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But God doesn't call us to be comfortable. He calls us to trust Him so completely that we are unafraid to put ourselves in situations where we will be in trouble if He doesn't come through.
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My existence was not random, nor was it an accident. God knew who He was creating, and He designed met for a specific work.
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The world says love yourself, grab all you can, follow your heart. Jesus says deny yourself, grab your cross and follow me.
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If just a few of you would step up and be like Jonathan ... as you step out in faith, you know what's going to happen? There'll be people like Saul who'll say, "God's doing something through that guy, God's doing something through that girl. I want to be a part of that.
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Making disciples isn’t about gathering pupils to listen to your teaching. The real focus is not on teaching people at all–the focus is on loving them.
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God's art speaks of Himself, reflecting who He is and what He is like.
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God gave me the same power He gave Jesus. I ask myself daily, Why do I waste such a priceless gift?
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Hell is the backdrop that reveals the profound and unbelievable grace of the cross. It brings to light the enormity of our sin and therefore portrays the undeserved favor of God in full color.
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You've got to do some work now. Make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue. Virtue is about moral excellence.
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Because I want to get a lot done, I can sometimes do that in the flesh. If I don't rest in the Lord, and enjoy him as I should, my action doesn't spring from my identity and enjoyment of Christ. When that happens, I end up getting the glory rather than Jesus.
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If I were Satan and my ultimate goal was to thwart God's kingdom and purposes, one of my main strategies would be to get churchgoers to ignore the Holy Spirit.
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"Do you know that nothing you do in this life will ever matter, unless it is about loving God and loving the people he has made?
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Following Christ isn't something that can be done halfheartedly or on the side. It is not a label we can display when it is useful. It must be central to everything we do and are.
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What is amazing is how we treat a meeting with God as ordinary or burdensome.
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Show true religion, cause words don't relieve
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A key to everything is surrender - to really come before the Lord and say, 'I will literally stay here as long as you want me to stay' or 'God, I will really go anywhere on the earth.'
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I love staring out toward the ocean and away from anything manmade.
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Jesus asks for everything, but we try to give Him less.
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We are a culture that relies on technology over community, a society in which spoken and written words are cheap, easy to come by, and excessive. Our culture says anything goes; fear of God is almost unheard of. We are slow to listen, quick to speak, and quick to become angry.
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...we'll first address our inaccurate view of God and, consequently of ourselves.
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Are we in love with God or just His stuff?
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Salvation is all about the grace of God. There is absolutely nothing that you can do to save yourself or earn God's favor.
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You and I are not allowed to tell Him how much He can hate it sin.
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The disciples obey because that's what people do when someone rises from the dead and gives instructions.
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