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Joy comes from the Holy Spirit, not our own efforts or imagination or family upbringing. Therefore, the call to joy is a call to earnest prayer.
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Gratitude looks back to past grace received and feels thankful. Faith looks forward to future grace promised and feels hopeful.
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Praying for forgiveness should be based not only on an appeal to God’s mercy, but also on an appeal to his justice in crediting the worth of his Son’s obedience.
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The goal of everything God takes us through is hope. He wants us to feel unwaveringly hopeful through all tribulations. He wants us to know he loves us.
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God requires good works not as the ground of our justification (which is the righteousness of Christ alone), but as an evidence of it.
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In this life of sin and pain, how shall we fight for joy? Here are fifteen ways.
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The age of sin and misery and death is almost spent. The day of righteousness and peace and total joy is dawning.
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Our sins are laid on Christ and his righteousness is laid on us. That is the great exchange — and it becomes ours not by works but by faith.
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It could not be otherwise but that Christianity be a singing faith. The founder sang. We are a singing people because we are the children of a singing God.
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When we speak of being a God-centered people, remember, this is because we are joining God in his God-centeredness.
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The point of Paul’s conversion happening the way it did is to make Christ’s incredible patience vivid for you.
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When we live by faith, rooted in God’s forgiveness, we are freed from the lingering, paralyzing effects even of shame we deserve to feel.
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Christians care about all suffering — especially eternal suffering. That’s the greatest danger every city faces.
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Not being afraid shows that you treasure God as your generous Shepherd, Father, and King.
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The key to joy is faith in God’s future grace — that is, being satisfied in all that God promises to be for us.
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Cherish the goodness of the Lord, fear straying from him, flee from every sin, and take refuge in him.
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This is the gospel: Even though you have sinned greatly, nevertheless there is a future and a hope. Fear not!
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The One with infinite power in the universe reaches down to personally touch and transform us.
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Faith in Christ is not just assenting to what God is for us, but also embracing all that he is for us in Christ.
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We won’t bear tomorrow’s load on today’s resources. Today’s mercies are for today’s troubles. Tomorrow’s mercies are for tomorrow’s troubles.
- Visa fler
