If you want God’s grace, all you need is need, all you need is nothing. But that kind of spiritual humility is hard to muster.
TIMOTHY KELLERYou are a totally loved moral failure.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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God 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?
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Prayer should be done regularly, persistently, resolutely, and tenaciously at least daily, whether we feel like it or not.
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Think like a prophet, serve like a priest, and plan like a king.
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Forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting the forgiveness. To not retaliate is to absorb the cost.
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You dont fall into love. You commit to it. Love is saying I will be there no matter what.
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Christ’s resurrection not only gives you hope for the future; it gives you hope to handle your scars right now.
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God invites us to come as we are, not stay as we are.
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The Gospel is good news not good advice. Advice = what we should do. News = report of what was done for us.
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Christians tend to motivate others with guilt. We tend to say: You would do this if you were really committed Christians, indicating that we are committed and all that is needed is for others to become as good as we are!
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The main human problems often are that we misidentify what will make us happy; and we ask people and things to save us beyond their ability.
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Men, you’ll never be a good groom to your wife unless you’re first a good bride to Jesus.
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In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.
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Legalistic remorse says, “I broke God’s rules,” while real repentance says, “I broke God’s heart.”
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If anything becomes more fundamental than God to your happiness, meaning of life, and identity then it is an idol.
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When Jesus looked down from the cross, he didn’t think “I am giving myself to you because you are so attractive to me.”
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