Faith is living out and believing what truth is despite what you feel.
TIMOTHY KELLERGod 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?
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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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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It is not the strength of your faith but the object of your faith that actually saves you.
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You are a totally loved moral failure.
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If our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts.
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If God is not at the center of your life, something else is.
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When Job was prospering, he prayed. When he was suffering, he still prayed.
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We instinctively tend to limit for whom we exert ourselves. We do it for people like us, and for people whom we like. Jesus will have none of that.
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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’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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It is impossible to forgive someone if you feel superior to him or her.
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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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If anything becomes more fundamental than God to your happiness, meaning of life, and identity then it is an idol.
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The gospel does not promise you better life circumstances; it promises you a better life.
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Jesus Christ did not suffer so that you would not suffer. He suffered so that when you suffer, you’ll become more like him.
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