Sweet Quotes That Help Me Grow Closer To King Jesus 8
The fear of man often expresses itself in love for crowds. Thabiti Anyabwile
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“The gospel message should both humble
and lift the believer up at the same time.” Tim Keller
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“The cross is the place where the Judge takes the Judgment.” Tim Keller
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“If you met a truly humble person,
you wouldn’t think him/her humble,
but happy and incredibly interested in you.” Tim Keller
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A lie can travel half way around the world
while the truth is putting on its shoes. Charles Spurgeon
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Someone will always have better coffee, music, facilities, and speaking.
Showcase Christ and his gospel.
No one can improve on that. Jared C. Wilson
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“Jesus Christ as only an example will crush you.
You’ll never be able to live up to it.
But Jesus Christ as the Lamb will save you.” Tim Keller
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Whoever is truly humbled–
will not be easily angry,
nor harsh and critical of others.
He will be compassionate and tender
to the infirmities of his fellow sinners,
knowing that if there is a difference [in him],
it is grace alone that has made it. John Newton
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Never be ashamed to let men know
that you derive all your comfort
from the atoning blood of Christ,
and from His substitution for you on the cross. J.C. Ryle
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“If we impose our understanding of schedule & timing on Jesus,
we will struggle to feel loved by Him.” Tim Keller
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Even asking why truth matters assumes it’s importance.
After all, the person asking wants a true answer. Sean McDowell
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“Real faith not only does something for us,
but it also does something to us.” AW Tozer
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“A good conscience
will save no man,
wash away no sin,
nor lift us one hair’s breadth toward heaven.” -J.C. Ryle
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You will love Christ & commit to Him
to the degree you see the depth of your own sin
& the application of the cross to that sin being final. Tim Keller
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“If we give priority to the outer life,
our inner life will be dark
and solitude will become scary.” Tim Keller
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Almost saved is altogether lost.
There are many in hell, who once were almost saved,
but who are now altogether damned. Charles Spurgeon
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In the quiet hours,
God alerts us to the unseen unknown needs and struggles of those around us,
and leads us into intercession [prayer] for them. John Brangenberg
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“Every story of conversion
is the story of a blessed defeat.” C.S. Lewis
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Everything is needful that He sends;
nothing can be needful that He withholds. – John Newton
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Religious people find God useful.
Christians find God beautiful. Tim Keller
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“Only when our greatest love is God,
a love that we cannot lose even in death,
can we face all things with peace.” Tim Keller
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‘Care more for a grain of faith than a ton of excitement.’ Charles Spurgeon
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You have no rival, You have no equal, now and forever God You reign. Jack Mancuso
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‘We will be humiliated in this world
& we either wear it as a badge of honor because we belong to Christ,
or run away from it.’ —Mark Jones
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Don’t ever follow a preacher who does not have a good theology of suffering. Erwin Lutzer
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“Life without God is said to be sophisticated, original, freeing —
it’s actually thoughtless, imitative, bondage.” (1 Peter 1:13–21) Tim Keller
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Jesus sat in the midst of joy sipping the coming sorrow,
so we can sit in the midst of sorrow and sip the coming joy. Tim Keller
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In London I’m in a crowd of temptations,
but in the country there is a crowd of temptations in me.
My mind is a Vanity Fair. John Newton
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Frustrated by not being the man I want to be
while I keep mopping the floors of life
and ignoring the clogged sink and dripping faucet. Brian Deighton
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Visit many good books, but live in the Bible. Charles Spurgeon