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All human problems are ultimately symptoms, and our separation from God is the cause.

Timothy Keller

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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After Creation Finish God Jesus Redemption Rest
Where you find your significance is where you find your salvation.
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Find Salvation Significance
In the original language, ‘Fear the Lord’ doesn’t mean be afraid. It means sustaining a joyful, astonished awe, and wonder before Him.
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Astonished Before Fear Joyful Language Lord Mean Original Sustain Wonderful
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
We are regularly in danger of having too light a view of our sin and also too light a grasp of what Jesus has done to free us from our sin.
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Danger Free Grasp Jesus Light Regularly Sin View
Suffering is unbearable if you aren’t certain that God is for you and with you.
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Certain God Suffer Unbearable With You
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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Anything Difficulty Fortifies Liberate Need Pretense Righteousness Self
If your god never disagrees with you, you might just be worshipping an idealized version of yourself.
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Christian Disagree God Idealize might Version Worship Yourself
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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Advice Done God Gospel News Reach Rech
To discover the real you, look at what you spend time thinking about when no one is looking.
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Discover Look One Real Spend Think Time You
God sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But by His grace, He does not leave us as we are.
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Accept Doe God Grace Leave Love See
When Job was prospering, he prayed. When he was suffering, he still prayed.
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Pray Proper Still Suffer
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
The basic premise of religion– that if you live a good life, things will go well for you– is wrong. Jesus was the most morally upright person who ever lived, yet He had a life filled with the experience of poverty, rejection, injustice, and even torture.
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Basic Good Jesus Life Live Morality Most Person Premise Religion Upright Wrong
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
We come to God saying, “Look at all I’ve done,” or maybe “Look at all I’ve suffered.” God, however, wants us to look to him – to just wash.
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Come God However Look Say Wash

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