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Our possessions can be deadly. They can be subtly deadly.

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This is the reality about humanity. We are each born with an evil, God-hating heart. Genesis 8: 21 says that every inclination of man's heart is evil from childhood, and Jesus' words in Luke 11: 13 assume that we know we are evil.
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When we consider the promises of Christ, risking everything we are and everything we have for His sake is no longer a matter of sacrifice. It's just common sense.
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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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There is a sense in which the danger of our lives increases in proportion to the depth of our relationship with Christ.
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God actually delights in exalting our inability. He intentionally puts his people in situations where they come face to face with their need for him.
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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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Orphans are easier to ignore before you know their names but once you know, everything changes.
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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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And this is why Jesus came: to endure the holy wrath of God due us.
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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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In a world where everything revolves around yourself-protec t yourself, promote yourself, comfort yourself, and take care of yourself-Jesus says, 'Crucify yourself. Put aside all self-preservati on in order to live for God's glorification, no matter what that means for you in the culture around you.'
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My life is a blank check before God... No strings attached.
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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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I was immersed in comfortable Christianity. Years ago, I found myself living what seemed like the American church dream - pastoring a large church, living in a large house, and surrounded by all the comforts this world has to offer. But inside I had a sinking feeling that I was missing the point.
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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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