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The prerequisite for receiving the grace of God is to know you need it.

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This is the humbling truth that lies at the heart of Christianity. We love to be our own saviors. Our hearts love to manufacture glory for themselves.
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What you do today is shaped by what you believe about tomorrow.
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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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Generosity is not only about money. There is more than one currency. Let your generosity be pervasive in life.
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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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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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God looks at the anxious and says, I tore my Son to shreds for you, and you’re afraid I will not give you what you need?
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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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If anything becomes more fundamental than God to your happiness, meaning of life, and identity then it is an idol.
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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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In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.
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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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Christianity does not provide the reason for each experience of pain, but it does provide deep resources for actually facing suffering with hope and courage rather than bitterness and despair
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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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Nothing is more important than to learn how to maintain a life of purpose in the midst of painful adversity.
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