You can’t live the Christian life without a band of Christian friends, without a family of believers in which you find a place.
TIMOTHY KELLERThe reason the stone was rolled away on Jesus’s tomb was not so that Jesus could get out, but so that we could get in.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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Religion operates on the principle ‘I obey-therefore I am accepted by God.’ But the operating principle of the gospel is ‘I am accepted by God through what Christ has done-therefore I obey.’
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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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The Gospel is good news not good advice. Advice = what we should do. News = report of what was done for us.
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Prayer is the way to experience a powerful confidence that God is handling our lives well, that our bad things will turn out for good, our good things cannot be taken from us, and the best things are yet to come.
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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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You don’t fall in love. You commit to it.
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Many times people think if God has called you to something, he’s promising you success. He might be calling you to fail to prepare you for something else through the failure.
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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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Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.
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No one is too bad for Jesus. A lot of people think they are too good for Jesus.
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Those who understand the gospel cannot possibly look down on anyone.
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The reason the stone was rolled away on Jesus’s tomb was not so that Jesus could get out, but so that we could get in.
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Are you living to justify yourself, or are you living because you are justified?
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The prerequisite for receiving the grace of God is to know you need it.
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