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The Bible’s purpose is not so much to show you how to live a good life.

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Religion is ‘if you obey, then you will be accepted’. But the Gospel is, ‘if you are absolutely accepted, and sure you’re accepted, only then will you ever begin to obey’. Those are two utterly different things. Every page of the Bible shows the difference.
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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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When Job was prospering, he prayed. When he was suffering, he still prayed.
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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 looks at the anxious and says, I tore my Son to shreds for you, and you’re afraid I will not give you what you need?
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The prerequisite for receiving the grace of God is to know you need it.
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Faith is not primarily a function of how you feel.
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If our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts.
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The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God’s will to mine, but to mold my will into His.
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…Singles, too, must see the penultimate status of marriage. If single Christians don’t develop a deeply fulfilling love relationship with Jesus, they will put too much pressure on their DREAM of marriage, and that will create pathology in their lives as well.
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To fear the Lord is to be overwhelmed with wonder before the greatness of God and his love.
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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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Are you living to justify yourself, or are you living because you are justified?
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All human problems are ultimately symptoms, and our separation from God is the cause.
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Think like a prophet, serve like a priest, and plan like a king.
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Yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.
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