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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.

Timothy Keller

I am going to judge my circumstances by Jesus’ love, not Jesus’ love by my circumstances.
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Circumstance Go Jesus Judging Love
If you love anything in this world more than God, you will crush that object under the weight of your expectations.
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Anything Crush Expectation Love More Object Under Weight World
Only on the cross do you have a totally holy God and a totally loving God.
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Become Crosses God Happiness Happy Holy Love Make Mean Tend
If we have not seen our sin and sought radical forgiveness from God, we will be unable to forgive and to seek the good of those who have wronged us.
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Forgiveness Forgiving God Radical Seen Sin Thought
Men, you’ll never be a good groom to your wife unless you’re first a good bride to Jesus.
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Bride Good Groom Jesus Men Unless
Christ did not suffer so you wouldn’t suffer. He suffered so when you suffer you will become like Him.
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Become Christ Like Suffer
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
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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Anyone Deed Humanity Less Myself Nothing Superior Swagger Think Undermine
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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Band Believer Christian Family Friend
The Christian Gospel is that I am so flawed that Jesus had to die for me, yet I am so loved and valued that Jesus was glad to die for me.
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Christian Die Flawed Glad Gospel Jesus Loved Me Value
The only person who dares wake up a king at 3:00 AM for a glass of water is a child. We have that kind of access
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Access Child Children Glass Kind King Person Water
Pride is the carbon-monoxide of Sin. It silently and slowly kills you without you even knowing.
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Carbon Kiss Pride Silently Sin Slowly
Suffering can refine us rather than destroy us because God himself walks with us in the fire.
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Destroy Fire God Himself Refine Suffering Walk
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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Acknowledge Admit Christian Come Failure God Grace Morally Other Outperform People Religious
Forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting the forgiveness. To not retaliate is to absorb the cost.
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Absorb Always Come Cost Forgiveness Grant One Retaliate
The Bible’s purpose is not so much to show you how to live a good life.
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Bible Good Life Live Much Purpose Show

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