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Our prayers should arise out of immersion in the Scripture. [We] speak only to the degree we are spoken to.

Timothy Keller

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A triune God would call us to converse with him . . . because he wants to share the joy he has. Prayer is our way of entering into the happiness of God himself.
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We get angry when we feel like God owes us a better life than we have.
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Sin is not just breaking the rules, it is putting yourself in the place of God as Savior, Lord, and Judge… There are two ways to be your own Savior and Lord. One is by breaking all the moral laws and setting your own course, and one is by keeping all the moral laws and being very, very good.
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The resurrection makes Christianity the most irritating religion on the face of the earth.
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I am so bad that He had to die. I am so loved that He was glad to die.
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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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The Christian gospel is that I am so flawed that Jesus had to die for me, yet I am so loved and valued that Jesus was glad to die for me.
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Just because we don't see a reason for evil and suffering doesn't mean there's not a reason for it.
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The goal of prayer is not just the sharing of our ideas, but also of ourselves.
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Prayer is continuing a conversation that God has started through his Word and his grace, which eventually becomes a full encounter with him.
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If you have money, power, and status today, it is due to the century and place in which you were born, to your talents and capacities and health, none of which you earned. In short, all your resources are in the end the gift of God.
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