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.
TIMOTHY KELLEREvery single emotion you have should be processed in prayer.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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If you don’t feel like praying, pray to God to give you the desire.
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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 main human problems often are that we misidentify what will make us happy; and we ask people and things to save us beyond their ability.
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Those who understand the gospel cannot possibly look down on anyone.
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Are you living to justify yourself, or are you living because you are justified?
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Success and suffering will either darken your heart or make you wise, but they won’t leave you where you were.
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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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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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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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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 Job was prospering, he prayed. When he was suffering, he still prayed.
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There are some needs only you can see. There are some hands only you can hold. There are some people only you can reach.
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A life of gratitude to God for being saved is far more pleasing than a life based on self-righteousness over being good.
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We are regularly in danger of having too light a view of our sin and also too light a grasp of what Jesus has done to free us from our sin.
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