Dallas Willard Quotes about Grace

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Grace is not opposed to effort; it's opposed to earning.

Grace is not opposed to effort; it's opposed to earning.

Dallas Willard

Effort, Grace, Earning

Dallas Willard (2012). “Hearing God: Developing a Conversational Relationship with God”, p.254, InterVarsity Press

The command is "Do no work." Just make space. Attend to what is around you. Learn that you don't have to DO to BE. accept the grace of doing nothing. Stay with it until you stop jerking and squirming.

Dallas Willard

Space, Grace, Doing Nothing

Grace is not opposed to effort, it is opposed to earning. Earning is an attitude. Effort is an action. Grace, you know, does not just have to do with forgiveness of sins alone.

Dallas Willard

Attitude, Effort, Grace

The sinner is not the one who uses a lot of grace... The saint burns grace like a 747 burns fuel on take off.

Dallas Willard

Grace, Saint, Use

Grace is not just about forgiveness but about life.

Dallas Willard

Grace

Grace is opposed to earning, but not to effort.

Dallas Willard

Effort, Grace, Earning

A carefully cultivated heart will, assisted by the grace of God, foresee, forestall, or transform most of the painful situations before which others stand like helpless children saying “Why?

Dallas Willard

Children, Heart, Grace

Dallas Willard (2014). “Renovation of the Heart: Putting On the Character of Christ”, p.9, Tyndale House