When you desire the city of God above everything else on the earth, he is not ashamed to be called your God. Your life pleases him.

The Perfect City

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Faith glorifies God because it is a future-oriented confidence in God’s integrity and power and wisdom to follow through on all his promises.

Faith for the Impossible

We don’t become heirs of Abraham’s promises by working for God but by being confident that God works for us.

Who Are the Children of Abraham?

Why does faith not nullify the grace of God? Because faith calls all attention to grace and magnifies it, rather than nullifies it.

The Faith That Magnifies Grace

The worship of daily obedience is not at bottom a burdensome giving to God, but a joyful getting from God. That is the true service that God demands.

The Gain of Serving God

Faith nullifies boasting and glorifies grace. Wherever faith looks, it sees grace behind every praiseworthy act. So it cannot boast, except in the Lord.

The Perfect City

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