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Many times people think if God has called you to something, he’s promising you success. He might be calling you to fail to prepare you for something else through the failure.

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The prerequisite for receiving the grace of God is to know you need it.
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It’s impossible to have met the real Jesus and be indifferent. You either bow down in wonder OR go away offended.
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In the original language, ‘Fear the Lord’ doesn’t mean be afraid. It means sustaining a joyful, astonished awe, and wonder before Him.
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The main human problems often are that we misidentify what will make us happy; and we ask people and things to save us beyond their ability.
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Where you find your significance is where you find your salvation.
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Faith is living out and believing what truth is despite what you feel.
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The gospel does not promise you better life circumstances; it promises you a better life.
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If your god never disagrees with you, you might just be worshipping an idealized version of yourself.
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Prayer should be done regularly, persistently, resolutely, and tenaciously at least daily, whether we feel like it or not.
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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 gospel humbles us into the dust and at the very same time exalts us to the heavens.
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The resurrection was God’s way of stamping PAID IN FULL right across history so that nobody could miss it.
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Generosity is not only about money. There is more than one currency. Let your generosity be pervasive in life.
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We have to be careful not to elevate our preferences to moral standards and judge others by them. We only do so to feel superior.
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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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You can’t live the Christian life without a band of Christian friends, without a family of believers in which you find a place.
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Faith is not primarily a function of how you feel.
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Love is the effort and desire to make someone else everything they were created to be.
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This leads to deep humility and deep confidence at the same time. It undermines both swaggering and sniveling. I cannot feel superior to anyone, and yet I have nothing to prove to anyone. I do not think more of myself nor less of myself. Instead, I think of myself less.
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This is why so many churches quench the motivation of people for ministry. In our shoes, Paul would say: Remember the grace God has showered on you—what does living out and enjoying that grace look like in this situation?
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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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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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Since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character.
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How you experience your present is completely shaped by what you believe your ultimate future to be.
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Jesus warns people far more often about greed than about sex, yet almost no one thinks they are guilty of it.
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Men, you’ll never be a good groom to your wife unless you’re first a good bride to Jesus.
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There is no way to have a real relationship without becoming vulnerable to hurt. Christmas tells us that God became breakable and fragile.
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