Dallas Willard Quotes

Perhaps only when human effort had done it's best and failed, would God's power alone be free to work.

God is with me, helping me.

We depend a lot on the guy upstairs in dire times, in addressing our concerns and looking for help.

God will give us the strength to be able to handle things. I mean, you can try to do it on your own, and sometimes you can pull off some stuff, but in the long run, it's much easier with Him by our side.

Time is in God's hands.

God never demands anything that He does not provide for. Whatever God commands us to do, He equips us to do.

Man will rise, if God by exception lends him a hand; he will rise by abandoning and renouncing his own means, and letting himselfbe raised and uplifted by purely celestial means.

Since I have always been a strong believer in God, I knew that He was with me, and only He could get me through that next step

It is really not what we have in our hand that gets the job done, but it is God's power filling what we have in our hand.

When you try, God is there and you get the grace you need to get you through.

God holds with the strong.

The gods sustain and guide all their works.

Very whitely still The lilies of our lives may reassure Their blossoms from their roots, accessible Alone to heavenly dews that drop not fewer; Growing straight out of man's reach, on the hill. God only, who made us rich, can make us poor.

I have had so many evidences of [God's] direction, so many instances when I have been controlled by some other power than my own will, that I cannot doubt that this power comes from above.

Without the assistance of that Divine Being...I cannot succeed. With that assistance I cannot fail.

I live in the faith that there is a Presence and Power greater than I am that nurtures and supports me in ways I could not even imagine. I know that this Presence is All knowing and All Power and is Always right where I am

Now, some of you may be shy by nature, perhaps feeling yourselves inadequate to respond affirmatively to a calling. Remember that this work is not yours and mine alone. It is the Lord's work, and when we are on the Lord's errand, brethren, we are entitled to the Lord's help. Remember that the Lord will shape the back to bear the burden placed upon it.

No good work is done anywhere without aid from the Father of Lights.

We serve a gracious Master who knows how to overrule even our mistakes to his glory and our own advantage.

God will facilitate, but He will not force.

This whole religion revolves around knowing the truth and acting by it, and action must be accompanied by patience.

All of us need a vision for our lives, and even as we work to achieve that vision, we must surrender to the power that is greater than we know. It's one of the defining principles of my life that I love to share: God can dream a bigger dream for you than you could ever dream for yourself.

But courage, child: we are all between the paws of the true Aslan.

Instead of focusing on how big your problems are, focus on how big your God is! He is everything you need. He is the Great I AM, and He is the one leading and guiding you into victory in every area of your life!