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To grow in your passion for what Jesus has done, increase your understanding of what He has done.

C. J. Mahaney

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C. J. Mahaney
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: September 21
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Charles Joseph Mahaney
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Never be content with your current grasp of the gospel. The gospel is the life-permeating, world-altering, universe-changing truth. It has more facets than a diamond. It's depths man will never exhaust.
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Effective teaching involves explaining to our children what they're already observing in our lives by example.
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The weakest believer and the strongest saint are alike equally justified. Justification admits no degrees. A man is either wholly justified or wholly condemned in the sight of God.
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Only those who are truly aware of their sin can truly cherish grace.
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To learn true humility, we need more than a redefinition of greatness we need even more than Jesus' personal example of humble service. What we need is His death.
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But the very act of pausing in a busy day to pray is an act of weakening pride in my life, acknowledging that I am a dependent creature. I am not self sufficient.
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Individuals motivated by self-interest, self-indulgence, and a false sense of self-sufficiency pursue selfish ambition for the purpose of self-glorification.
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We don't accidentally drift into holiness rather we mature gradually and purposefully, one choice at a time.
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Reminding ourselves of the gospel is the most important daily habit we can establish.
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The biblical purpose of every conversation you have, in every personal interaction, is that they person who hears you will receive grace.
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It was humanly impossible for the disciples to free themselves from their selfish pursuit of self-exaltation, just as it's impossible for us to free ourselves from the very same sins.
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We make time for what we truly value. We build habits and routines around the things that really matter to us. This is an important principle to understand as we seek to build our lives around the gospel. Do you want a cross centered life? A cross centered life is made up of cross centered days.
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Today, the greatest challenge facing American evangelicals is not persecution from the world, but seduction by the world.
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All gifts from God are intended to direct our attention to God and create fresh affection for God.
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Your greatest need is not a spouse. Your greatest need is to be delivered from the wrath of God - and that has already been accomplished for you through the death and resurrection of Christ. So why doubt that God will provide a much, much lesser need? Trust His sovereignty, trust His wisdom, trust His love.
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Modesty is humility expressed in dress.
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Sunday is the best day of the week because we celebrate the risen Christ of the cross in the local church, the dearest place on earth.
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Before we can begin to see the cross as something done FOR us, leading us to faith and worship, we have to see it as something done BY us, leading us to repentance. Only the man or woman who is prepared to own his share in the guilt of the cross may claim his share in its grace.
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Pride is when sinful human beings aspire to the status and position of God and refuse to acknowledge their dependence upon Him.
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