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

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Being a member of a church means realizing that we are responsible for helping the brothers and sisters around us to grow as disciples of Jesus. In the same way, they are responsible for helping us. We desperately need each other in the daily fight to follow Christ in a world that's full of sin.
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But then I realize there is never going to be a day when I stand before God and He looks at me and says, 'I wish you would have kept more for yourself.' I'm confident that God will take care of me.
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Some people think that if they will do certain things, they will somehow earn the favor of God, but this misses the whole point of Christianity and ironically devolves into a me-centered approach.
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Give liberally. Go urgently. Live dangerously.
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The bible informs us, compels us to care for the poor, to love the outcast, to serve the needy.
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Gospel possession requires gospel proclamation.
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Forgiveness is God's greatest gift because it meets our greatest need.
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Superficial religion consists of merely believing certain truths and doing certain things....such superficial religion is rampant in the world today.
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So the challenge for us is to live in such a way that we are radically dependent on and desperate for the power that only God can provide.
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When we realize that Jesus is the one who takes the initiative and invites us to follow him, everything changes-on multiple levels.
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Satan's strategies to stop the church will ultimately serve to spread the church. And Satan's strategies to inflict earthly pain in your life will ultimately serve to increase eternal glory with your God 'Light momentary affliction.'
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The gospel reveals the glory of God. According to God's Word, he is the sovereign Creator of all things.
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Jesus is not some puny religious teacher begging for an invitation from anyone. He is the all-sovereign Lord who deserves submission from everyone.
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In direct contradiciton to the American dream, God actually delights in exalting our inability.
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To be a Christian is to be loved by God, pursued by God, and found by God.
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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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As I looked at material and spiritual poverty in the world around me, including approximately 2 billion people who haven't even heard the gospel, I knew that I needed to make some major changes in my life.
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We owe Christ to the world--to the least person and to the greatest person, to the richest person and to the poorest person, to the best person and to the worst person. We are in debt to the nations.
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Instead of trying to conquer sin by working hard to change our actions, we can conquer sin by trusting Christ to change our affections.
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And this is why Jesus came: to endure the holy wrath of God due us.
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