Worry is not believing God will get it right, and bitterness is believing God got it wrong.
TIMOTHY KELLERGod invites us to come as we are, not stay as we are.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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The lack of joy in your life is due to your lack of mission.
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You can’t live the Christian life without a band of Christian friends, without a family of believers in which you find a place.
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To fear the Lord is to be overwhelmed with wonder before the greatness of God and his love.
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The world values power, comfort, success, and recognition. Jesus frees us to value grief, sacrifice, weakness, and exclusion.
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It is what we need more than anything. It liberates us from pretense, humbles us out of our self-righteousness, and fortifies us for any difficulty life can throw at us.
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Faith is not primarily a function of how you feel.
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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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If I have the smile of God, all other frowns are inconsequential.
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Faith is living out and believing what truth is despite what you feel.
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It’s impossible to have met the real Jesus and be indifferent. You either bow down in wonder OR go away offended.
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How does Satan accuse us? By causing us to look at our sin rather than our Savior.
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I am going to judge my circumstances by Jesus’ love, not Jesus’ love by my circumstances.
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If we have not seen our sin and sought radical forgiveness from God, we will be unable to forgive and to seek the good of those who have wronged us.
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Since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character.
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If our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts.
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