God is love, but He also defines what love is. We don’t have the license to define love according to our standards.
FRANCIS CHANMarriage is one of the most humbling, sanctifying journeys you will ever be a part of. It forces us to wrestle with our selfishness and pride. But it also gives us a platform to display love and commitment.
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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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Do you understand that it’s impossible to please God in any way other than wholehearted surrender?
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The irony is that while God doesn’t need us but still wants us, we desperately need God but don’t really want Him most of the time.
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We are here to love. Not much else matters.
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Where it gets weird is that nowadays there are millions of people on this earth who call themselves followers of Jesus, but their lives look nothing like His, and they’re not obeying the things that He called them to do.
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Marriage is one of the most humbling, sanctifying journeys you will ever be a part of. It forces us to wrestle with our selfishness and pride. But it also gives us a platform to display love and commitment.
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We often think of prayer as a means to an end. Prayer is the goal.
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Don’t fall into the trap of studying the Bible without doing what it says.
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We have a God who is a Creator, not a duplicator.
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Making disciples isn’t about gathering pupils to listen to your teaching. The real focus is not on teaching people at all–the focus is on loving them.
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Having faith often means doing what others see as crazy.
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We are most alive when we are loving and actively giving ourselves because we were made to do these things.
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The Bible teaches that true joy is formed in the midst of the difficult seasons of life.
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Proclaiming the gospel to a lost world cannot be just another activity to add to the church’s crowded agenda. It must be central to who we are. It forms our identity.
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The point is not to completely understand God but to worship Him. Let the very fact that you cannot know Him fully lead you to praise Him for His infiniteness and grandeur.
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