Fear-based repentance makes us hate ourselves. Joy-based repentance makes us hate the sin.
Timothy KellerThe best people often have terrible lives. Job is one example, and Jesusโthe ultimate โJob,โ the only truly, fully innocent sufferer โ is another.
Timothy KellerThe secret to freedom from enslaving patterns of sin is worship. You need worship. You need great worship. You need weeping worship. You need glorious worship. You need to sense Godโs greatness and to be moved it โ moved to tears and moved to laughter โ moved by who God is and what he has done for you.
Timothy KellerThe purpose of Jesus's coming is to put the whole world right, to renew and restore the creation, not to escape it.
Timothy KellerYou 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