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| ... comparison, criticism, and arrogance. |
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| The way of discipleship and sanctification is not based upon a list of things we don’t do. That is the way of control, measurement, ... |
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| Whatever we hold back will become a rival to Jesus as a substitute source of our allegiance. |
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| Everything—family, friends, career, self—must be given over to Jesus without reservation (Luke 14:26-27, 33). |
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| True discipleship - a new orientation around the dominion of Christ and a realization that a life centered on Him will cost us everything. |
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| ... of living an integrated life that is oriented toward the eternal. |
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| It is only when we realize that all things become spiritual when they are centered around Christ that we become capable ... |
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| If we fail to see life from God’s side, our perspective will be distorted and we will miss the point of our earthly existence. |
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| Only when we let go of ownership of results will be walking by faith and not by sight. |
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| Our call is to be faithful to the process and to leave the outcome in God’s hands. |
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| ... (Colossians 3:23-24) and leave the results in His hands. |
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| Trusting the Lord is active, not passive; it means that we do our work with diligence and excellence as for Him rather than for men ... |
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| ... lives and welfare or look to our heavenly Father for every good thing; whether we will trust our labor or trust our Lord. |
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| One of the underlying issues in Scripture is whether we will pursue our own plans or God’s plans; whether we will attempt to control our ... |
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| ... redeemed us, cares for us, and gives us a purpose, a future, and a hope. |
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| Biblical wisdom encourages us to inculcate complete and unflinching trust in the infinite and personal God who created us, ... |
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| We can only be freed from the burden of pretense when we become childlike once again and accept ourselves for who God says we are in Christ. |
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| ... one another and you do not seek the glory that is from the one and only God?” (John 5:44). |
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| The audience to whom we play will eventually shape the content of our belief: “How can you believe, when you receive glory from ... |
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| ... God’s estimate of who we are and why we are here. |
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