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God has chosen us. Our status is not a matter of our worthiness, but of His love.

Sinclair B. Ferguson

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Christians have a new identity. We are no longer 'in Adam' but 'in Christ' no longer in the flesh but in the Spirit.
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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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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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Jesus Christ is able to set us free because He has dealt with the sin that enslaves us.
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You must know, rest in, think through, and act upon your new identity - you are in Christ
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Be obedient even when you do not know where obedience may lead you
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The foundation of our love for the Lord lies in the recognition of His holiness, our sinfulness, and His grace.
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You do not become a master musician by playing just as you please, by imagining that learning the scales is sheer legalism and bondage! No, true freedom in any area of life is the consequence of regular discipline. It is no less true of the life of prayer.
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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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Repentance is a characteristic of the whole life, not the action of a single moment.
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Until we acknowledge our sin and guilt, we will never come to discover that it can be forgiven.
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Remember that you are not saved by increased levels of holiness, however desirable it is that you should reach them. ...It is Christ who saves us-through faith. Your faith is a poor and crumbling thing, as is your spiritual service. Jesus Christ alone is qualified and able to save you because of what He has done.
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We discover the will of God by a sensitive application of Scripture to our own lives.
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God's promises are not fortune cookies. We do not use them in order to get a spiritual fix for the day.
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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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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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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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Without the spirit of the Lord Jesus, we will look upon 'the least of these' simply as the least.
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