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The Bible teaches that true joy is formed in the midst of the difficult seasons of life.

Francis Chan

The world says love yourself, grab all you can, follow your heart. Jesus says deny yourself, grab your cross and follow me.
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Follow Heart Love Religious World Yourself
Do you understand that it’s impossible to please God in any way other than wholehearted surrender?
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God Impossible Understand Way Yourself
Following Christ isn’t something that can be done halfheartedly or on the side. It is not a label we can display when it is useful. It must be central to everything we do and are.
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Display God Heart Ourselves Side
Only the Holy Spirit can give you the power to not think about yourself, to set you free from yourself.
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Freedom Power Thinking Yourself
We often think of prayer as a means to an end. Prayer is the goal.
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End Goal Prayer Thinking
Christians are like manure: spread them out and they help everything grow better, but keep them in one big pile and they stink horribly.
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Fertilizer Growth Help Togetherness
The fact is, I need God to help me love God. And if I need His help to love Him, a perfect being, I definitely need His help to love other, fault-filled humans.
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God Human Love Mistake Myself Need Perfection
Jesus said go and make disciples, but so often we just sit and make excuses.
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Discipline Excuse Follow God
God’s presence is all that matters.
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God Matter Presence
God is love, but He also defines what love is. We don’t have the license to define love according to our standards.
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Definition God Love Ourselves Standard
We have got to make disciples. Fun nights and pizza nights are not going to sustain us.
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Discipline Night Ourselves
Christianity was simple: fight your desires in order to please God.
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Desire Fight God Order Simplicity Yourself
Has your relationship with God changed the way you live your life?
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Change God Live Relationship Yourself
Life is about Jesus. We are not here to tell our story, but His.
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God Himself Life Story
Our lack of intimacy is due to our refusal to unplug and shut off communication from all others so we can be alone with Him.
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Alone Communication Himself Intimacy
A relationship with God simply cannot grow when money, sins, activities, favorite sports teams, addictions, or commitments are piled up on top of it.
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Addiction God Relationship Simplicity Team

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