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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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…the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less.
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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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Those who understand the gospel cannot possibly look down on anyone.
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If you want God’s grace, all you need is need, all you need is nothing. But that kind of spiritual humility is hard to muster.
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The main human problems often are that we misidentify what will make us happy; and we ask people and things to save us beyond their ability.
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Love without truth is sentimentality; it supports and affirms us but keeps us in denial about our flaws. Truth without love is harshness; it gives us information but in such a way that we cannot really hear it.
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The Bible says that our real problem is that every one of us is building our identity on something besides Jesus.
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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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The purpose of Jesus’s coming is to put the whole world right, to renew and restore the creation, not to escape it.
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Christ did not suffer so you wouldn’t suffer. He suffered so when you suffer you will become like Him.
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If you don’t feel like praying, pray to God to give you the desire.
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If I have the smile of God, all other frowns are inconsequential.
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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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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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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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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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Only on the cross do you have a totally holy God and a totally loving God.
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Think like a prophet, serve like a priest, and plan like a king.
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Yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.
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The gospel does not promise you better life circumstances; it promises you a better life.
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Legalistic remorse says, “I broke God’s rules,” while real repentance says, “I broke God’s heart.”
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Tolerance isn’t about not having beliefs. It’s about how your beliefs lead you to treat people who disagree with you.
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Prayer should be done regularly, persistently, resolutely, and tenaciously at least daily, whether we feel like it or not.
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Suffering can refine us rather than destroy us because God himself walks with us in the fire.
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It is impossible to forgive someone if you feel superior to him or her.
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We need to remember that we are saved by grace when we fail. But we need to remember it much more when we succeed.
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You are more sinful than you could dare imagine and you are more loved and accepted than you could ever dare hope.
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