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The church is not a theological classroom. It is a conversion, confession, repentance, reconciliation, forgiveness and sanctification center, where flawed people place their faith in Christ, gather to know and love him better, and learn to love others as he designed.

Paul David Tripp

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See yourself and weep. See your God and rejoice.
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We forget that God's primary goal is not changing our situations or relationships so that we can be happy, but changing us through our situations and relationships so that we will be holy.
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How can you admit that your only hope is divine grace and then throw condemnation at another sinner when you see them struggle?
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True restoration takes patience, subtlety, skill, and grace.
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You can tell yourself that God's not fair, or you can thank Him that He's not fair. If God was fair, we would be doomed and condemned.
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The fatal flaw of human wisdom is that it promises that you can change your relationships without needing to change yourself.
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Sin makes us moral quadriplegics.
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The kingdom of self tends to be more focused on what the hands can touch than what the heart should embrace.
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God's grace doesn't always come in comfortable forms. But it's still grace, and it's still evidence that He loves us.
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Remember, when you're sinned against its tempting to respond sinfully. Don't give in, talk to your heart and seek the grace of Jesus.
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I am my biggest marital problem
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Love is willing self-sacrifice for the good of another that does not require reciprocation or that the person being loved is deserving
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Our sin is what separates us from God, but it's our self righteousness that keeps us from running to Him for the grace He willingly gives to all who come.
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The more you understand the magnitude of God's grace, the more accurate will be your view of the depth of your unrighteousness and the more you understand the depth of your unrighteousness , the more you will appreciate the magnitude of God's gift of grace.
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Harboring bitterness against people is actually confessing their sin to myself, over and over again. Anger is akin to confessing their sin to God, dissatisfied that he hasn't done something and placing myself in his position as judge.
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Corporate worship is a regular gracious reminder that it's not about you. You've been born into a life that is a celebration of another.
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Foolishness is more than being stupid, that deadly combination of arrogance and ignorance.
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We must begin by admitting that people and situations do not cause us to speak as we do. Our hearts control our words. People and situations simply provide the occasion for the heart to express itself.
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There simply aren't any grand moments in life, and we surely don't live in those moments. No, we live in the utterly mundane. We exist in the bathrooms, bedrooms, living rooms, and hallways of life. This is where the character of our life is set. This is where we live the life of faith.
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The Bible says that our core problem, the fundamental reason we do what we do, is sin.
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