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I was used to being the smartest guy in the room, and then God dropped me in a place that was well beyond me. It was painfully awesome.

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I'm accepted by God and it has nothing to do with me.
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My sin in the past: forgiven. My current struggles: covered. My future failures: paid in full all by the marvelous, infinite, matchless grace found in the atoning work of the cross of Jesus Christ.
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