When we worry we are saying, ‘I know the way my life is supposed to go, and God’s not getting it right’.
TIMOTHY KELLERFear-based repentance makes us hate ourselves. Joy-based repentance makes us hate the sin.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.
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If I have the smile of God, all other frowns are inconsequential.
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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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If you want God’s grace, all you need is need, all you need is nothing. But that kind of spiritual humility is hard to muster.
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How does Satan accuse us? By causing us to look at our sin rather than our Savior.
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I am going to judge my circumstances by Jesus’ love, not Jesus’ love by my circumstances.
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Jesus didn’t come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.
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It is impossible to forgive someone if you feel superior to him or her.
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The resurrection was God’s way of stamping PAID IN FULL right across history so that nobody could miss it.
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You don’t fall in love. You commit to it.
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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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Pride is the carbon-monoxide of Sin. It silently and slowly kills you without you even knowing.
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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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A life of gratitude to God for being saved is far more pleasing than a life based on self-righteousness over being good.
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