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J.D. Greear
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Quotes by J.D. Greear
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What would your prayers look like if you believed that the cross really was the measure of God's compassion for someone?
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Being able to articulate the gospel with accuracy is one thing; having its truth captivate your soul is quite another.
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We are changed not by being told what we need to do for God, but by hearing the news about what God has done for us.
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Gospel change is the Spirit of God using the story of God to make the beauty of God come alive in our hearts
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When something becomes so important to you that it drives your behavior and commands your emotions, you are worshipping it.
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As we see the beauty of God and feel His weightiness in our hearts, our hearts begin to desire Him more than we desire sin. Before the Bible says, "Stop sinning," it says, "Behold your God.
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The author offers Paul Tripp's analogy that most of the strategies for growth in the Christian life amounts to stapling live roses on a dead bush.
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In a post-Christian, skeptical age, love on display is the most convincing apologetic.
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The gospel has done its work in us when we crave God more than we crave everything else in life and when seeing His kingdom advance in the lives of others gives us more joy than anything we could own. When we see Jesus as greater than anything the world can offer, we’ll gladly let everything else go to possess Him.
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