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Like a baby learning language, we learn how to communicate with God by listening to His words first.

Timothy Keller

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The gospel destroys pride because it tells us we are so lost that Jesus had to die for us.
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Whatever you base your life on--you have to live up to that. Jesus is the one Lord you can live for who already died for you.
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Big cities have a lot of 'younger brothers' who have left traditional parts of the world and their families for a more liberal lifestyle. But cities are filled to the gills with 'elder brothers' too.
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You are under-qualified for the job of God.
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To be a Christian is a standing, a legal position. It means to be a child of God. You are or you are not, there is no try.
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A Christian is somebody whose eyes have been opened, who admits that Jesus is not what you expected, but he’s what you need.
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Jesus does not just bring good news he is the good news.
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Our culture says that feelings of love are the basis for actions of love. And of course that can be true. But it is truer to say that actions of love can lead consistently to feelings of love.
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We are so quick to tweet, Facebook, and Instagram but we treat prayer with a sense of delay?
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At the end of history the whole earth has become the Garden of God again. Death and decay and suffering are gone. . . . Jesus will make the world our perfect home again. We will no longer be living 'east of Eden,' always wandering and never arriving. We will come, and the father will meet us and embrace us, and we will be brought into the feast.
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Every treasure on this earth says, 'Give your life to purchase me.' Jesus says 'I'm the one treasure who died to purchase you.'
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We must have a strong inner life of fellowship and intimacy with Jesus if we are going to have a strong outer life of ministry
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People only get in the afterlife what they have most wanted-either to have God as Savior and Master or to be their own Saviors and Masters.
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There is no evil that the father’s love cannot pardon and cover, there is no sin that is a match for his grace.
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Every single emotion you have should be processed in prayer.
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You are a totally loved moral failure.
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The church is not a museum for pristine saints, but a hospital ward for broken sinners.
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Look at Jesus Christ. Every time he was in trouble he used the Word of God. When he was tempted he used the Word. When he was suffering on the cross he used the Word.
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Anything can serve as a counterfeit god, especially the very best things in life.
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If you don't love the poor, you don't know what God's done for you.
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