Our character is mainly shaped by our primary social community – the people with whom we eat, play, converse, and study.
TIMOTHY KELLERWhen Job was prospering, he prayed. When he was suffering, he still prayed.
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Prayer should be done regularly, persistently, resolutely, and tenaciously at least daily, whether we feel like it or not.
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It is impossible to forgive someone if you feel superior to him or her.
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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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All human problems are ultimately symptoms, and our separation from God is the cause.
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What you do today is shaped by what you believe about tomorrow.
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No, he was in agony, and he looked down at us – denying him, abandoning him, and betraying him – and in the greatest act of love in history, he STAYED. He said, “Father, forgive them, they don’t know what they are doing.” He loved us, not because we were lovely to him, but to make us lovely.
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It’s impossible to have met the real Jesus and be indifferent. You either bow down in wonder OR go away offended.
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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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If anything becomes more fundamental than God to your happiness, meaning of life, and identity then it is an idol.
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Men, you’ll never be a good groom to your wife unless you’re first a good bride to Jesus.
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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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The resurrection was God’s way of stamping PAID IN FULL right across history so that nobody could miss it.
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The Bible’s purpose is not so much to show you how to live a good life.
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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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Success and suffering will either darken your heart or make you wise, but they won’t leave you where you were.
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