Suffering can refine us rather than destroy us because God himself walks with us in the fire.
TIMOTHY KELLERThis leads to deep humility and deep confidence at the same time. It undermines both swaggering and sniveling. I cannot feel superior to anyone, and yet I have nothing to prove to anyone. I do not think more of myself nor less of myself. Instead, I think of myself less.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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Legalistic remorse says, “I broke God’s rules,” while real repentance says, “I broke God’s heart.”
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When we grasp that we are unworthy sinners saved by an infinitely costly grace, it destroys both our self-righteousn ess and our need to ridicule others.
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All human problems are ultimately symptoms, and our separation from God is the cause.
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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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The infallible test of spiritual integrity, Jesus says, is your private prayer life.
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The main human problems often are that we misidentify what will make us happy; and we ask people and things to save us beyond their ability.
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We were designed to know, serve, and love God supremely – and when we are faithful to that design, we flourish.
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Our character is mainly shaped by our primary social community – the people with whom we eat, play, converse, and study.
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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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Generosity is not only about money. There is more than one currency. Let your generosity be pervasive in life.
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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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To discover the real you, look at what you spend time thinking about when no one is looking.
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Forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting the forgiveness. To not retaliate is to absorb the cost.
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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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