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God never intended for us to simply be the objects of His love. We are also called to be the instruments of that love in the lives of others..
Only love for Christ has the power to incapacitate the sturdy love for self that is the bane of every sinner, and only the grace of Christ has the po….
God is the ultimate musician. His music transforms your life. The notes of redemption rearrange your heart and restore your life. His songs of forgiv….
Our sin is what separates us from God, but it's our self righteousness that keeps us from running to Him for the grace He willingly gives to all who ….
Sin is much more than doing the wrong thing. It begins withloving, worshiping, and serving the wrong thing..
We rarely do anything with on single motive..
Sin doesn't always look sinful to us; sometimes it looks beautiful. That's why we need grace to see sin for what it really is - dark, dangerous, ensl….
The church is not a theological classroom. It is a conversion, confession, repentance, reconciliation, forgiveness and sanctification center, where f….
Remember, when you're sinned against its tempting to respond sinfully. Don't give in, talk to your heart and seek the grace of Jesus..
Human self-righteousness denies the need for the saving, enabling grace of Christ. Human righteousness embraces the cruelest of Satan's lies, that a ….
Standing near someone you love in a time of trouble is its own reward..
Do you require yourself to remember? In order to live as you can and should, you first must remember who you are and what you’ve been given..
When Christ is my hope, he becomes the one thing in which I have confidence. I act on his wisdom and bank on his grace. I trust his promises and I re….
We forget that God's primary goal is not changing our situations or relationships so that we can be happy, but changing us through our situations and….
Every time you ask for forgiveness, you recognize that the biggest problems you face in life exist inside of you, not outside of you..
We must not offer people a system of redemption, a set of insights and principles. We offer people a Redeemer..
Love is willing self-sacrifice for the good of another that does not require reciprocation or that the person being loved is deserving.
We must begin by admitting that people and situations do not cause us to speak as we do. Our hearts control our words. People and situations simply p….
The cross guarantees that even in your darkest moment God will never turn in disgust and walk away. There is no rebellion, no weakness, no foolishnes….
There is a God of awesome grace who meets his children in moments of darkness and difficulty. He is worth running to. He is worth waiting for. He bri….
We, with all of our sin, weakness, and failures are welcome to do what should blow our minds. We are not only tolerated by God at a distance; no, we ….