…the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less.
TIMOTHY KELLERFaith is not primarily a function of how you feel.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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Men, you’ll never be a good groom to your wife unless you’re first a good bride to Jesus.
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Think like a prophet, serve like a priest, and plan like a king.
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Trust is accepting what God sends into your life whether you understand it or not.
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We instinctively tend to limit for whom we exert ourselves. We do it for people like us, and for people whom we like. Jesus will have none of that.
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Only on the cross do you have a totally holy God and a totally loving God.
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Worry is not believing God will get it right, and bitterness is believing God got it wrong.
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If we have not seen our sin and sought radical forgiveness from God, we will be unable to forgive and to seek the good of those who have wronged us.
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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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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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It is what we need more than anything. It liberates us from pretense, humbles us out of our self-righteousness, and fortifies us for any difficulty life can throw at us.
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It’s impossible to have met the real Jesus and be indifferent. You either bow down in wonder OR go away offended.
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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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You dont fall into love. You commit to it. Love is saying I will be there no matter what.
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If you love anything in this world more than God, you will crush that object under the weight of your expectations.
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The lack of joy in your life is due to your lack of mission.
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