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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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Kevin DeYoung
Age: 48
Born: 1977
Born: January 1
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God's timing is rarely our timing.
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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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One of the signs that you are walking in the light is that you are honest about having walked in the darkness.
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God is still here, God is still real, and God has not gone anywhere, even if you have.
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I try to keep in my mind the simple question: Am I trying to do good or make myself look good? Too many of our responsibilities get added to our plate when we are trying to please people, impress people, prove ourselves, acquire power, increase our prestige. All those motivations are about looking good more than doing good.
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Submission to the Scriptures is submission to God. Rebellion against the Scriptures is rebellion against God
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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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Perhaps out inactivity is not so much waiting on God as it is an expression of the fear of man, the love of the praise of man, and disbelief in God's providence.
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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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Flattery is saying something nice in order to help yourself. Encouragement is saying something true in order help someone else.
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If there really is a perfect will of God we are meant to discover, in which we will find tremendous freedom and fulfillment, why does it seem that everyone looking for God's will is in such bondage and confusion?
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When busyness goes after joy, it goes after everyone's joy.
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Sanctification is not by surrender, but by divinely enabled toil and effort.
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If you think God has promised this world will be a five-star hotel, you will be miserable as you live through the normal struggles of life. But if you remember that God promised we would be pilgrims and this world may feel more like a desert or even a prison, you might find your life surprisingly happy.
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It's not convincing to say you are a child of God if you have none of the characteristics of your Father.
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To start the day without prayer is to suggest the devil is feeble, God is irrelevant, and we can handle things on our own.
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Just about everybody in America likes Jesus, but few like him for who he truly is.
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If you find yourself mistreated, misunderstood, and mocked as a Christian, take heart, for so they did to the Christ.
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If we do not worship God, God will not be the lesser for it. But we will.
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