A life of gratitude to God for being saved is far more pleasing than a life based on self-righteousness over being good.
TIMOTHY KELLERThe more you understand how your salvation isn’t about your behavior, the more radically your behavior will change.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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Jesus Christ did not suffer so that you would not suffer. He suffered so that when you suffer, you’ll become more like him.
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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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Every single emotion you have should be processed in prayer.
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God became someone we could hurt. Why? To get us back… No other religion-whethe r secularism, Greco-Roman paganism, Eastern religion, Judaism, or Islam-believes God became breakable or suffered or had a body.
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You are more sinful than you could dare imagine and you are more loved and accepted than you could ever dare hope.
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To fear the Lord is to be overwhelmed with wonder before the greatness of God and his love.
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If you don’t feel like praying, pray to God to give you the desire.
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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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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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The resurrection was God’s way of stamping PAID IN FULL right across history so that nobody could miss it.
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The key question in order to change you is not ‘What would Jesus do?’ but “What has Jesus done for you?”
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You can’t live the Christian life without a band of Christian friends, without a family of believers in which you find a place.
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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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The lack of joy in your life is due to your lack of mission.
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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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