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If we could get people to think about Jesus, we reasoned, Jesus was more than able to reveal himself to them.

Judah Smith

You don’t have to be good to be Jesus’s friend. You just have to be honest.
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Friendship Goodness Honesty Yourself
I wonder if we have a lot of sons running around saying, “I want a Dad.” But you won’t abide in anyone.
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Children Father Myself Need Run
Nowhere in the Bible, however, do we find God distinguishing between levels of sin. God doesn’t share our rating system. To him, all sin is equally evil, and all sinners are equally lovable.
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God Level Love Rate Share Sin System
Don’t cheapen Jesus’s sacrifice by trying to pay him back
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Cheap Himself Pay Sacrifice Try
Make rules and follow rules as needed, but don’t focus on riles. Focus on faith. Focus on grace. Focus on Jesus.
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Follow Force Grace Himself Need Rule
It is absolutely essential to have a living visible example of what a Christian ought to be.
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Essential Example Live Visible
God is not in a hurry to fix us. Our behavior is not his first priority. We are his first priority. Loving us, knowing us, affirming us, protecting us. That is his top goal and his main concern.
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Affirmation Goal God Himself Hurry Love Priority Protection
When you look in the eyes of grace, when you meet grace, when you embrace grace, when you see the nail prints in grace’s hands and the fire in his eyes, when you feel his relentless love for you – it will not motivate you to sin. It will motivate you to righteousness.
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Embrace Eyes Grace Motivational Right Sin
God transforms us one area at a time.
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Areas God Time Transformation
But difficult situations and wrong choices conspire to trap us in hopelessness.
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Choice Difficult Hope Situation Trap
The common denominator is that we all need help.
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Help Kindness Need Requirement
Don’t allow the opinions of other people to shape your concept of him. Get to know him yourself, and let the goodness of God change you from the inside out.
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Concept Goodness Opinion People Shape Yourself
What an opportunity we have to be a community….A community where there are models.
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Community Modeling Opportunity
Grace is God-given power to live differently.
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Different God Grace Live
What we do on Sunday absolutely doesn’t matter unless it meets us on Monday. Changes us on Monday. Transforms us on Monday.
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Change Future Ourselves Present Transformation
Christianity is not about not swearing. It’s not about not having impure thoughts. Really, it’s not about not at all. Christianity is about Jesus.
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Impurity Religious Swear Thinking

If we could get people to think about Jesus, we reasoned, Jesus was more than able to reveal himself to them.

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