Grace frees you to be honest about what you've always known to be true about yourself: that you're weaker & more afraid than you want to be.
Tullian TchividjianThe gospel announces that God doesn't relate to us based on our feats for Jesus, but Jesus' feats for us.
Tullian TchividjianYou can be sure that your deepest desires reveal important truths about your spiritual condition.
Tullian TchividjianOur hearts are continuously rebellious. Every time we sin in thought, word, or deed, we're essentially saying in that moment that, "I don't need you God. I don't want you God. I like my way better than your way." If this goes on day after day after day, year after year, month after month, it would understandable for God to say, "I've given you ten trillion tries. You're finished." But it's not. So in that sense, His grace is always surprising, never ceases to be amazing and His mercy is remarkably outrageous.
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