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Legalistic remorse says, “I broke God’s rules,” while real repentance says, “I broke God’s heart.”

Timothy Keller

Christians tend to motivate others with guilt. We tend to say: You would do this if you were really committed Christians, indicating that we are committed and all that is needed is for others to become as good as we are!
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Christian Guilt Motivate Motivation Other Say Shoes Tend
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
Faith is living out and believing what truth is despite what you feel.
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Despite Faith Feel Living Out Truth
Prayer should be done regularly, persistently, resolutely, and tenaciously at least daily, whether we feel like it or not.
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Daily Done Feel Least Like Persistently Prater Regularly Resolutely Tenaciously
Jesus warns people far more often about greed than about sex, yet almost no one thinks they are guilty of it.
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Almost Greed Guilty Jesus More People Sex Think Warm
Jesus didn’t come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.
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Answer Came Come Jesus Life Question Tell
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
Religion is ‘if you obey, then you will be accepted’. But the Gospel is, ‘if you are absolutely accepted, and sure you’re accepted, only then will you ever begin to obey’. Those are two utterly different things. Every page of the Bible shows the difference.
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Accept Accepted Bible Different Every Gospel Page Religion Show Utterly
The reason the stone was rolled away on Jesus’s tomb was not so that Jesus could get out, but so that we could get in.
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Away Get Jesus Reason Rolled Stop Tomb
How does Satan accuse us? By causing us to look at our sin rather than our Savior.
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Accuse Cause Look Our Satan Savior Sin
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
The Bible’s purpose is to show you how God’s grace breaks into your life against your will and saves you from the sin and brokenness otherwise you would never be able to overcome…
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Able Against Bible Break Jesus Christ Overcome Purpose Save Sin
Yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.
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Accept Christ Dare Jesus Love More Same Time Yet
As long as we think we are not that bad, the idea of grace will never change us.
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Change Grace Ideas Long never Think
When I forget the gospel I become dependent on the smiles and evaluation of others.
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Dependent Evaluation Forget Other Smile
Tolerance isn’t about not having beliefs. It’s about how your beliefs lead you to treat people who disagree with you.
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Belief Disagree People Tolerance Treat

Legalistic remorse says, “I broke God’s rules,” while real repentance says, “I broke God’s heart.”

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