A life of gratitude to God for being saved is far more pleasing than a life based on self-righteousness over being good.
TIMOTHY KELLERIt is impossible to forgive someone if you feel superior to him or her.
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To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God.
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The prerequisite for receiving the grace of God is to know you need it.
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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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It is impossible to forgive someone if you feel superior to him or her.
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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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You dont fall into love. You commit to it. Love is saying I will be there no matter what.
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The cross is the place where the Judge takes the Judgment.
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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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Only on the cross do you have a totally holy God and a totally loving God.
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The world values power, comfort, success, and recognition. Jesus frees us to value grief, sacrifice, weakness, and exclusion.
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Religion makes us proud of what we have done. The Gospel makes us proud of what Jesus has done.
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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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The key question in order to change you is not ‘What would Jesus do?’ but “What has Jesus done for you?”
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The infallible test of spiritual integrity, Jesus says, is your private prayer life.
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You are a totally loved moral failure.
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