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The lack of joy in your life is due to your lack of mission.

Timothy Keller

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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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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You don’t fall in love. You commit to it.
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The purpose of Jesus’s coming is to put the whole world right, to renew and restore the creation, not to escape it.
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As long as we think we are not that bad, the idea of grace will never change us.
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Legalistic remorse says, “I broke God’s rules,” while real repentance says, “I broke God’s heart.”
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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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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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We were designed to know, serve, and love God supremely – and when we are faithful to that design, we flourish.
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Faith is living out and believing what truth is despite what you feel.
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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
…Singles, too, must see the penultimate status of marriage. If single Christians don’t develop a deeply fulfilling love relationship with Jesus, they will put too much pressure on their DREAM of marriage, and that will create pathology in their lives as well.
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Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.
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I am going to judge my circumstances by Jesus’ love, not Jesus’ love by my circumstances.
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To discover the real you, look at what you spend time thinking about when no one is looking.
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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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