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Ultimate satisfaction is found not in making much of ourselves but in making much of God

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On popular issues like poverty and slavery, where Christians are likely to be applauded for our social action, we are quick to stand up and speak out. Yet on controversial issues like homosexuality and abortion, where Christians are likely to be criticized for our involvement, we are content to sit down and stay quiet.
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The dangerous assumption we unknowingly accept in the American dream is that our greatest asset is our own ability.
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I am finding deep joy in depending on Christ for the guidance only He can provide as He produces the fruit of gospel in my life.
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Why not begin operating under the idea that God has given us excess, not so we could have more, but so we could give more?
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Privatized faith in a resurrected Christ is practically inconceivable.
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If there were 1,000 ways to God we would want 1,001.
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If we are going to accomplish the global purpose of God, it will not be primarily through giving our money, as important as that is. It will happen primarily through giving ourselvs. This is what the gospel represents and this is what the gospel requires.
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Radical obedience to Christ is not easy... It's not comfort, not health, not wealth, and not prosperity in this world. Radical obedience to Christ risks losing all these things. But in the end, such risk finds its reward in Christ. And he is more than enough for us.
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God uses sorrowful tragedy to set the stage for surprising triumph-whether in this life or the life to come.
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I always questioned if I was CALLED to adopt, but then I realized no child was ever CALLED to be an orphan.
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We don’t go to Scripture for permission to do what we think is best, but for direction to do what He says is best.
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If you can trust God to save you for eternity, you can trust him to lead you for a lifetime.
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Surely the gospel evokes unconditional surrender of all that we are and all that we have to all that He is.
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It's important to realize that we adopt not because we are rescuers. No. We adopt because we are rescued.
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The Bible clearly reminds us that left to ourselves, we would be lost forever.
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We are settling for a Christianity that revolves around catering to ourselves when the central message of Christianity is actually about abandoning ourselves.
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When we realize we have the responsibility to teach the word, it changes everything about how we hear the Word.
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Every Christian has unique opportunities to engage the most pressing social issues of our day by praying, proclaiming the gospel, and participating with God in all that he is doing in the world.
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One of my favorite sights is to look across a room packed with people with their Bibles in their laps, studying who God is and what God has said- after midnight.
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My life is a blank check before God... No strings attached.
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