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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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Love without truth is sentimentality; it supports and affirms us but keeps us in denial about our flaws. Truth without love is harshness; it gives us information but in such a way that we cannot really hear it.
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Fear-based repentance makes us hate ourselves. Joy-based repentance makes us hate the sin.
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Suffering is unbearable if you aren’t certain that God is for you and with you.
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Since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character.
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…Singles, too, must see the penultimate status of marriage. If single Christians don’t develop a deeply fulfilling love relationship with Jesus, they will put too much pressure on their DREAM of marriage, and that will create pathology in their lives as well.
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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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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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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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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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To discover the real you, look at what you spend time thinking about when no one is looking.
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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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The Gospel is news of what God has done to reach us. It is not advice about what we must do to reach God.
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Jesus Christ was treated as we deserved so that when we believe in Jesus, God treats us as Jesus deserves.
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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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Christ’s resurrection not only gives you hope for the future; it gives you hope to handle your scars right now.
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After creation God said, ‘It is finished’-and he rested. After redemption Jesus said, ‘It is finished’-and we can rest.
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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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Every single emotion you have should be processed in prayer.
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There is no way to have a real relationship without becoming vulnerable to hurt. Christmas tells us that God became breakable and fragile.
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The world values power, comfort, success, and recognition. Jesus frees us to value grief, sacrifice, weakness, and exclusion.
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Legalistic remorse says, “I broke God’s rules,” while real repentance says, “I broke God’s heart.”
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We need to remember that we are saved by grace when we fail. But we need to remember it much more when we succeed.
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When we grasp that we are unworthy sinners saved by an infinitely costly grace, it destroys both our self-righteousn ess and our need to ridicule others.
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