…the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less.
TIMOTHY KELLERWhen Job was prospering, he prayed. When he was suffering, he still prayed.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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You don’t fall in love. You commit to it.
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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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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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Where you find your significance is where you find your salvation.
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When we worry we are saying, ‘I know the way my life is supposed to go, and God’s not getting it right’.
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The more you understand how your salvation isn’t about your behavior, the more radically your behavior will change.
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God sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But by His grace, He does not leave us as we are.
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The world values power, comfort, success, and recognition. Jesus frees us to value grief, sacrifice, weakness, and exclusion.
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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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We tend to see God as a means through which we get things to make us happy. For most of us, He has not become our happiness.
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Christ’s resurrection not only gives you hope for the future; it gives you hope to handle your scars right now.
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The cross is the place where the Judge takes the Judgment.
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God relentlessly offers his grace to people who do not deserve it, or seek it, or even appreciate it after they have been saved by 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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When I forget the gospel I become dependent on the smiles and evaluation of others.
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