Prayer should be done regularly, persistently, resolutely, and tenaciously at least daily, whether we feel like it or not.
TIMOTHY KELLERGod invites us to come as we are, not stay as we are.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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The prerequisite for receiving the grace of God is to know you need it.
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If the church does not identify with the marginalized, it will itself be marginalized. This is God’s poetic justice.
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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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The Gospel is good news not good advice. Advice = what we should do. News = report of what was done for us.
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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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Religion operates on the principle ‘I obey-therefore I am accepted by God.’ But the operating principle of the gospel is ‘I am accepted by God through what Christ has done-therefore I obey.’
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The Christian Gospel is that I am so flawed that Jesus had to die for me, yet I am so loved and valued that Jesus was glad to die for me.
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Yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.
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To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God.
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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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The gospel is not only the way to enter the kingdom; it is the way to live in the kingdom.
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There is a joy available that the deepest grief cannot put out. No circumstance or person can take away the joy God gives.
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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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Pride is the carbon-monoxide of Sin. It silently and slowly kills you without you even knowing.
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