To discover the real you, look at what you spend time thinking about when no one is looking.
TIMOTHY KELLERThe 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
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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When Job was prospering, he prayed. When he was suffering, he still prayed.
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How do you change your behavior? Change what you worship
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We have to be careful not to elevate our preferences to moral standards and judge others by them. We only do so to feel superior.
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We tend to see God as a means through which we get things to make us happy. For most of us, He has not become our happiness.
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As long as we think we are not that bad, the idea of grace will never change us.
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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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Fear-based repentance makes us hate ourselves. Joy-based repentance makes us hate the sin.
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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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If anything becomes more fundamental than God to your happiness, meaning of life, and identity then it is an idol.
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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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Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.
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Every single emotion you have should be processed in prayer.
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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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Faith is not primarily a function of how you feel.
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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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