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"Grace is most needed and understood in the midst of sin, suffering, and brokenness. We live in a..."

Tue, 14 May 2013 21:59:27 -0400

“Grace is most needed and understood in the midst of sin, suffering, and brokenness. We live in a world of earning, deserving, and merit. And these result in judgment. Judgment kills. Only grace makes alive. The shorthand for grace is ‘mercy, not merit’. Grace is getting what you don’t deserve and not getting what you do deserve.”

- Justin Holcomb, ‘The Grace of God’ (via breanna-lynn)

"People do not drift toward Holiness. Apart from grace-driven effort, people do not gravitate toward..."

Tue, 14 May 2013 21:58:19 -0400

“People do not drift toward Holiness. Apart from grace-driven effort, people do not gravitate toward godliness, prayer, obedience to Scripture, faith, and delight in the Lord. We drift toward compromise and call it tolerance; we drift toward disobedience and call it freedom; we drift toward superstition and call it faith. We cherish the indiscipline of lost self-control and call it relaxation; we slouch toward prayerlessness and delude ourselves into thinking we have escaped legalism; we slide toward godlessness and convince ourselves we have been liberated.”

- D.A. Carson (via tisthecirclekey)

thechristopherglen: nathanburnsred: Fault Line - August Burns...

Tue, 14 May 2013 21:52:16 -0400

thechristopherglen:

nathanburnsred:

Fault Line - August Burns Red - Rescue & Restore

Stand here with me,
together we’ll get through this.
Stand here with me, and we’ll wash it all away.
Without You I’m nothing.
Yes, I’ve come to understand this:
without You I’m worthless.
Yes, I’ve come to understand this.

I’ve been handed my life by You;
the least I can do is listen.

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

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"The fact that you’re struggling doesn’t make you a burden. It doesn’t make you unloveable or..."

Tue, 14 May 2013 21:44:01 -0400

“The fact that you’re struggling doesn’t make you a burden. It doesn’t make you unloveable or undesirable or undeserving of care. It doesn’t make you too much or too sensitive or too needy. It makes you human. Everyone struggles. Everyone has a difficult time coping, and at times, we all fall apart. During these times, we aren’t always easy to be around — and that’s okay. No one is easy to be around one hundred percent of the time. Yes, you may sometimes be unpleasant or difficult. And yes, you may sometimes do or say things that make the people around you feel helpless or sad. But those things aren’t all of who you are and they certainly don’t discount your worth as a human being. The truth is that you can be struggling and still be loved. You can be difficult and still be cared for. You can be less than perfect, and still be deserving of compassion and kindness.”

- Daniell Koepke (via hislivingpoetry)

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revelation19: There can be no separation between true knowledge of God and a true worship of God....

Tue, 14 May 2013 21:21:27 -0400

revelation19:

There can be no separation between true knowledge of God and a true worship of God. Theological knowledge is not sufficient for Christian growth. You need to be changed by what you learn. It shouldn’t simply affect your mind, it should also affect your heart.

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"This, we remember, is the great reward of the gospel: God himself. When we risk our lives to run..."

Mon, 13 May 2013 12:54:16 -0400

“This, we remember, is the great reward of the gospel: God himself. When we risk our lives to run after Christ, we discover the safety that is found only in his sovereignty; the security that is found only in his love, and the satisfaction that is found only in his presence. This is the eternally great reward, and we would be foolish to settle for anything less.”

- David Platt, Radical (via withonefootinafairytale)

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