How do you change your behavior? Change what you worship
TIMOTHY KELLERWe have to be careful not to elevate our preferences to moral standards and judge others by them. We only do so to feel superior.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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Fear-based repentance makes us hate ourselves. Joy-based repentance makes us hate the sin.
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Where you find your significance is where you find your salvation.
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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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Jesus Christ was treated as we deserved so that when we believe in Jesus, God treats us as Jesus deserves.
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When Job was prospering, he prayed. When he was suffering, he still prayed.
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Christians need the gospel as much as non-Christians do.
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God sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But by His grace, He does not leave us as we are.
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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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All human problems are ultimately symptoms, and our separation from God is the cause.
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How does Satan accuse us? By causing us to look at our sin rather than our Savior.
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The world values power, comfort, success, and recognition. Jesus frees us to value grief, sacrifice, weakness, and exclusion.
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This is the humbling truth that lies at the heart of Christianity. We love to be our own saviors. Our hearts love to manufacture glory for themselves.
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The more you understand how your salvation isn’t about your behavior, the more radically your behavior will change.
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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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The lack of joy in your life is due to your lack of mission.
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