If you love anything in this world more than God, you will crush that object under the weight of your expectations.
TIMOTHY KELLERWe need to remember that we are saved by grace when we fail. But we need to remember it much more when we succeed.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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Jesus Christ did not suffer so that you would not suffer. He suffered so that when you suffer, you’ll become more like him.
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You are a totally loved moral failure.
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If I have the smile of God, all other frowns are inconsequential.
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Legalistic remorse says, “I broke God’s rules,” while real repentance says, “I broke God’s heart.”
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Forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting the forgiveness. To not retaliate is to absorb the cost.
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If Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all that he said; if he didn’t rise from the dead, then why worry about any of what he said? The issue on which everything hangs is not whether or not you like his teaching but whether or not he rose from the dead.
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…the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less.
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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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Only on the cross do you have a totally holy God and a totally loving God.
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How do you change your behavior? Change what you worship
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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 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 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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The Bible says that our real problem is that every one of us is building our identity on something besides Jesus.
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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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