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Nothing is more important than to learn how to maintain a life of purpose in the midst of painful adversity.

Timothy Keller

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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Christ did not suffer so you wouldn’t suffer. He suffered so when you suffer you will become like Him.
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Become Christ Like Suffer
No, he was in agony, and he looked down at us – denying him, abandoning him, and betraying him – and in the greatest act of love in history, he STAYED. He said, “Father, forgive them, they don’t know what they are doing.” He loved us, not because we were lovely to him, but to make us lovely.
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You are a totally loved moral failure.
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Love is the effort and desire to make someone else everything they were created to be.
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It is what we need more than anything. It liberates us from pretense, humbles us out of our self-righteousness, and fortifies us for any difficulty life can throw at us.
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To fear the Lord is to be overwhelmed with wonder before the greatness of God and his love.
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The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God’s will to mine, but to mold my will into His.
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The resurrection was God’s way of stamping PAID IN FULL right across history so that nobody could miss it.
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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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You dont fall into love. You commit to it. Love is saying I will be there no matter what.
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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
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
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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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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The world values power, comfort, success, and recognition. Jesus frees us to value grief, sacrifice, weakness, and exclusion.
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