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You are a totally loved moral failure.

Timothy Keller

Jesus Christ did not suffer so that you would not suffer. He suffered so that when you suffer, you’ll become more like him.
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Become Christ Jesus Like More Suffer
Since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character.
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Character Doctrine Grace Perfect Save Sheer Since Strong
When Job was prospering, he prayed. When he was suffering, he still prayed.
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Pray Proper Still Suffer
When we grasp that we are unworthy sinners saved by an infinitely costly grace, it destroys both our self-righteousn ess and our need to ridicule others.
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Both Cost Destroy Grace Grasp Infinitely Need Ridicule Righteousness Save Self Sinner Unworthy
This leads to deep humility and deep confidence at the same time. It undermines both swaggering and sniveling. I cannot feel superior to anyone, and yet I have nothing to prove to anyone. I do not think more of myself nor less of myself. Instead, I think of myself less.
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Anyone Deed Humanity Less Myself Nothing Superior Swagger Think Undermine
Every single emotion you have should be processed in prayer.
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Emotion Every Prayer Processed Single
The reason the stone was rolled away on Jesus’s tomb was not so that Jesus could get out, but so that we could get in.
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Away Get Jesus Reason Rolled Stop Tomb
God’s grace does not come to people who morally outperform others, but to those who admit their failure to perform and who acknowledge their need for a Savior.
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Acknowledge Admit Christian Come Failure God Grace Morally Other Outperform People Religious
As long as we think we are not that bad, the idea of grace will never change us.
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Change Grace Ideas Long never Think
Religion: ‘My identity is built on being a good person.’ Gospel: ‘My identity is not built on my record or my performance but on Christ’s.’
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Christ Good Identity Performance Person Record Religion
…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
We tend to see God as a means through which we get things to make us happy. For most of us, He has not become our happiness.
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Become God Happiness Happy Mean Most Tend Thing
Success and suffering will either darken your heart or make you wise, but they won’t leave you where you were.
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Access Darken Heart Leave Make Suffer Wise
When Jesus looked down from the cross, he didn’t think “I am giving myself to you because you are so attractive to me.”
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Attractive Cross Down Give Jesus Look Myself Think
Jesus Christ was treated as we deserved so that when we believe in Jesus, God treats us as Jesus deserves.
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Believe Christ Deserve God Jesus Treat
Yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.
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Accept Christ Dare Jesus Love More Same Time Yet

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