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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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Faith is not primarily a function of how you feel.
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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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When I forget the gospel I become dependent on the smiles and evaluation of others.
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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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If the church does not identify with the marginalized, it will itself be marginalized. This is God’s poetic justice.
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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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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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To discover the real you, look at what you spend time thinking about when no one is looking.
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The Gospel is good news not good advice. Advice = what we should do. News = report of what was done for us.
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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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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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Those who understand the gospel cannot possibly look down on anyone.
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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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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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Fail Grace More Much Need Remember Save Succeed
Only on the cross do you have a totally holy God and a totally loving God.
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What you do today is shaped by what you believe about tomorrow.
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Believe Christ Jesus Shape Today Tomorrow
When love of one’s people becomes an absolute, it turns into racism. When love of equality turns into a supreme thing, it can result in hatred and violence toward anyone who has led a privileged life. It is the settled tendency of human societies to turn good political causes into counterfeit gods.
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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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There is a joy available that the deepest grief cannot put out. No circumstance or person can take away the joy God gives.
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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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If God is not at the center of your life, something else is.
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Center Else God Life Something
The prerequisite for receiving the grace of God is to know you need it.
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If we have not seen our sin and sought radical forgiveness from God, we will be unable to forgive and to seek the good of those who have wronged us.
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Jesus didn’t come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.
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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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This is the humbling truth that lies at the heart of Christianity. We love to be our own saviors. Our hearts love to manufacture glory for themselves.
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So we find messages of self-salvation extremely attractive, whether they are religious (Keep these rules and you earn eternal blessing) or secular (Grab hold of these things and you’ll experience blessing now).
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