Dallas Willard Grace Quotations

Grace is opposed to earning, but not to effort.

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

Grace is not just about forgiveness but about life.

The true saint burns grace like a 747 burns fuel on takeoff.

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.

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?

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

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.