The infallible test of spiritual integrity, Jesus says, is your private prayer life.
TIMOTHY KELLERPrayer 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.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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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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Men, you’ll never be a good groom to your wife unless you’re first a good bride to Jesus.
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You dont fall into love. You commit to it. Love is saying I will be there no matter what.
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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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When Job was prospering, he prayed. When he was suffering, he still prayed.
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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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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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Religion says earn your life. Secular society says create your life. Jesus says, ‘My life for your life.
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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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Worry is not believing God will get it right, and bitterness is believing God got it wrong.
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Religion is ‘if you obey, then you will be accepted’. But the Gospel is, ‘if you are absolutely accepted, and sure you’re accepted, only then will you ever begin to obey’. Those are two utterly different things. Every page of the Bible shows the difference.
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The Gospel is news of what God has done to reach us. It is not advice about what we must do to reach God.
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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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If your god never disagrees with you, you might just be worshipping an idealized version of yourself.
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