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Jesus says that those who live by God's forgiveness must imitate it. A person whose only hope is that God will not hold his faults against him forfeits his right to hold others' faults against them.
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Prayer is the way you defeat the devil, reach the lost, restore a backslider, strengthen the saints, send missionaries out, cure the sick, accomplish the impossible, and know the will of God.
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Discipleship is crucial to our ultimate destiny, but its cost is total commitment.
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The Lord intends us to be powerful people-mighty in optimism and hopeful of spirit, powerful in evangelistic zeal, potent in influence, sturdy in moral fiber and purity. We can be powerhouses in prayer and preaching.
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Kids today learn a lot about getting to the moon, but very little about getting to heaven.
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We may go to church once a week, but our Christian life is daily - step-by-step.
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People crave encouragement, and sometimes the greatest encouragement is the writing of words that endure. Perhaps you can pen a note of affirmation and approval to someone today.
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All the Christmas presents in the world are worth nothing without the presence of Christ.
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The man who loves his wife above all else on earth gains the freedom and power to pursue other noble, but lesser, loves.
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We are sometimes tempted to believe the lie that God does not love us. Thankfully the Bible is filled with evidence that this is not true.
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It's not that your most important work is meaningless; it's that your most trivial movements are also significant.
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Only by being both deity and humanity could Jesus Christ bridge the gap between where God is.
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When we gather for worship, whether with a handful in a storefront chapel or with thousands in St. Peter's Square, we perform a drama with different parts-speaking and singing and praying and giving money and baptizing and eating bread and drinking wine-all for the delight of God.
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Men are not sent to hell because of being murderers or liars, they are sent to hell because they are unrighteous.
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Satan can wreak havoc but he cannot claim the victory.
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To avoid the trap of the Pharisees, we've got to guard the interconnection between our thoughts and our attitudes.
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God’s grace is freely available but in order to receive it you have to realize you are lost without it.
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Every believer is commanded to be plugged in to a local church.
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It's not going to happen through technology or our intellectual abilities but only through prayer. When we pray, God works. We believe God blesses churches that bless missions.
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Too often we concentrate only on the things we can see now; but our focus should be on that place we can only envision, but will enjoy for all eternity.
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God is unlimited and infinite with respect to time; He is eternal. God is unlimited and unaffected by space; He is present everywhere at the same time.
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Happiness comes from holiness. You can't truly be happy unless you're hungry for Jesus Christ.
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God has given us everything we need for life and godliness. And he's given us the indwelling strength and guidance of the Holy Spirit. The rest is up to us.
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It is possible to be at the top of Christian service, respected and admired, and not have that indispensable ingredient by which God has chosen to work in His world today - the absolute sacrificial agape love of the Eternal God.