Life isn't perfect and that's the kind of world where Jesus showed up. He wasn't born in a palace on a perfect day. He was born in the middle of the night during tax season to an unwed couple in a stable or a cave in a sheep field. That was God's way of showing us that nothing is perfect. Life is chaotic. It's messy. That's what Jesus was stepping into.

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Don't dwell on your insufficiency, but dwell on God's all-sufficiency.

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God didn't say, 'Be still and feel that I am God,' He said, 'Be still and know.

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When the enemy comes with shame and blame, tell him to go measure the distance from east to west and get back to you.

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It’s at the heart of everything we struggle with in life: longing to be valuable, to be accepted, to be prized, to be worth something to somebody, to have a life that matters, and God’s saying ‘You matter! I didn’t make anyone else like you. You’re not a reprint or a lithograph. You’re a one-of-a-kind, original creation of God.

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Jesus has enough, is enough, and will be enough.

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God's purposes and plans will not fail. Before you spend all your prayer time telling Him about yours, ask about His.

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But to mean it when I say that I want my life to count for His glory is to drive a stake through the heart of self - a painful and determined dying to me that must be a part of every day I live.

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God doesn't call people to a job description, He calls people to Himself and His mission in the world.

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Even if we don't see it, God is always working underneath the surface, behind the scenes and orchestrating His plans and purposes.

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