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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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The message of biblical Christianity is 'God loves me so that I might make him- his ways, his salvation, his glory, and his greatness- known among all nations.' Now God is the object of our faith, and Christianity centers around him. We are not the end of the gospel God is'
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And this is why Jesus came: to endure the holy wrath of God due us.
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By God’s design, he has wired his children for spiritual reproduction. He has woven into the fabric of every single Christian’s DNA a desire and ability to reproduce.
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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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We don't have stomachs for the things of this world because we have feasted on the goodness of our God.
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If our lives do not reflect radical compassion for the poor, there is reason to wonder if Christ is really in us at all
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If there were 1,000 ways to God we would want 1,001.
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The most glorious reason you exist is for the proclamation of the glory of God to the ends of the world. And it's more than having a nice life.
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The more Christ fulfills the cravings of our souls, the more he changes our taste capacities from the inside out. The more we walk with him, the more we want him. The more we taste of him, the more we enjoy him. And this transforms how we live and what we live for.
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My biggest fear, even now, is that I will hear Jesus' words and walk away, content to settle for less than radical obedience to Him.
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To be a Christian is to realize that in your sin, you were separated from God's presence, and you deserved nothing but God's wrath.
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Forgiveness is God's greatest gift because it meets our greatest need.
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Ultimate satisfaction is found not in making much of ourselves but in making much of God
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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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Orphans are easier to ignore before you know their names but once you know, everything changes.
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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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While the goal of the American dream is to make much of us, the goal of the gospel is to make much of God.
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We have a master who deserves radical sacrifice.
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What if all it took to bring us to our knees and to ignite our affections was the Word opened and the presence of God? What if that was enough for us? What if it didn't take a great band to evoke that kind of response from us in worship? What if His presence - His Word opened - what if it was enough?
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The call of Christ is to deny ourselves and to let go of our lives. To relinquish control of our lives, to surrender everything we are, everything that we do, our direction our safety our security is no longer found in the things of this world. It is found in Christ. And that is great risk when it comes to the things of this world.
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