""...the freedom Jesus secured for me is not freedom from pain and suffering here and now. Rather, it's freedom from bitterness, anger, fear, resentment, self-pity, offense and hopelessness in the crucible of present pain and suffering; it is freedom from my burdensome sense of 'I deserve better,' the encumbrance of entitlement. I was realizing that only the gospel can free us from the enslaving pressure to defend ourselves. That's real freedom - God-sized freedom!"
- Tullian Tchvidjian, Jesus + Nothing = Everything, page 75
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