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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.

Sinclair B. Ferguson

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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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The Son of God came to dwell in human flesh for us in order that He might come to dwell in us by His Spirit.
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Most Christians have more Bibles than they know what to do with, but have little understanding of what is in them.
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God made everything else but man after its kind' - that is, according to the purpose and destiny he envisaged for it. But he made man in His own image. Man is patterned on God! He was made to represent God - in created, human form.
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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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When you look at the Cross, what do you see? You see God’s awesome faithfulness. Nothing – not even the instinct to spare His own Son – will turn him back from keeping His word.
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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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God can be trusted even when he cannot be seen or understood.
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No short-cut that tries to bypass the patient unfolding of the true character of God, and our relationship to him as his children, can ever succeed in providing long-term spiritual therapy.
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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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Marriage, and the process of coming to it, is not heaven! It is the bonding together of two needy sinners in order to make a partnership which is substantially greater than either of them alone.
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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 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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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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Inerrancy matters because it honors the Spirit, who wants to honor the Son, who wants to honor the Father.
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We best defend the Lord's glory by speaking first TO Him about unbelieving men rather than speaking first ABOUT Him to unbelieving men.
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The foundation of worship in the heart is not emotional...it is theological.
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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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