Suffering can refine us rather than destroy us because God himself walks with us in the fire.
TIMOTHY KELLERIf your god never disagrees with you, you might just be worshipping an idealized version of yourself.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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Since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character.
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After creation God said, ‘It is finished’-and he rested. After redemption Jesus said, ‘It is finished’-and we can rest.
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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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Legalistic remorse says, “I broke God’s rules,” while real repentance says, “I broke God’s heart.”
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The infallible test of spiritual integrity, Jesus says, is your private prayer life.
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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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Are you living to justify yourself, or are you living because you are justified?
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The purpose of Jesus’s coming is to put the whole world right, to renew and restore the creation, not to escape it.
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The reason the stone was rolled away on Jesus’s tomb was not so that Jesus could get out, but so that we could get in.
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To discover the real you, look at what you spend time thinking about when no one is looking.
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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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…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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Faith is living out and believing what truth is despite what you feel.
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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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Trust is accepting what God sends into your life whether you understand it or not.
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