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We need to remember that we are saved by grace when we fail. But we need to remember it much more when we succeed.

Timothy Keller

Legalistic remorse says, “I broke God’s rules,” while real repentance says, “I broke God’s heart.”
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After creation God said, ‘It is finished’-and he rested. After redemption Jesus said, ‘It is finished’-and we can rest.
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Nothing is more important than to learn how to maintain a life of purpose in the midst of painful adversity.
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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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You dont fall into love. You commit to it. Love is saying I will be there no matter what.
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You are a totally loved moral failure.
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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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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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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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If Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all that he said; if he didn’t rise from the dead, then why worry about any of what he said? The issue on which everything hangs is not whether or not you like his teaching but whether or not he rose from the dead.
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How you experience your present is completely shaped by what you believe your ultimate future to be.
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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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When love of one’s people becomes an absolute, it turns into racism. When love of equality turns into a supreme thing, it can result in hatred and violence toward anyone who has led a privileged life. It is the settled tendency of human societies to turn good political causes into counterfeit gods.
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Faith is not primarily a function of how you feel.
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The great basis of Christian assurance is not how much our hearts are set on God, but how unshakably his heart is set on us.
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…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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