It’s impossible to have met the real Jesus and be indifferent. You either bow down in wonder OR go away offended.
TIMOTHY KELLERIf our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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If anything becomes more fundamental than God to your happiness, meaning of life, and identity then it is an idol.
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It is impossible to forgive someone if you feel superior to him or her.
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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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If I have the smile of God, all other frowns are inconsequential.
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Christians tend to motivate others with guilt. We tend to say: You would do this if you were really committed Christians, indicating that we are committed and all that is needed is for others to become as good as we are!
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Christ did not suffer so you wouldn’t suffer. He suffered so when you suffer you will become like Him.
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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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To fear the Lord is to be overwhelmed with wonder before the greatness of God and his love.
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Nothing is more important than to learn how to maintain a life of purpose in the midst of painful adversity.
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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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Suffering can refine us rather than destroy us because God himself walks with us in the fire.
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The cross is the place where the Judge takes the Judgment.
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The main human problems often are that we misidentify what will make us happy; and we ask people and things to save us beyond their ability.
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The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God’s will to mine, but to mold my will into His.
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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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