Jesus Christ did not suffer so that you would not suffer. He suffered so that when you suffer, you’ll become more like him. The gospel does not promise you better life circumstances; it promises you a better life.

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When Job was prospering, he prayed. When he was suffering, he still prayed.

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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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To discover the real you, look at what you spend time thinking about when no one is looking.

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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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No one is too bad for Jesus. A lot of people think they are too good for Jesus.

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The only love that won’t disappoint you is one that can’t change, that can’t be lost, that is not based on the ups and downs of life or of how well you live. It is something that not even death can take away from you. God’s love is the only thing like that.

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The Bible’s purpose is not so much to show you how to live a good life. 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… 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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Legalistic remorse says, "I broke God's rules," while real repentance says, "I broke God's heart."

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Pride is the carbon-monoxide of Sin. It silently and slowly kills you without you even knowing.

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