Prayer should be done regularly, persistently, resolutely, and tenaciously at least daily, whether we feel like it or not.
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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Our character is mainly shaped by our primary social community – the people with whom we eat, play, converse, and study.
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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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You dont fall into love. You commit to it. Love is saying I will be there no matter what.
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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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The more you understand how your salvation isn’t about your behavior, the more radically your behavior will change.
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It is not the strength of your faith but the object of your faith that actually saves you.
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Love without truth is sentimentality; it supports and affirms us but keeps us in denial about our flaws. Truth without love is harshness; it gives us information but in such a way that we cannot really hear 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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Are you living to justify yourself, or are you living because you are justified?
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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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Faith is not primarily a function of how you feel.
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God invites us to come as we are, not stay as we are.
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When Jesus looked down from the cross, he didn’t think “I am giving myself to you because you are so attractive to 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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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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