Dallas Willard Quotes

It's really difficult for fanatic churchgoers to understand God can't help me. I'm the only one who can help me.

I follow my father's philosphy; 'Do what is good, do what is right, and God will take care of the rest.'

I do know this: God does answer your prayers, but it's not always in the way you expect. God knows what's best for us, though, so there's no need to worry when things don't go how we originally wanted them to go.

God may not be there when you want him but he is always on time.

In spiritual things, it is God who performs all things for you. Rest in Him, then.

God can only do for you what He can do through you.

God has a plan for all of us, but He expects us to do our share of the work.

Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers.

I only answer to two people, myself and God.

You know, God has a plan for me, and I'm going to follow in his footsteps and just rejoice and be happy.

God answers prayers, but he doesn't always answer it your way.

I want to be a good steward and make sure what's in my heart is what God wants, and then once it's done and released, at that point it's up to God and what he does on the back end.

God has a plan for every individual. We must only strive to achieve what we have to. He takes care of the rest.

You make the decision with vision and god makes the provision.

No one should ever say that it was my ignorance if I did or showed forth anything however small according to God's good pleasure; but let this be your conclusion and let it so be thought, that - as is the perfect truth - it was the gift of God.

Sometimes decisions get made and it ends up being God doing for you what you couldn't do for yourself.

I find that doing of the will of God leaves me no time for disputing about His plans.

Darkness comes. In the middle of it, the future looks blank. The temptation to quit is huge. Don't. You are in good company... You will argue with yourself that there is no way forward. But with God, nothing is impossible. He has more ropes and ladders and tunnels out of pits than you can conceive. Wait. Pray without ceasing. Hope.

I have to trust something that gives me power; I have to believe in something, but in my career I have a lot of moments I cannot explain with God.

I spend a lot of time in prayer. God doesn't always show up on my time, but he always shows up!

Faith is walking by faith, not by what you feel. You are not always going to feel that Jesus loves you or that God is good, but you know He is. It is the up and down of the journey.

The power that religion has is that you think nothing is random: If there's a tragedy in my life, that's God testing me or sending me a message.

But I know God has big stuff planned that ultimately doesn't have anything to do with me.

He that speaketh against his own reason speaks against his own conscience, and therefore it is certain that no man serves God with a good conscience who serves him against his reason.

Don't seek opportunity. Seek God and opportunity will seek you.