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

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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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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 world values power, comfort, success, and recognition. Jesus frees us to value grief, sacrifice, weakness, and exclusion.
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Pride is the carbon-monoxide of Sin. It silently and slowly kills you without you even knowing.
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The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe.
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The Gospel is that Jesus Christ came to earth, lived the life we should have lived and died the death we should have died.
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Forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting the forgiveness. To not retaliate is to absorb the cost.
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We were designed to know, serve, and love God supremely – and when we are faithful to that design, we flourish.
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The basic premise of religion– that if you live a good life, things will go well for you– is wrong. Jesus was the most morally upright person who ever lived, yet He had a life filled with the experience of poverty, rejection, injustice, and even torture.
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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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Legalistic remorse says, “I broke God’s rules,” while real repentance says, “I broke God’s heart.”
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Since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character.
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Every single emotion you have should be processed in prayer.
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Worry is not believing God will get it right, and bitterness is believing God got it wrong.
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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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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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