If God is not at the center of your life, something else is.
TIMOTHY KELLERAs long as we think we are not that bad, the idea of grace will never change us.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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Prayer is the way to experience a powerful confidence that God is handling our lives well, that our bad things will turn out for good, our good things cannot be taken from us, and the best things are yet to come.
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If you don’t feel like praying, pray to God to give you the desire.
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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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Religion makes us proud of what we have done. The Gospel makes us proud of what Jesus has done.
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Suffering is unbearable if you aren’t certain that God is for you and with you.
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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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Christianity does not provide the reason for each experience of pain, but it does provide deep resources for actually facing suffering with hope and courage rather than bitterness and despair
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Only on the cross do you have a totally holy God and a totally loving God.
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Our character is mainly shaped by our primary social community – the people with whom we eat, play, converse, and study.
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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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To fear the Lord is to be overwhelmed with wonder before the greatness of God and his love.
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Religion: ‘My identity is built on being a good person.’ Gospel: ‘My identity is not built on my record or my performance but on Christ’s.’
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The gospel does not promise you better life circumstances; it promises you a better life.
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How you experience your present is completely shaped by what you believe your ultimate future to be.
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Think like a prophet, serve like a priest, and plan like a king.
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Faith is living out and believing what truth is despite what you feel.
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To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God.
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This is why so many churches quench the motivation of people for ministry. In our shoes, Paul would say: Remember the grace God has showered on you—what does living out and enjoying that grace look like in this situation?
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This leads to deep humility and deep confidence at the same time. It undermines both swaggering and sniveling. I cannot feel superior to anyone, and yet I have nothing to prove to anyone. I do not think more of myself nor less of myself. Instead, I think 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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Money isn’t an idol. It just shows you where your idols are.
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Trust is accepting what God sends into your life whether you understand it or not.
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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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Jesus didn’t come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.
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In the original language, ‘Fear the Lord’ doesn’t mean be afraid. It means sustaining a joyful, astonished awe, and wonder before Him.
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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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