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We take hold of Christ as his words take hold us.

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Kevin DeYoung
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: January 1
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God's timing is rarely our timing.
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Many in Jesus' day saw him, but they didn't have communion with him. You can have more of Christ by faith than they had by sight.
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For Jesus, Scripture is powerful, decisive, and authoritative because it is nothing less than the voice of God.
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Just about everybody in America likes Jesus, but few like him for who he truly is.
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There is nothing gray about whether a follower of Christ should see 50 Shades of Grey. This is a black and white issue. Don’t go. Don’t watch it. Don’t read it. Don’t rent it.
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The secret of the gospel is that we actually do more when we hear less about all we need to do for God and hear more about all that God has already done for us.
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The reason for your entire salvation, the design behind your deliverance, the purpose for which God chose you in the first place is holiness.
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There is no way to work your way to God. There is no way to climb up to heaven. There is only one way, and that is through Christ.
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We do not truly know what love is unless we know Christ.
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We are not called to bring a broken planet back to its created glory. But we are to call broken people back to their creator.
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I'm pretty sure most of us would be more fulfilled if we didn't fixate on fulfillment quite so much.
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Here's good news: God is even more committed to your change, your growth, and your transformation than you are.
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The world needs to see Christians burning, not with self-righteous fury at the sliding morals in our country, but with passion for God.
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If the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, then growing in our knowledge of God is always practical.
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No one can hate you in this life more than Jesus was hated.
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The richest treasure God has for you are the people in your life. Give thanks and don't take them for granted.
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To run hard after holiness is another way of running hard after God.
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Flattery is saying something nice in order to help yourself. Encouragement is saying something true in order help someone else.
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The man who attempts Christianity without the church shoots himself in the foot, shoots his children in the leg, and shoots his grandchildren in the heart.
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You will never see the preciousness of a Savior, if you do not see the reality of your sin.
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