Fear-based repentance makes us hate ourselves. Joy-based repentance makes us hate the sin.
TIMOTHY KELLERIf I have the smile of God, all other frowns are inconsequential.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God’s will to mine, but to mold my will into His.
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I am going to judge my circumstances by Jesus’ love, not Jesus’ love by my circumstances.
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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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You are a totally loved moral failure.
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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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Generosity is not only about money. There is more than one currency. Let your generosity be pervasive in life.
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If you want God’s grace, all you need is need, all you need is nothing. But that kind of spiritual humility is hard to muster.
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…Singles, too, must see the penultimate status of marriage. If single Christians don’t develop a deeply fulfilling love relationship with Jesus, they will put too much pressure on their DREAM of marriage, and that will create pathology in their lives as well.
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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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Where you find your significance is where you find your salvation.
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Love is the effort and desire to make someone else everything they were created to be.
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The resurrection was God’s way of stamping PAID IN FULL right across history so that nobody could miss it.
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Religion: ‘My identity is built on being a good person.’ Gospel: ‘My identity is not built on my record or my performance but on Christ’s.’
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We come to God saying, “Look at all I’ve done,” or maybe “Look at all I’ve suffered.” God, however, wants us to look to him – to just wash.
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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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