It's not the elements of our worship that are awesome. It's the object of our worship Who is awesome.

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It's a big world. Don't get trapped by tiny dreams and feeble problems. Time for big prayers and bold faith.

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Sin doesn't make us bad, sin makes us dead. The gospel doesn't make us better, the gospel makes us alive.

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It’s easy: You simply follow the trail of your time, your affection, your energy, your money, and your allegiance. At the end of that trail you’ll find a throne; and whatever, or whoever, is on that throne is what’s of highest value to you. On that throne is what you worship.

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Humility is not a character trait to develop, it's the natural by-product of being with Jesus.

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There's no doubt we were unworthy, but we were never worthless. Big difference.

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Life isn't perfect and that's the kind of world where Jesus showed up. He wasn't born in a palace on a perfect day. He was born in the middle of the night during tax season to an unwed couple in a stable or a cave in a sheep field. That was God's way of showing us that nothing is perfect. Life is chaotic. It's messy. That's what Jesus was stepping into.

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We go from Malachi to Matthew in one page of our scriptures, but that one piece of paper that separates the Old Testament from the New Testament represents 400 years of history - 400 years where there wasn't a prophet, 400 years where God's voice wasn't heard. And that silence was broken with the cry of a baby on Christmas night.

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To us, waiting is wasting. To God waiting is working.

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Don't overcomplicate God's will. Just stay connected to Jesus. Love Him. Look into His eyes. He will lead. Follow. Repeat.

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