It is impossible to forgive someone if you feel superior to him or her.
TIMOTHY KELLERThis 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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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 I have the smile of God, all other frowns are inconsequential.
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The Bible’s purpose is to show you how God’s grace breaks into your life against your will and saves you from the sin and brokenness otherwise you would never be able to overcome…
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It is what we need more than anything. It liberates us from pretense, humbles us out of our self-righteousness, and fortifies us for any difficulty life can throw at us.
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Tolerance isn’t about not having beliefs. It’s about how your beliefs lead you to treat people who disagree with you.
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Suffering is unbearable if you aren’t certain that God is for you and with you.
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Suffering can refine us rather than destroy us because God himself walks with us in the fire.
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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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When Job was prospering, he prayed. When he was suffering, he still prayed.
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No, he was in agony, and he looked down at us – denying him, abandoning him, and betraying him – and in the greatest act of love in history, he STAYED. He said, “Father, forgive them, they don’t know what they are doing.” He loved us, not because we were lovely to him, but to make us lovely.
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If anything becomes more fundamental than God to your happiness, meaning of life, and identity then it is an idol.
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If you want God’s grace, all you need is need, all you need is nothing. But that kind of spiritual humility is hard to muster.
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Since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character.
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When Jesus looked down from the cross, he didn’t think “I am giving myself to you because you are so attractive to me.”
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I am going to judge my circumstances by Jesus’ love, not Jesus’ love by my circumstances.
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The reason the stone was rolled away on Jesus’s tomb was not so that Jesus could get out, but so that we could get in.
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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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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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All human problems are ultimately symptoms, and our separation from God is the cause.
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What you do today is shaped by what you believe about tomorrow.
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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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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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God’s grace does not come to people who morally outperform others, but to those who admit their failure to perform and who acknowledge their need for a Savior.
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When I forget the gospel I become dependent on the smiles and evaluation of others.
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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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Men, you’ll never be a good groom to your wife unless you’re first a good bride to Jesus.
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