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The goal of prayer is not just the sharing of our ideas, but also of ourselves.

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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A Christian is one who stops working to be saved, not one who stops working!
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The deeper the experience of the free grace of God, the more generous we must become.
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Suffering is unbearable if you aren’t certain that God is for you and with you.
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Christ's resurrection not only gives you hope for the future it gives you hope to handle your scars right now.
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Fear, logic, and tradition are not going to make you live a good life when no one is looking.
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The only love that won’t disappoint you is one that can’t change, that can’t be lost, that is not based on the ups and downs of life or of how well you live. It is something that not even death can take away from you. God’s love is the only thing like that.
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The world values power, comfort, success, and recognition. Jesus frees us to value grief, sacrifice, weakness, and exclusion.
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The church does not simply have a missions department it should wholly exist to be a mission.
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God has become human. The absolute has become particular. The ideal has become real. The divine has taken up a human nature.
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All I know is, if I don't care about the poor, if my church doesn't care about the poor, that's evil.
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There are some needs only you can see. There are some hands only you can hold. There are some people only you can reach.
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Religion says earn your life. Secular society says create your life. Jesus says, 'My life for your life.
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