American - Clergyman | July 13, 1972 -
For the life of the believer, one thing is beautifully and abundantly true: God's chief concern in your suffering is to be with you and be Himself for you. And in the end, what we discover is that this really is enough.
Tullian Tchividjian
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The truth is that when it comes to suffering, if we do not go to our graves in confusion, we will not go to our graves trusting. Explanations are a substitute for trust.
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Christianity affirms that Jesus severed the link between suffering and deserving once for all on Calvary. God put the ledgers away and settled the accounts.
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I enjoy receiving love from my wife. I'm ecstatic when Kim loves me and expresses affection toward me. Something in me comes alive when she does that. But I've learned this freeing truth: I don't need that love, because in Jesus, I receive all the love I need.
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The gospel sets us free to become the romantic leaders of our marriages without fright or hesitation. Because we have been forever wooed by Jesus, we are now free to forever woo our wives.
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The Bible makes it clear that self-righteousness is the premier enemy of the Gospel.
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Thankfully, while our self-righteousness reaches far, God's grace reaches farther.
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Grace is upside-down, to-do-list wrecking, scandalous and way-too free. It's one-way love.
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Even those of us who have tasted the radical saving grace of God find it intuitively difficult not to put conditions on grace.
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For years and years, Christians have been singing about their wandering hearts. Our hearts need to be recalibrated and realigned and reoriented by God.
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There's absolutely no way you can feel the freedom to embarrass and humiliate yourself unless you have finally recognized that your identity is in someone other than yourself.
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The emphasis of the Bible is on the work of the Redeemer, not on the work of the redeemed.
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