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Satan’s most effective weapon is to take our eyes off of what
God has declared over us in the gospel. Satan’s primary
temptation strategy is to try and make us forget what God has
said about us and to evaluate our standing before God by some
other criteria. [50]
When we no longer see money as our primary source of security
and beauty, we naturally
will have more to give away. Christians who worship God, not
money, need much less from the world to be happy and secure.
[138]
God’s power is not primarily about victory over your particular
situation. It’s about the glory of His name on earth. Sometimes
He does that by giving you victory over an obstacle; other times
He does that be letting you suffer to show a watching world that
He is better than anything else on the earth. [182]
We must not reinterpret how God feels about us based on our
circumstances. The cross settles forever how God feels about us,
and the resurrection shoes us how much power He is using to
bring about His good plan for our lives. [185]
Our obedience to God when we don’t feel like it can even be an
act of faith in and of itself, as our act of obedience is a cry
to God for Christ’s sake to change our hearts so that we desire
to obey. That certainly has more faith in it than
not obeying. [198]
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