Dustin Smetona

Pastor at @sovgraceoc.

[Dustin Smetona @DustinSmetona]

A one sentence Master Class in being humbled by the gospel:

“If I wanted others to think highly of me, I would conceal the fact that a shameful slaughter of the perfect Son of God was required that I might be saved.”
-Milton Vincent, A Gospel Primer

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“O Lord, length of days does not profit me except the days are passed in thy presence, in thy service, to thy glory.” [Valley of Vision]

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@daneortlund What a challenge to get our hearts to actually believe it. Your book is a sweet gift to help us understand and cherish what the Scriptures so clearly teach. Thanks for writing so skillfully about our dear Savior.

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“[Jesus] does not get flustered and frustrated when we come to him for fresh forgiveness, for renewed pardon, with distress and need and emptiness. That’s the whole point. It’s what he came to heal.” @daneortlund #GentleAndLowly // What a Savior!

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"God can pick sense out of a confused prayer. These desires cry louder in his ears than your sins." -Richard Sibbes #PrayAnyway

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Act now gentlemen! Spots are limited. We don't want you to miss out on all the fun. :) https://t.co/odFRFJ2Vcf

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Join us in Old Towne Orange on Christmas Eve! https://t.co/etbbkucU8O

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“Since the soul-enriching path of prayer is open to the very weakest saint; since you are not bidden to come because you are an advanced saint, but freely invited if you be a saint at all; see to it that you are often in the way of private devotion.” [Charles Spurgeon]

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“We, too, may be engaged in the most menial part of the Lord’s work, but it is a great privilege to do anything for the King.” ~Spurgeon

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“A daily portion of comforts and crosses...is adjusted and appointed by the hand which was once nailed to the cross for us.” -John Newton

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“Christ deems his happiness completed by his people sharing it. ‘The glory which thou gavest me have I given them.’” -Charles Spurgeon

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“We sail upon a turbulent and tumultuous sea; but we are embarked on a good bottom, and in a good cause, and we have an infallible and almighty Pilot, who has the winds and weather at his command, and can silence the storm into a calm whenever he pleases.” -John Newton

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“[A Christian] knows that God’s Word in Jesus Christ pronounces him guilty, even when he does not feel his guilt, and...pronounces him not guilty and righteous, even when he does not feel that he is righteous at all.” Bonhoeffer

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@RickyAlcantar Keeping on LoTR how about “Fly, you fools!”

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"I'd rather be a little bit naive than a lot bit cynical." @RevKevDeYoung

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Wow: "God fixes our prayers on the way up. If He does not answer the prayer we made, He will answer the prayer we should have made."-JI Packer & Carolyn Nystrom // See Romans 8:26-27 // Let's pray.

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We are here for the Tree Lighting. Come on down. 😊 — at Plaza Square Park https://t.co/IyMoaMJMo2

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“Joy is not a requirement of Christian discipleship, it is a consequence.” -Eugene Peterson

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A reminder for you faithful Sunday School attenders. ;) https://t.co/nJbhxBWdtG

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“When we feel ourselves cold in affection and duty, the best way is to warm ourselves at the fire of His love and mercy in giving Himself for us.” -Richard Sibbes