Quotes about Perspective
How unbearably tragic it would be, though, if the millions of Asia, South America and Africa were led to believe that the best we can hope for from The Way of Christ is the level of Christianity visible in Europe and America today
— Dallas Willard
The situations in which we find ourselves are never as important as our responses to them, which come from our "spiritual" side.
— Dallas Willard
I realize that I will either allow my view of evil to determine my view of God and will cut him down accordingly, or I will allow my view of God to determine my view of the evil and will elevate him accordingly, accepting that nothing is beyond his power for good.
— Dallas Willard
Standing in the kingdom, we make responsible decisions in love, with assurance that how things turn out for us does not really matter that much because, in any case, we are in the kingdom of the heavens. In that kingdom nothing that can happen to us is "the end of the world.
— Dallas Willard
Similarly, unless we suffer from a remarkably restricted range of acquaintances, we all know that there are people who please God and have his blessing without being poor, hungry, grief-stricken, or persecuted. They
— Dallas Willard
Indeed, all human troubles come from thinking of God wrongly, which then means, thinking about ourselves wrongly.
— Dallas Willard
Often a good starting point when trying to help those who do not believe in God or accept Christ as Lord is to get them to deal honestly with the question: Would I like for there to be a God? Or, would I like it if Jesus turned out to be Lord? This may help them realize the extent to which what they want to be the case is controlling their ability to see what is the case.
— Dallas Willard
Knowledge is the basis of belief, and, when it is, it gives the belief a very different bearing upon life.
— Dallas Willard
Develop the habit of seeing the world through God's eyes.
— Dallas Willard
We often don't know our own stories because we doubt their existence, dismiss their importance, or we're distracted.
— Dan Allender
Godly despair cries out for perspective but allows the hollowness of loss to move the heart to seek God.
— Dan Allender
I really believed that fear is contagious.
— Joel Osteen