Success and suffering will either darken your heart or make you wise, but they won’t leave you where you were.
TIMOTHY KELLERMen, you’ll never be a good groom to your wife unless you’re first a good bride to Jesus.
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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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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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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What you do today is shaped by what you believe about tomorrow.
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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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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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Christ’s resurrection not only gives you hope for the future; it gives you hope to handle your scars right now.
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You are a totally loved moral failure.
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Jesus warns people far more often about greed than about sex, yet almost no one thinks they are guilty of it.
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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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Religion operates on the principle ‘I obey-therefore I am accepted by God.’ But the operating principle of the gospel is ‘I am accepted by God through what Christ has done-therefore I obey.’
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You dont fall into love. You commit to it. Love is saying I will be there no matter what.
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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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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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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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