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.
TIMOTHY KELLERPrayer should be done regularly, persistently, resolutely, and tenaciously at least daily, whether we feel like it or not.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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We tend to see God as a means through which we get things to make us happy. For most of us, He has not become our happiness.
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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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When we grasp that we are unworthy sinners saved by an infinitely costly grace, it destroys both our self-righteousn ess and our need to ridicule others.
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Religion says earn your life. Secular society says create your life. Jesus says, ‘My life for your life.
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Suffering is unbearable if you aren’t certain that God is for you and with you.
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Prayer should be done regularly, persistently, resolutely, and tenaciously at least daily, whether we feel like it or not.
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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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The prerequisite for receiving the grace of God is to know you need 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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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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The Bible’s purpose is not so much to show you how to live a good life.
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Think like a prophet, serve like a priest, and plan like a king.
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This is why so many churches quench the motivation of people for ministry. In our shoes, Paul would say: Remember the grace God has showered on you—what does living out and enjoying that grace look like in this situation?
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The basic premise of religion– that if you live a good life, things will go well for you– is wrong. Jesus was the most morally upright person who ever lived, yet He had a life filled with the experience of poverty, rejection, injustice, and even torture.
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Where you find your significance is where you find your salvation.
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