Satan wants you to think that your sin and temptation are unique so you must keep them a secret. The truth is, we’re all in the same boat. We all fight the same temptations,12 and “all of us have sinned.”13 Millions have felt what you’re feeling and have faced the same struggles you’re facing right now. The reason we hide our faults is pride. We

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In another place he speaks of both ourselves and God, carrying a “united witness” (Romans 8:16) to our divine identity—as “children of God,” “heirs,” and “coheirs with Christ” (8:17).2 When we stopped trusting this inner and united witness, we had no support in believing the central Gospel message itself—that we share in the same identity as Jesus

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This type of loneliness is a chronic, longstanding sense of emptiness in life, no matter what the circumstances. The person can be around many loving, caring people, and still feel isolated. She may either feel that others don’t care, or that she is unable to receive what they give. This loneliness is an indication that something is broken in one’s

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