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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.

Timothy Keller

Men, you’ll never be a good groom to your wife unless you’re first a good bride to Jesus.
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Bride Good Groom Jesus Men Unless
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
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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Christ Future Give Giving Handle Hope Now Only Resurrection Right Scar
The lack of joy in your life is due to your lack of mission.
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Due Joy Lack Life Mission
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
When I forget the gospel I become dependent on the smiles and evaluation of others.
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Dependent Evaluation Forget Other Smile
Where you find your significance is where you find your salvation.
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Find Salvation Significance
God invites us to come as we are, not stay as we are.
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Come God Invite Stay
I am going to judge my circumstances by Jesus’ love, not Jesus’ love by my circumstances.
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Circumstance Go Jesus Judging Love
How you experience your present is completely shaped by what you believe your ultimate future to be.
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Believe Experience Future Present Shape Ultimate
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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Basic Good Jesus Life Live Morality Most Person Premise Religion Upright Wrong
…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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Essence Gospel Humility Less More Myself Religious Think
Faith is living out and believing what truth is despite what you feel.
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Despite Faith Feel Living Out Truth
If Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all that he said; if he didn’t rise from the dead, then why worry about any of what he said? The issue on which everything hangs is not whether or not you like his teaching but whether or not he rose from the dead.
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Changing Dead Everything Jesus Life Rose Said Teach Worry
There are some needs only you can see. There are some hands only you can hold. There are some people only you can reach.
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Hand Hold Inspirational Need People Reach Some
Religion operates on the principle ‘I obey-therefore I am accepted by God.’ But the operating principle of the gospel is ‘I am accepted by God through what Christ has done-therefore I obey.’
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Accept Acceptable God Gospel Obey Operate Principle Religion

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