"Every single day, we are on trial. That is the way that everyone's identity works. In the courtroom, you have the prosecution and the defence. And everything we do is providing evidence for the prosecution or evidence for the defence. Some days we feel we are winning the trial and other days we feel we are losing it. But Paul says that he has found the secret. The trial is over for him. He is out of the courtroom. It is gone. It is over. Because the ultimate verdict is in. ... He knows that they cannot justify him. He knows that he cannot justify himself. And what does he say? He says that is the Lord who judges him. It is only His opinion that counts."
"You see, the verdict is in. And now I perform on the basis of the verdict. Because He loves me and He accepts me, I do not have to do things just to build up my resume. I do not have to do things to make me look good. I can do things for the joy of doing them. I can help people to help people- not so I can feel better about myself, not so I can fill up the emptiness."
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