Worry is not believing God will get it right, and bitterness is believing God got it wrong.
TIMOTHY KELLERThe prerequisite for receiving the grace of God is to know you need it.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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As long as we think we are not that bad, the idea of grace will never change us.
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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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In the original language, ‘Fear the Lord’ doesn’t mean be afraid. It means sustaining a joyful, astonished awe, and wonder before Him.
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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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I am going to judge my circumstances by Jesus’ love, not Jesus’ love by my circumstances.
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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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Those who understand the gospel cannot possibly look down on anyone.
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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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Christians tend to motivate others with guilt. We tend to say: You would do this if you were really committed Christians, indicating that we are committed and all that is needed is for others to become as good as we are!
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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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The lack of joy in your life is due to your lack of mission.
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Fear-based repentance makes us hate ourselves. Joy-based repentance makes us hate the sin.
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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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Money isn’t an idol. It just shows you where your idols are.
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