Every single emotion you have should be processed in prayer.
TIMOTHY KELLERIf you love anything in this world more than God, you will crush that object under the weight of your expectations.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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When Job was prospering, he prayed. When he was suffering, he still prayed.
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We are regularly in danger of having too light a view of our sin and also too light a grasp of what Jesus has done to free us from our sin.
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Are you living to justify yourself, or are you living because you are justified?
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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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It is impossible to forgive someone if you feel superior to him or her.
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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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If anything becomes more fundamental than God to your happiness, meaning of life, and identity then it is an idol.
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We need to remember that we are saved by grace when we fail. But we need to remember it much more when we succeed.
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Christians need the gospel as much as non-Christians do.
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If your god never disagrees with you, you might just be worshipping an idealized version of yourself.
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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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After creation God said, ‘It is finished’-and he rested. After redemption Jesus said, ‘It is finished’-and we can rest.
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Trust is accepting what God sends into your life whether you understand it or not.
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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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It is not the strength of your faith but the object of your faith that actually saves you.
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You are a totally loved moral failure.
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If the church does not identify with the marginalized, it will itself be marginalized. This is God’s poetic justice.
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Faith is not primarily a function of how you feel.
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The purpose of Jesus’s coming is to put the whole world right, to renew and restore the creation, not to escape it.
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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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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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Religion makes us proud of what we have done. The Gospel makes us proud of what Jesus has done.
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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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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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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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Religion: ‘My identity is built on being a good person.’ Gospel: ‘My identity is not built on my record or my performance but on Christ’s.’
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