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Godly character flows out of devotion to God and practically confirms the reality of that devotion.

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Jerry Bridges
Age: 86 †
Born: 1929
Born: December 4
Died: 2016
Died: March 6
Author
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Tyler
Texas
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Devotion
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Reality
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Godly

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Giving thanks to God for both His temporal and spiritual blessings in our lives is not just a nice thing to do - it is the moral will of God. Failure to give Him the thanks due Him is sin.
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Every day is important for us because it is a day ordained by God.
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Because peace is a fruit of the Spirit, we are dependent upon the Spirit's work in our lives to produce the desire and the means to pursue peace. But we are also responsible to use the means He has given us and to take all practical steps to attain both peace within and peace with others.
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Lord, I am willing To receive what You give. To lack what You withhold. To relinquish what You take, To suffer what You inflict, To be what you require.
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Biblical community is first of all the sharing of a common life in Christ.
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We must allow the Bible to say what is says, not what we think it ought to say.
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God will never allow any action against you that is not in accord with His will for you. And His will is always directed to our good.
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The purpose of God's discipline is not to punish us but to transform us.
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God's sovereignty does not negate our responsibility to pray, but rather makes it possible for us to pray with confidence.
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God's unfailing love for us is an objective fact affirmed over and over in the Scriptures. It is true whether we believe it or not. Our doubts do not destroy God's love, nor does our faith create it. It originates in the very nature of God, who is love, and it flows to us through our union with His beloved Son.
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That which should distinguish the suffering of believers from unbelievers is the confidence that our suffering is under the control of an all-powerful and all-loving God. Our suffering has meaning and purpose in God's eternal plan, and He brings or allows to come into our lives only that which is for His glory and our good.
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Faith in Christ and a reliance on ourselves, even to the smallest degree, are mutually exclusive.
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This is the essence of God's sovereignty His absolute independence to do as He pleases and His absolute control over the actions of all His creatures. No creature, person, or empire can either thwart His will or act outside the bounds of His will.
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