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God can be trusted even when he cannot be seen or understood.

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Where God is at the center of things, worship inevitably follows.
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The real test that I believe that God is love is that tragedies don't separate me from the conviction that God is love.
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Christian contentment, therefore, is the direct fruit of having no higher ambition than to belong to the Lord and to be totally at His disposal in the place He appoints, at the time He chooses, with the provision He is pleased to make.
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The notion that we are children of God, his own sons and daughters, lies at the heart of all Christian theology, and is the mainspring of all Christian living.
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The only thing of my very own which I contribute to my redemption is the sin from which I need to be redeemed.
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God's guidance will require patience on our part. His leading is not usually a direct assurance, a revelation, but His sovereign controlling of the circumstances of our lives, with the Word of God as our rule. It is therefore, inevitable that the unfolding of His purposes will take time - sometimes a very long time.
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Probably no theologian in English language has ever rivaled Owen stressing the absolute centrality of Christ's penal substitution and therefore his as Priest. . . . For that reason alone The Priesthood of Christ is worth all the time it takes to read it with humility, care, and reflection.
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The foundation of worship in the heart is not emotional (I feel full of worship or The atmosphere is so worshipful). Actually, it is theological. Worship is not something we work up, it is something that comes down to us, from the character of God.
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There is a difference between a well-instructed congregation and a well-nourished one.
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The conviction that Christian doctrine matters for Christian living is one of the most important growth points of the Christian life.
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Do I learn through dark providences, or simply seem relieved when they are over?
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How do we bring glory to God? The Bible’s short answer is: by growing more and more like Jesus Christ.
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The determining factor of my existence is no longer my past.
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Regeneration, however it is described, is a divine activity in us, in which we are not the actors but the recipients.
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True discernment means not only distinguishing the right from the wrong it means distinguishing the primary from the secondary, the essential from the indifferent, and the permanent from the transient. And, yes, it means distinguishing between the good and the better, and even between the better and the best.
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If you are justified, you can no more be unjustified than Christ can be pulled down from heaven.
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God has chosen us. Our status is not a matter of our worthiness, but of His love.
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The fear of the Lord tends to take away all other fears... This is the secret of Christian courage and boldness.
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