Prayer should be done regularly, persistently, resolutely, and tenaciously at least daily, whether we feel like it or not.
TIMOTHY KELLERThe lack of joy in your life is due to your lack of mission.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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Jesus warns people far more often about greed than about sex, yet almost no one thinks they are guilty of it.
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Those who understand the gospel cannot possibly look down on anyone.
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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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Christians need the gospel as much as non-Christians do.
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Pride is the carbon-monoxide of Sin. It silently and slowly kills you without you even knowing.
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The sin that is most destructive in your life right now is the one you are most defensive about.
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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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Fear-based repentance makes us hate ourselves. Joy-based repentance makes us hate the sin.
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Are you living to justify yourself, or are you living because you are justified?
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Nothing is more important than to learn how to maintain a life of purpose in the midst of painful adversity.
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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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Our character is mainly shaped by our primary social community – the people with whom we eat, play, converse, and study.
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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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The Bible’s purpose is to show you how God’s grace breaks into your life against your will and saves you from the sin and brokenness otherwise you would never be able to overcome…
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Love is the effort and desire to make someone else everything they were created to be.
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God invites us to come as we are, not stay as we are.
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We need to remember that we are saved by grace when we fail. But we need to remember it much more when we succeed.
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Love without truth is sentimentality; it supports and affirms us but keeps us in denial about our flaws. Truth without love is harshness; it gives us information but in such a way that we cannot really hear it.
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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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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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The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe.
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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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It is not the strength of your faith but the object of your faith that actually saves you.
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Where you find your significance is where you find your salvation.
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The key question in order to change you is not ‘What would Jesus do?’ but “What has Jesus done for you?”
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Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.
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