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A life of gratitude to God for being saved is far more pleasing than a life based on self-righteousness over being good.

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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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The main human problems often are that we misidentify what will make us happy; and we ask people and things to save us beyond their ability.
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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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Every single emotion you have should be processed in prayer.
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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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So we find messages of self-salvation extremely attractive, whether they are religious (Keep these rules and you earn eternal blessing) or secular (Grab hold of these things and you’ll experience blessing now).
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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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What you do today is shaped by what you believe about tomorrow.
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Where you find your significance is where you find your salvation.
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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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If God is not at the center of your life, something else is.
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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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To fear the Lord is to be overwhelmed with wonder before the greatness of God and his love.
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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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The purpose of Jesus’s coming is to put the whole world right, to renew and restore the creation, not to escape it.
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If I have the smile of God, all other frowns are inconsequential.
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