. — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
“Sabbath is a way of life (Heb 4:3; 9-11). It is simply "casting all your anxiety on Him," to find that in actual fact… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
In many cases, our need to wonder about or be told what God wants in a certain situation is nothing short of a clear… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
Discipline, strictly speaking, is activity carried on to prepare us indirectly for some activity other than itself. We do not practice the piano to… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
“The Spirit makes Christ present to us and draws us toward his likeness. It is as we thus behold the “glory of the Lord”… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
We are unceasing spiritual beings with an eternal destiny in God's great universe. — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
We must understand that God does not "love" us without liking us - through gritted teeth - as "Christian" love is sometimes thought to… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
We know we can't be spiritually transformed by just focusing on the will. — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
To allow lust (or strong desires) to govern our life is to exalt our will over God's. — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
My central claim is that we become like Christ by doing one thing-by following Him in the overall style of life He chose for… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
