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God is love, but He also defines what love is. We don’t have the license to define love according to our standards.

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Are we in love with God or just His stuff?
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Difference God Love Wealth
Jesus asks for everything, but we try to give Him less.
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God Himself Try
My love for prayer was an answer to prayer.
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Answer Love Myself Prayer
God never breaks His promises.
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Break God Himself Promise
The point is not to completely understand God but to worship Him. Let the very fact that you cannot know Him fully lead you to praise Him for His infiniteness and grandeur.
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Complete God Himself Leadership Understand Worship
Our lack of intimacy is due to our refusal to unplug and shut off communication from all others so we can be alone with Him.
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Alone Communication Himself Intimacy
True faith means holding nothing back. It means putting every hope in God’s fidelity to His Promises.
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Faith God Himself Hope Promise True
He wants all or nothing. The thought of a person calling himself a ‘Christian’ without being a devoted follower of Christ is absurd.
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Call Devotion Follow Person Thinking Weird
The Bible teaches that true joy is formed in the midst of the difficult seasons of life.
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Difficult Joy Life Season Teaching True
I’ve got this amazing relationship with God that is better than life, itself, so marvelous, so wonderful that everything else can fall apart and I’m okay.
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Better Fall God Life Myself Relationship Wonderful
Life is about Jesus. We are not here to tell our story, but His.
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God Himself Life Story
We should be so joyful from God’s grace that others would respond by saying, ‘I wish I had your God.
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God Grace Joy Myself Response Talk
The wise man comes to God without saying a word and stands in awe of Him.
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God Himself Man Stand Wisdom Word
Following Christ isn’t something that can be done halfheartedly or on the side. It is not a label we can display when it is useful. It must be central to everything we do and are.
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Display God Heart Ourselves Side
Jesus’ call to commitment is clear: He wants all or nothing.
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Commitment God Ourselves Religious
God’s presence is all that matters.
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God Matter Presence
My existence was not random, nor was it an accident. God knew who He was creating, and He designed met for a specific work.
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Accident Creation Design Existence God Myself Specific
When we work for Christ out of obligation, it feels like work. But when we truly love Christ, our work is a manifestation of that love, and it feels like love.
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Feeling Love Manifestation Obligation Work
Having faith often means doing what others see as crazy.
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Action Crazy Faith Religious
I don’t have to worry about not meeting His expectations. God will ensure my success in accordance with His plan, not mine.
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Expectation Myself Planning Success Worry
The disciples obey because that’s what people do when someone rises from the dead and gives instructions.
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Death Deep Instruction Obedience People Rise
Do you know that nothing you do in this life will ever matter, unless it is about loving God and loving the people he has made?
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Compassionate God Himself Life Love People
Lukewarm people call ‘radical’ what Jesus expected of all His followers.
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Call Expectation Follow God Himself People Radical
God’s definition of what matters is pretty straightforward. He measures our lives by how we love.
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Definition God Live Love Measurement Ourselves Straight
Can you worship a God who isn’t obligated to explain His actions to you? Could it be your arrogance that makes you think God owes you an explanation?
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Action Explanation God Himself Obligation Worship Yourself
I have one reason why you should walk away from that temptation right now. One reason: God. Is. Better.
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Better God Reason Right Temptation Walk
Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter.
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Failure Fear Greatness Life Success

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