If our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts.
TIMOTHY KELLERMany times people think if God has called you to something, he’s promising you success. He might be calling you to fail to prepare you for something else through the failure.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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The basic premise of religion– that if you live a good life, things will go well for you– is wrong. Jesus was the most morally upright person who ever lived, yet He had a life filled with the experience of poverty, rejection, injustice, and even torture.
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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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All human problems are ultimately symptoms, and our separation from God is the cause.
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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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You are more sinful than you could dare imagine and you are more loved and accepted than you could ever dare hope.
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No one is too bad for Jesus. A lot of people think they are too good for Jesus.
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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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How you experience your present is completely shaped by what you believe your ultimate future to be.
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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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It is impossible to forgive someone if you feel superior to him or her.
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The way to find your calling is to look at the way you were created. Your gifts have not emerged by accident.
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The prerequisite for receiving the grace of God is to know you need it.
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Every single emotion you have should be processed in prayer.
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No, he was in agony, and he looked down at us – denying him, abandoning him, and betraying him – and in the greatest act of love in history, he STAYED. He said, “Father, forgive them, they don’t know what they are doing.” He loved us, not because we were lovely to him, but to make us lovely.
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The lack of joy in your life is due to your lack of mission.
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