Legalistic remorse says, “I broke God’s rules,” while real repentance says, “I broke God’s heart.”
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You don’t fall in love. You commit to it.
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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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How do you change your behavior? Change what you worship
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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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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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The sin that is most destructive in your life right now is the one you are most defensive about.
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I am going to judge my circumstances by Jesus’ love, not Jesus’ love by my circumstances.
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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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Yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.
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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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Jesus Christ was treated as we deserved so that when we believe in Jesus, God treats us as Jesus deserves.
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No one is too bad for Jesus. A lot of people think they are too good for Jesus.
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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 dont fall into love. You commit to it. Love is saying I will be there no matter what.
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God became someone we could hurt. Why? To get us back… No other religion-whethe r secularism, Greco-Roman paganism, Eastern religion, Judaism, or Islam-believes God became breakable or suffered or had a body.
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Where you find your significance is where you find your salvation.
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How does Satan accuse us? By causing us to look at our sin rather than our Savior.
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