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Those who understand the gospel cannot possibly look down on anyone.

Timothy Keller

No one is too bad for Jesus. A lot of people think they are too good for Jesus.
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Bad Good Jesus Lot One People Think
We come to God saying, “Look at all I’ve done,” or maybe “Look at all I’ve suffered.” God, however, wants us to look to him – to just wash.
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Come God However Look Say Wash
Every single emotion you have should be processed in prayer.
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Emotion Every Prayer Processed Single
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
Prayer is the way to experience a powerful confidence that God is handling our lives well, that our bad things will turn out for good, our good things cannot be taken from us, and the best things are yet to come.
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Bad Experience God Good Handle Live Our Out Powerful Prayer Taken Thing Turn
Suffering can refine us rather than destroy us because God himself walks with us in the fire.
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Destroy Fire God Himself Refine Suffering Walk
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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Accept Doe God Grace Leave Love See
If I have the smile of God, all other frowns are inconsequential.
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Frown God Inconsequential Other Smile
A life of gratitude to God for being saved is far more pleasing than a life based on self-righteousness over being good.
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Based Being Good Gratitude Life Over Righteousness Save Self
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
How you experience your present is completely shaped by what you believe your ultimate future to be.
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Believe Experience Future Present Shape Ultimate
We are regularly in danger of having too light a view of our sin and also too light a grasp of what Jesus has done to free us from our sin.
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Danger Free Grasp Jesus Light Regularly Sin View
The gospel humbles us into the dust and at the very same time exalts us to the heavens.
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Dust Gospel Heaven Humble Time Very
If we have not seen our sin and sought radical forgiveness from God, we will be unable to forgive and to seek the good of those who have wronged us.
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Forgiveness Forgiving God Radical Seen Sin Thought
…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
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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Access Child Children Glass Kind King Person Water

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