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Love is the effort and desire to make someone else everything they were created to be.

Timothy Keller

If anything becomes more fundamental than God to your happiness, meaning of life, and identity then it is an idol.
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Anything Become Fundamental God Identity Idol Idols Life Meaning
We come to God saying, “Look at all I’ve done,” or maybe “Look at all I’ve suffered.” God, however, wants us to look to him – to just wash.
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Come God However Look Say Wash
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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Become Believe Hurt Real Relationship Vulnerable
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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Christian Guilt Motivate Motivation Other Say Shoes Tend
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
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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Call People Promise Something Success Think Time
How do you change your behavior? Change what you worship
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Behavior Bless Change Worship
When we grasp that we are unworthy sinners saved by an infinitely costly grace, it destroys both our self-righteousn ess and our need to ridicule others.
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Both Cost Destroy Grace Grasp Infinitely Need Ridicule Righteousness Save Self Sinner Unworthy
Generosity is not only about money. There is more than one currency. Let your generosity be pervasive in life.
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Currency Generosity Life Money One Only Perceive
The Gospel is news of what God has done to reach us. It is not advice about what we must do to reach God.
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Advice Done God Gospel News Reach Rech
Trust is accepting what God sends into your life whether you understand it or not.
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Accept Defensive God Life Most Now Send Trust
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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Ability Ask Beyond Happy Human Main Make Misdentify People Problem Save Thing
…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
Success and suffering will either darken your heart or make you wise, but they won’t leave you where you were.
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Access Darken Heart Leave Make Suffer Wise
Forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting the forgiveness. To not retaliate is to absorb the cost.
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Absorb Always Come Cost Forgiveness Grant One Retaliate
Where you find your significance is where you find your salvation.
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Find Salvation Significance

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