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Missions is not the ultimate goal of the church. Worship is. Missions exists because worship doesn't.

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Do you feel loved by God because you believe he makes much of you, or because you believe he frees you and empowers you to enjoy making much of him?

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God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him

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Tasks don't have to be high-impact to be worthy of high effort. Most things we do in any given day are relatively low impact. The cumulative impact of...more

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Fight for us, O God, that we not drift numb and blind and foolish into vain and empty excitements. Life is too short, too precious, too painful to was...more

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Woe to us if we get our satisfaction from the food in the kitchen and the TV in the den and the sex in the bedroom with an occasional tribute to the c...more

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The most precious gifts you can think of are not ends in themselves. They all lead to God. Ultimately, that is what all His gifts are for.

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It is better to lose your life than to waste it.

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We ascribe to God. We don't add to Him.

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God is pursuing with omnipotent passion a worldwide purpose of gathering joyful worshipers for Himself from every tribe and tongue and people and nati...more

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I should interweave my theology with prayer. I should frequently interrupt my talking about God by talking to God. Not far behind the theological sent...more

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I want you to see persecution and opposition and slander and misunderstanding and disappointment and self-recrimination and weakness and danger as the...more

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Christ did not die to forgive sinners who go on treasuring anything above seeing and savoring God. And people who would be happy in heaven if Christ w...more

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Salvation is the creation of new desires, not just new goodies.

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The only freedom that lasts comes from pursuing what we want when we want what we ought.