What Did You Give Up When You Became a Christian?
To follow Christ is to give things up—habits, desires, even relationships. But you never walk away empty-handed. You release what you cannot keep to gain what you cannot lose.
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Those Already Present and Those Who Have Not Yet Arrived
For 2000 years, God’s people have been praying the same prayer: “Come, Lord Jesus.” It is a good prayer, and a biblical one. Yet for 2,000 years God has delayed in answering it. This delay can be perplexing and even frustrating.
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The Deepest Thirst of All
The God who created us formed us in such a way that we are not meant to exist apart from him. To live apart from God is the spiritual equivalent of trying to live without food and water. It will lead only to weakness, pain, and death.
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