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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.

Timothy Keller

When Job was prospering, he prayed. When he was suffering, he still prayed.
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Pray Proper Still Suffer
If you want God’s grace, all you need is need, all you need is nothing. But that kind of spiritual humility is hard to muster.
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God Grace Hard Humility Kind Muster Need Nothing Spiritual Want
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
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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Become Christ Jesus Like More Suffer
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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Almost Greed Guilty Jesus More People Sex Think Warm
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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Christianity Heart Humble Lying Religious Truth
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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Careful Elevate Feel Judge Judging Moral Preference Standard Superior
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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Church Country Enjoy Look Love Motivation People Person Quench Remember Shoe Situation
You don’t fall in love. You commit to it.
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Attach Comit Faith Faithful Love
When we worry we are saying, ‘I know the way my life is supposed to go, and God’s not getting it right’.
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Get God Know Right Say Suppose Way Worry
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
Where you find your significance is where you find your salvation.
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Find Salvation Significance
God looks at the anxious and says, I tore my Son to shreds for you, and you’re afraid I will not give you what you need?
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Afraid Anxious Give God Look Need Say Son
Religion: ‘My identity is built on being a good person.’ Gospel: ‘My identity is not built on my record or my performance but on Christ’s.’
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Christ Good Identity Performance Person Record Religion
The more you understand how your salvation isn’t about your behavior, the more radically your behavior will change.
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Behavior Challenge More Racially Salvation Understand
The Gospel is that Jesus Christ came to earth, lived the life we should have lived and died the death we should have died.
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Came Christ Death Died Earth Gospel Jesus Life Live

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 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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