Timothy Keller Quotes About Failing

Quotes about: Failing

• We need to remember that we are saved by grace when we fail. But we need to remember it much more when we succeed.

  Timothy Keller

  Grace, Needs, Succeed

• The greatness of prayer is nothing but an extension of the greatness and glory of God in our lives To fail to pray, then, is not to merely break some religious rule - it is a failure to treat God as God. It is a sin against his glory

  Timothy Keller

  Religious, Prayer, Greatness

  Timothy Keller (2014). “Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God”, p.23, Penguin

• 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.

  Timothy Keller

  Thinking, People, Calling

• You can only afford to be generous if you actually have some money in the bank to give. In the same way, if your only source of love and meaning is your spouse, then anytime he or she fails you, it will not just cause grief but a psychological cataclysm. If, however, you know something of the work of the Spirit in your life, you have enough love "in the bank" to be generous to your spouse even when you are not getting much affection or kindness at the moment.

  Timothy Keller

  Marriage, Kindness, Grief

• The gospel shows us that our spiritual problem lies not only in failing to obey God, but also in relying on our obedience to make us fully acceptable to God, ourselves and others. Every kind of character flaw comes from this natural impulse to be our own saviour through our own performance and achievement. On the one hand, proud and disdainful personalities come from basing your identity on your performance and thinking you are succeeding. But on the other hand, discouraged and self loathing personalities also come from basing your identity on your performance and thinking you are failing.

  Timothy Keller

  Spiritual, Lying, Character

• Jesus is the only Lord who, if you receive him, will fulfill you completely, and, if you fail him, will forgive you eternally.

  Timothy Keller

  Jesus, Forgiving, Failing

  Timothy Keller (2008). “The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism”, p.172, Penguin

• To fail to pray, then, is not to merely break some religious rule- it is a failure to treat God as God.

  Timothy Keller

  Religious, Praying, Failing

  Timothy Keller (2014). “Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God”, p.23, Penguin

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