Dallas Willard Quotes

Our deepest joy comes from Christ: remaining with him, walking with him, being his disciples.

If we are Christians, we must look like Christ - this is my deep conviction.

He that would be conformed to Christ's image, and become a Christ-like man, must be constantly studying Christ Himself.

Being a Christian is more than just an instantaneous conversion - it is a daily process whereby you grow to be more and more like Christ.

A religious awakening which does not awaken the sleeper to love has roused him in vain.

We try to do everything that we can to make Christ the center of attention. Our goal is to kind of broaden the definition of worship. I know that God has always used us as a forefront for people to draw closer to Him and get into His presence.

Allow God to be as creative with you as He is with each of us.

To be a Christian is not only to believe the teaching of Christ, and to practice it; it is not only to try to follow the pattern and example of Christ; it is to be so vitally related to Christ that His life and His power are working in us. It is to be "in Christ," it is for Christ to be in us.

May Christ be our joy, our confidence, our all. May we daily be made more like to Him, and more devoted to His service.

Begin each day with God. It will change your priorities.

Spiritual formation in Christ moves us toward a total interchange of our ideas and images for his.

We cannot lead or draw others to Christ unless we stand closer to Him than they do.

Christianity without discipleship is always Christianity without Christ.

You really can't justify anything else but giving your whole attention to spiritual formation in Christ.

Our identification with Christ should be that whatever He is we also want to become.

Think of the enormous leisure of God! He is never in a hurry. We are always in such a frantic hurry. In the light of the glory of the vision we go forth to do things, but the vision is not real in us yet; and God has to take us into the valley, and put us through fires and floods to batter us into shape, until we get to the place where He can trust us.... Let Him put you on His wheel and whirl you as He likes, and as sure as God is God and you are you, you will turn out exactly in accordance with the vision. Don't lose heart in the process.

The purpose of God isn't to save us from Hell. The purpose of God is to make us like Christ.

It is done. Once again the Fire has penetrated the earth, not with the sudden crash of thunderbolt, riving the mountain tops: does the Master break down doors to enter His own home? Without earthquake, or thunderclap: the flame has lit up the whole world from within.

The Christian idea of 'putting on Christ' is the whole of Christianity.

You can change. You can 'come unto Christ, and be perfected in him.'

Whoever would fully and feelingly understand the words of Christ, must endeavor to conform his life wholly to the life of Christ.

Discipleship never consists in this or that specific action: it is always a decision, either for or against Jesus Christ.

When we realize what we were before Christ and what we deserved in that state, it further magnifies the enormity of the gospel for us.

Disciples of Christ abide in His Word. Those who abide in His Word know the truth and are free.

If you want God to do something new in you, you cannot keep doing the same old thing. You have to do something different. And if you do, God will create new capacities within you. There will be new gifts and new revelations. But you've got to pray the price. You'll get out of this what you put into it.