Grace is not simply leniency when we have sinned. Grace is the enabling gift of God not to sin. Grace is power, not just pardon. -John Piper
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It is not your life and your past
It is not your life and your past that determine your life. It is Christ’s life and his past that determine your life. -Sinclair Ferguson
The cross stands as a reminder
The cross stands as a reminder that God, in grace, takes very bad things and turns them into very good things. -Paul Tripp
Sometimes God allows
Sometimes God allows what he hates to accomplish what he loves. -Joni Eareckson Tada
God knows the pain
God knows the pain, disappointment, and confusion you feel, even more intimately that you do. -Paul Maxwell
God is always doing 10,000 things
God is always doing 10,000 things in your life, and you may be aware of three of them. -John Piper
