Sunday Quote: Plan not to Sin

"Those who let God be God get off the conveyer belt of emotion and desire when it first starts to move toward the buzz saw of sin.  They do not wait until it is moving so fast they cannot get off of it.  Their aim is not to avoid sin, but to avoid temptation--the inclination to sin.  They plan their path accordingly." ~ Dallas Willard, Renovation of the Heart, p. 119

Sunday Quote: Good Intentions

"The general human failing is to want what is right and important, but at the same time not to commit to the kind of life that will produce the action we know to be right and the condition we want to enjoy. This is the feature of human character that explains why the road to hell is paved with good intentions. We intend what is right, but we avoid the life that would make it reality." ~ Dallas Willard, The Spirit of the Disciplines, p. 6