How do you change your behavior? Change what you worship
TIMOTHY KELLERSo 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).
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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Suffering can refine us rather than destroy us because God himself walks with us in the fire.
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If Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all that he said; if he didn’t rise from the dead, then why worry about any of what he said? The issue on which everything hangs is not whether or not you like his teaching but whether or not he rose from the dead.
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The prerequisite for receiving the grace of God is to know you need it.
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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.
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When I forget the gospel I become dependent on the smiles and evaluation of others.
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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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Where you find your significance is where you find your salvation.
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Worry is not believing God will get it right, and bitterness is believing God got it wrong.
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The more you understand how your salvation isn’t about your behavior, the more radically your behavior will change.
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The only person who dares wake up a king at 3:00 AM for a glass of water is a child. We have that kind of access
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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 great basis of Christian assurance is not how much our hearts are set on God, but how unshakably his heart is set on us.
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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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Christ did not suffer so you wouldn’t suffer. He suffered so when you suffer you will become like Him.
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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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