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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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If I have the smile of God, all other frowns are inconsequential.
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Religion operates on the principle ‘I obey-therefore I am accepted by God.’ But the operating principle of the gospel is ‘I am accepted by God through what Christ has done-therefore I obey.’
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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 prerequisite for receiving the grace of God is to know you need it.
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No one is too bad for Jesus. A lot of people think they are too good for Jesus.
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When I forget the gospel I become dependent on the smiles and evaluation of others.
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In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.
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Suffering can refine us rather than destroy us because God himself walks with us in the fire.
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Christians need the gospel as much as non-Christians do.
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You don’t fall in love. You commit to it.
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Love is the effort and desire to make someone else everything they were created to be.
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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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To discover the real you, look at what you spend time thinking about when no one is looking.
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If you want God’s grace, all you need is need, all you need is nothing. But that kind of spiritual humility is hard to muster.
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You are more sinful than you could dare imagine and you are more loved and accepted than you could ever dare hope.
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All human problems are ultimately symptoms, and our separation from God is the cause.
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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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The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God’s will to mine, but to mold my will into His.
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It is not the strength of your faith but the object of your faith that actually saves you.
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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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Christ did not suffer so you wouldn’t suffer. He suffered so when you suffer you will become like Him.
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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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God relentlessly offers his grace to people who do not deserve it, or seek it, or even appreciate it after they have been saved by it.
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When we worry we are saying, ‘I know the way my life is supposed to go, and God’s not getting it right’.
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Yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.
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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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To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God.
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