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If our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts.

Timothy Keller

You are a totally loved moral failure.
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The Bible says that our real problem is that every one of us is building our identity on something besides Jesus.
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So we find messages of self-salvation extremely attractive, whether they are religious (Keep these rules and you earn eternal blessing) or secular (Grab hold of these things and you’ll experience blessing now).
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Every single emotion you have should be processed in prayer.
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The gospel is not only the way to enter the kingdom; it is the way to live in the kingdom.
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I am going to judge my circumstances by Jesus’ love, not Jesus’ love by my circumstances.
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Religion is ‘if you obey, then you will be accepted’. But the Gospel is, ‘if you are absolutely accepted, and sure you’re accepted, only then will you ever begin to obey’. Those are two utterly different things. Every page of the Bible shows the difference.
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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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How do you change your behavior? Change what you worship
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Faith is living out and believing what truth is despite what you feel.
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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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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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Prayer is the way to experience a powerful confidence that God is handling our lives well, that our bad things will turn out for good, our good things cannot be taken from us, and the best things are yet to come.
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Tolerance isn’t about not having beliefs. It’s about how your beliefs lead you to treat people who disagree with you.
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God’s grace does not come to people who morally outperform others, but to those who admit their failure to perform and who acknowledge their need for a Savior.
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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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If our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts.

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