Are you living to justify yourself, or are you living because you are justified?
TIMOTHY KELLERThe prerequisite for receiving the grace of God is to know you need it.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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The prerequisite for receiving the grace of God is to know you need it.
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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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Pride is the carbon-monoxide of Sin. It silently and slowly kills you without you even knowing.
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If God is not at the center of your life, something else is.
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If I have the smile of God, all other frowns are inconsequential.
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It is what we need more than anything. It liberates us from pretense, humbles us out of our self-righteousness, and fortifies us for any difficulty life can throw at us.
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To discover the real you, look at what you spend time thinking about when no one is looking.
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Worry is not believing God will get it right, and bitterness is believing God got it wrong.
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It is impossible to forgive someone if you feel superior to him or her.
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The lack of joy in your life is due to your lack of mission.
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This is the humbling truth that lies at the heart of Christianity. We love to be our own saviors. Our hearts love to manufacture glory for themselves.
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We have to be careful not to elevate our preferences to moral standards and judge others by them. We only do so to feel superior.
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We come to God saying, “Look at all I’ve done,” or maybe “Look at all I’ve suffered.” God, however, wants us to look to him – to just wash.
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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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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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