God’s grace is so counterintuitive and everything we do in our life is just based on conditions. You do this for me and I’ll do that for you. Or if you don’t do this for me, I won’t do that for you. And God’s grace works in a completely different direction.
TULLIAN TCHIVIDJIANI got my first tennis racket on my seventh birthday. And because we had a tennis court in our backyard, I played every day. By ten I was playing competitively.
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We are broken people living in a broken world with other broken people. We all need grace.
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I had turned personal validation into my primary source of meaning and value, so that without it I was miserable and depressed.
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Walking with God doesn’t lead to God’s favor; God’s favor leads to walking with God.
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Grace doesn’t lead us into destructive behavior. Sin does. And grace is the only remedy for sin. The kindness of God leads to repentance.
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Our deepest fear is judgment. Our deepest longing is love. The gospel of grace removes the one and provides the other.
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Disobedience happens not when we think too much grace but when we think too little of it
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Information is seldom enough to heal a wounded heart.
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Grace always runs downhill, meeting us at the bottom, not the top.
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I actually think one of most profoundly and deep pastoral moments between a pastor and his church is what happens between them before God in the context of preaching.
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I became frustrated with myself for not being as sturdy and unquestioning as I knew a man in my position should be.
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God has hardwired me to thoroughly enjoy and be sharpened by good and friendly theological discussion about the gospel.
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If you feel compelled to respond every time you’re criticized it reveals just how much you’ve built your identity on being right.
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The heart of the Christian faith is Good News, not good advice, good technique, or good behavior.
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Graciousness is the fruit of someone who knows how badly they themselves need grace.
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Legalism breeds a sense of entitlement that turns us into complainers.
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