Many 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.
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If I have the smile of God, all other frowns are inconsequential.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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Many 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.
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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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…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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How you experience your present is completely shaped by what you believe your ultimate future to be.
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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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Fear-based repentance makes us hate ourselves. Joy-based repentance makes us hate the sin.
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The purpose of Jesus’s coming is to put the whole world right, to renew and restore the creation, not to escape it.
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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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To fear the Lord is to be overwhelmed with wonder before the greatness of God and his love.
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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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How does Satan accuse us? By causing us to look at our sin rather than our 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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There are some needs only you can see. There are some hands only you can hold. There are some people only you can reach.
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The Bible’s purpose is to show you how God’s grace breaks into your life against your will and saves you from the sin and brokenness otherwise you would never be able to overcome…
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Legalistic remorse says, “I broke God’s rules,” while real repentance says, “I broke God’s heart.”
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