Are you living to justify yourself, or are you living because you are justified?
TIMOTHY KELLERWe instinctively tend to limit for whom we exert ourselves. We do it for people like us, and for people whom we like. Jesus will have none of that.
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The Gospel is that Jesus Christ came to earth, lived the life we should have lived and died the death we should have died.
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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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Generosity is not only about money. There is more than one currency. Let your generosity be pervasive in life.
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When we worry we are saying, ‘I know the way my life is supposed to go, and God’s not getting it right’.
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There are some needs only you can see. There are some hands only you can hold. There are some people only you can reach.
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If you don’t feel like praying, pray to God to give you the desire.
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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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This is the humbling truth that lies at the heart of Christianity. We love to be our own saviors. Our hearts love to manufacture glory for themselves.
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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 the church does not identify with the marginalized, it will itself be marginalized. This is God’s poetic justice.
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Faith is not primarily a function of how you feel.
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Faith is living out and believing what truth is despite what you feel.
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Legalistic remorse says, “I broke God’s rules,” while real repentance says, “I broke God’s heart.”
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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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When we grasp that we are unworthy sinners saved by an infinitely costly grace, it destroys both our self-righteousn ess and our need to ridicule others.
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