Sunday, January 23, 2005

More quotes for today

Quotes from Dallas Willard in Renovation of the Heart

There are no formulas in the spiritual life because it is a life that does not run on its own. It runs in interaction with God. (112)

Wanting God to be God is very different from wanting God to help me. (58)

One does not miss heaven by a hair, but by contant effort to avoid and escape God (59)

Lost persons...are precisely those who mistake their own persons for God (56)

We live from our heart (13)

Watch over your heart with all diligence, for from it flow the springs of live--Proverbs 4:23 (13)

Anyone who thinks God only blesses what is "right" has a very narrow experience and probably does not really understand what God has done for them. (240)

A fundamental mistake of the conservative side of churches in America today, and much of the Western church is.....it creates groups of people who may be ready to die, but are clearly not ready to live (238-9)

Sleep is a good first use of solitude and silence. It is also a good indicator of how thoroughly we trust in God. (175)

If we use our minds rightly, we live in a state of constant openness and learning. (110)



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