Quotes from W. Phillip Keller

Contentment should be the hallmark of my life, as I put my affairs in the hands of God.

Contentment should be the hallmark of my life, as I put my affairs in the hands of God.

Looking back over my own life I here declare without apology that it is the study of God's Word, year after year, close communion with Christ, and great books that have nourished my soul in wondrous ways. Such authors as Fenelon, Henry Drummond, F. B. Meyer, G. Campbell Morgan, Martyn Lloyd Jones, A. W. Tozer, Hannah Whitehall Smith Oswald Chambers, Andrew Murray and John Stott have each, with their own special insights, enriched my life beyond measure.

No pastor, no spiritual leader, is ever able to take his people any further than he himself has gone with God.

What worked in war would likewise work in the place of peace. God's principle of power never altered because of circumstances. It takes as much faith to produce a crop of corn as it does to storm and seize an enemy stronghold. One must act in confidence, sure that God will play His part, whether in a cornfield or on a battlefield.

Dad simply would not settle for second best. He always insisted on several basic rules of personal behavior. Anything worthwhile costs an effort, or If it's worth doing, it's worth doing well, or Opportunities only come to those prepared to grasp them, or Do the thing you fear and so overcome.

We are identified and known by the sort of fruit, the quantity of fruit, and the quality of fruit borne out in our daily conversation, conduct, and character. There is no greater criterion for Christians. It is the paramount gauge of God's people.

When I reach a place where I have implicit confidence in God's ability to manage not only the affairs of the world but also mine, as I entrust them to Him, I will have found the place of rest.

Contentment should be the hallmark of the man or woman who has put his or her affairs in the hands of God.

we pause to reflect on the person of Christ—on His power and His achievements—suddenly like David we will be glad to state proudly, "The Lord—He is my Shepherd!

the lot in life of any particular sheep depended on the type of man who owned it.

After all, when we pause to think about it a moment, we must realize that even our modern mountain highways follow the valleys to reach the summit of the passes they traverse. Similarly the ways of God lead upward through the valleys of our lives.

When my little world is falling apart and the dream castles of my ambitions and hopes crumble into ruins, can I honestly declare, "Surely—yes, surely—goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life"?

One of the calamities of Christianity is our tendency to talk in ambiguous generalities.

But because they belong to Christ and have recognized Him as Lord and Master of their lives, their owner and manager, they are permeated by a deep, quiet, settled peace that is beautiful to behold.