Legalistic remorse says, “I broke God’s rules,” while real repentance says, “I broke God’s heart.”
TIMOTHY KELLERWorry is not believing God will get it right, and bitterness is believing God got it wrong.
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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When we worry we are saying, ‘I know the way my life is supposed to go, and God’s not getting it right’.
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The prerequisite for receiving the grace of God is to know you need it.
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Christ did not suffer so you wouldn’t suffer. He suffered so when you suffer you will become like Him.
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Suffering can refine us rather than destroy us because God himself walks with us in the fire.
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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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Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.
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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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Trust is accepting what God sends into your life whether you understand it or not.
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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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The Bible’s purpose is not so much to show you how to live a good life.
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The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe.
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I am going to judge my circumstances by Jesus’ love, not Jesus’ love by my circumstances.
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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.
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God 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?
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