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The gospel does not promise you better life circumstances; it promises you a better life.

Timothy Keller

Faith is not primarily a function of how you feel.
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Faith Feel Function Primarily
God relentlessly offers his grace to people who do not deserve it, or seek it, or even appreciate it after they have been saved by it.
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Appreciate Deserve God Grace Offer People Relentlessly Save Seek
This 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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Christianity Heart Humble Lying Religious Truth
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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Christ’s resurrection not only gives you hope for the future; it gives you hope to handle your scars right now.
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Christ Future Give Giving Handle Hope Now Only Resurrection Right Scar
After creation God said, ‘It is finished’-and he rested. After redemption Jesus said, ‘It is finished’-and we can rest.
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After Creation Finish God Jesus Redemption Rest
Christians tend to motivate others with guilt. We tend to say: You would do this if you were really committed Christians, indicating that we are committed and all that is needed is for others to become as good as we are!
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Christian Guilt Motivate Motivation Other Say Shoes Tend
We were designed to know, serve, and love God supremely – and when we are faithful to that design, we flourish.
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Design Dream Faithful Flourish Love Service Supremely
To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God.
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Comfort Fear Fully Greatest Know Love Superficial True Love
Every single emotion you have should be processed in prayer.
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Emotion Every Prayer Processed Single
This is why so many churches quench the motivation of people for ministry. In our shoes, Paul would say: Remember the grace God has showered on you—what does living out and enjoying that grace look like in this situation?
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Nothing is more important than to learn how to maintain a life of purpose in the midst of painful adversity.
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Adversity Important Maintain Midst More Nothing Painful Purpose
So we find messages of self-salvation extremely attractive, whether they are religious (Keep these rules and you earn eternal blessing) or secular (Grab hold of these things and you’ll experience blessing now).
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Bless Eternal Experience Many People Promise Succes Thing Time
Men, you’ll never be a good groom to your wife unless you’re first a good bride to Jesus.
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Bride Good Groom Jesus Men Unless
Religion is ‘if you obey, then you will be accepted’. But the Gospel is, ‘if you are absolutely accepted, and sure you’re accepted, only then will you ever begin to obey’. Those are two utterly different things. Every page of the Bible shows the difference.
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God became someone we could hurt. Why? To get us back… No other religion-whethe r secularism, Greco-Roman paganism, Eastern religion, Judaism, or Islam-believes God became breakable or suffered or had a body.
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