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When absolute control and rigid obedience pose as love within the family and the local faith-community , we produce trained cowards rather than Christian persons.

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To lend each other a hand when we’re falling, perhaps that’s the only work that matters in the end.
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I am wonderfully content with a God who does not deal with me as my sins deserve.
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The Good News means we can stop lying to ourselves. The sweet sound of amazing grace saves us from the necessity of self-deception. It keeps us from denying that though Christ was victorious, the battle with lust, greed, and pride still rages within us.
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Childlike surrender and trust, I believe, is the defining spirit of authentic discipleship.
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Today on planet Earth, may you experience the wonder and beauty of yourself as Abba’s Child and temple of the Holy Spirit through Jesus Christ
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You will trust God to the degree you know you are loved by Him.
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Assured of your salvation by the unique grace of our Lord Jesus Christ” is the heartbeat of the gospel, joyful liberation from fear of the Final Outcome, a summons to self-acceptance, and freedom for a life of compassion toward others.
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Real freedom is freedom from the opinions of others. Above all, freedom from your opinions about yourself.
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What makes the Kingdom come is heartfelt compassion: a way of tenderness that knows no frontiers, no labels, no compartmentalizing, and no sectarian divisions.
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We even refuse to be our true self with God- and then wonder why we lack intimacy with him.
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How glorious the splendor of a human heart that trusts that it is loved!
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Whatever we have done in the past, be it good or evil, great or small, is irrelevant to our stance before God today. It is only NOW that we are in the presence of God.
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When a man or woman is truly honest, it is virtually impossible to insult them personally.
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Jesus comes for sinners, for those outcast and those caught up in squalid choices and failed dreams.
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In Love’s service, only wounded soldiers can serve.
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My deepest awareness of myself is that I am deeply loved by Jesus Christ and I have done nothing to earn it or deserve it.
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When absolute control and rigid obedience pose as love within the family and the local faith-community , we produce trained cowards rather than Christian persons.

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When absolute control and rigid obedience pose as love within the family and the local faith-community , we produce trained cowards rather than Christian persons.

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