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Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.

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God invites us to come as we are, not stay as we are.
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Christians tend to motivate others with guilt. We tend to say: You would do this if you were really committed Christians, indicating that we are committed and all that is needed is for others to become as good as we are!
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Christ did not suffer so you wouldn’t suffer. He suffered so when you suffer you will become like Him.
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If you love anything in this world more than God, you will crush that object under the weight of your expectations.
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You dont fall into love. You commit to it. Love is saying I will be there no matter what.
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The prerequisite for receiving the grace of God is to know you need it.
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Forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting the forgiveness. To not retaliate is to absorb the cost.
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How do you change your behavior? Change what you worship
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There is a joy available that the deepest grief cannot put out. No circumstance or person can take away the joy God gives.
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Prayer is the way to experience a powerful confidence that God is handling our lives well, that our bad things will turn out for good, our good things cannot be taken from us, and the best things are yet to come.
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If we have not seen our sin and sought radical forgiveness from God, we will be unable to forgive and to seek the good of those who have wronged us.
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Faith is not primarily a function of how you feel.
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This is why so many churches quench the motivation of people for ministry. In our shoes, Paul would say: Remember the grace God has showered on you—what does living out and enjoying that grace look like in this situation?
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The only person who dares wake up a king at 3:00 AM for a glass of water is a child. We have that kind of access
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…the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less.
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Our character is mainly shaped by our primary social community – the people with whom we eat, play, converse, and study.
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