The great basis of Christian assurance is not how much our hearts are set on God, but how unshakably his heart is set on us.
TIMOTHY KELLERGod looks at the anxious and says, I tore my Son to shreds for you, and you’re afraid I will not give you what you need?
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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God’s grace does not come to people who morally outperform others, but to those who admit their failure to perform and who acknowledge their need for a Savior.
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When we grasp that we are unworthy sinners saved by an infinitely costly grace, it destroys both our self-righteousn ess and our need to ridicule others.
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Yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.
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…the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less.
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God relentlessly offers his grace to people who do not deserve it, or seek it, or even appreciate it after they have been saved by it.
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Success and suffering will either darken your heart or make you wise, but they won’t leave you where you were.
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Every single emotion you have should be processed in prayer.
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You don’t fall in love. You commit to it.
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Are you living to justify yourself, or are you living because you are justified?
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Many times people think if God has called you to something, he’s promising you success. He might be calling you to fail to prepare you for something else through the failure.
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There is a joy available that the deepest grief cannot put out. No circumstance or person can take away the joy God gives.
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The resurrection was God’s way of stamping PAID IN FULL right across history so that nobody could miss it.
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The gospel does not promise you better life circumstances; it promises you a better life.
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So we find messages of self-salvation extremely attractive, whether they are religious (Keep these rules and you earn eternal blessing) or secular (Grab hold of these things and you’ll experience blessing now).
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If the church does not identify with the marginalized, it will itself be marginalized. This is God’s poetic justice.
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