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

Timothy Keller

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
The more you understand how your salvation isn’t about your behavior, the more radically your behavior will change.
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If your god never disagrees with you, you might just be worshipping an idealized version of yourself.
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If you don’t feel like praying, pray to God to give you the desire.
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Trust is accepting what God sends into your life whether you understand it or not.
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Accept Defensive God Life Most Now Send Trust
God looks at the anxious and says, I tore my Son to shreds for you, and you’re afraid I will not give you what you need?
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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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No one is too bad for Jesus. A lot of people think they are too good for Jesus.
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Where you find your significance is where you find your salvation.
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Find Salvation Significance
The resurrection was God’s way of stamping PAID IN FULL right across history so that nobody could miss it.
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Access Dull God History Miss Nobody Paid Resurrection Right Stamp
All human problems are ultimately symptoms, and our separation from God is the cause.
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God sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But by His grace, He does not leave us as we are.
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If Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all that he said; if he didn’t rise from the dead, then why worry about any of what he said? The issue on which everything hangs is not whether or not you like his teaching but whether or not he rose from the dead.
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It is impossible to forgive someone if you feel superior to him or her.
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Forgive Her Him Impossible Someone Superior
…Singles, too, must see the penultimate status of marriage. If single Christians don’t develop a deeply fulfilling love relationship with Jesus, they will put too much pressure on their DREAM of marriage, and that will create pathology in their lives as well.
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Christian Deeply Dream Jesus Marriage Must Relationship Single Status
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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