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Worry is not believing God will get it right, and bitterness is believing God got it wrong.

Timothy Keller

Christianity does not provide the reason for each experience of pain, but it does provide deep resources for actually facing suffering with hope and courage rather than bitterness and despair
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The Christian Gospel is that I am so flawed that Jesus had to die for me, yet I am so loved and valued that Jesus was glad to die for me.
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Since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character.
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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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I am going to judge my circumstances by Jesus’ love, not Jesus’ love by my circumstances.
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Jesus Christ did not suffer so that you would not suffer. He suffered so that when you suffer, you’ll become more like him.
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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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The sin that is most destructive in your life right now is the one you are most defensive about.
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The Bible’s purpose is to show you how God’s grace breaks into your life against your will and saves you from the sin and brokenness otherwise you would never be able to overcome…
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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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Christians tend to motivate others with guilt. We tend to say: You would do this if you were really committed Christians, indicating that we are committed and all that is needed is for others to become as good as we are!
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All human problems are ultimately symptoms, and our separation from God is the cause.
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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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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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…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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If you love anything in this world more than God, you will crush that object under the weight of your expectations.
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