Christ did not suffer so you wouldn’t suffer. He suffered so when you suffer you will become like Him.
TIMOTHY KELLERYou dont fall into love. You commit to it. Love is saying I will be there no matter what.
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Success and suffering will either darken your heart or make you wise, but they won’t leave you where you were.
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Love without truth is sentimentality; it supports and affirms us but keeps us in denial about our flaws. Truth without love is harshness; it gives us information but in such a way that we cannot really hear it.
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If you don’t feel like praying, pray to God to give you the desire.
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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 cross is the place where the Judge takes the Judgment.
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You can’t live the Christian life without a band of Christian friends, without a family of believers in which you find a place.
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If Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all that he said; if he didn’t rise from the dead, then why worry about any of what he said? The issue on which everything hangs is not whether or not you like his teaching but whether or not he rose from the dead.
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The more you understand how your salvation isn’t about your behavior, the more radically your behavior will change.
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The Christian Gospel is that I am so flawed that Jesus had to die for me, yet I am so loved and valued that Jesus was glad to die for me.
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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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Jesus Christ did not suffer so that you would not suffer. He suffered so that when you suffer, you’ll become more like him.
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If God is not at the center of your life, something else is.
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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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The gospel is not only the way to enter the kingdom; it is the way to live in the kingdom.
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Money isn’t an idol. It just shows you where your idols are.
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