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title: "1 Shepherd Knows Quotes By W. Phillip Keller"
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> [It takes some of us a lifetime to learn that Christ, our Good Shepherd, knows exactly what He is doing with us. He understands us perfectly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-phillip-keller/it-takes-some-of-us-a-lifetime-to-learn-that-christ-our-good-shepherd/)

[W. Phillip Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-phillip-keller/)

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## More by W. Phillip Keller

> [“No pastor, no spiritual leader, is ever able to take his people any further than he himself has gone with God.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-phillip-keller/no-pastor-no-spiritual-leader-is-ever-able-to-take-his-people-any/)

[W. Phillip Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-phillip-keller/)

> [It takes some of us a lifetime to learn that Christ, our Good Shepherd, knows exactly what He is doing with us. He understands…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-phillip-keller/it-takes-some-of-us-a-lifetime-to-learn-that-christ-our-good-shepherd/)

[W. Phillip Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-phillip-keller/)

> [We are identified and known by the sort of fruit, the quantity of fruit, and the quality of fruit borne out in our daily…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-phillip-keller/we-are-identified-and-known-by-the-sort-of-fruit-the-quantity-of/)

[W. Phillip Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-phillip-keller/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-phillip-keller/looking-back-over-my-own-life-i-here-declare-without-apology-that-it/)

[W. Phillip Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-phillip-keller/)

> [Mercy is to care, and care very deeply about one another. It is to care to the point where we are prepared to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-phillip-keller/mercy-is-to-care-and-care-very-deeply-about-one-another-it-is-to-care/)

[W. Phillip Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-phillip-keller/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-phillip-keller/what-worked-in-war-would-likewise-work-in-the-place-of-peace-god-s/)

[W. Phillip Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-phillip-keller/)

> [“It is becoming fashionable to scorn the idea of sin in society. The impact of humanistic thinking is to belittle the concept that man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-phillip-keller/it-is-becoming-fashionable-to-scorn-the-idea-of-sin-in-society-the/)

[W. Phillip Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-phillip-keller/)

> [“The absolute basic belief that every child of God must come to is that if he or she lives in obedience to God's Word…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-phillip-keller/the-absolute-basic-belief-that-every-child-of-god-must-come-to-is/)

[W. Phillip Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-phillip-keller/)

> [Contentment should be the hallmark of my life, as I put my affairs in the hands of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-phillip-keller/contentment-should-be-the-hallmark-of-my-life-as-i-put-my-affairs-in/)

[W. Phillip Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-phillip-keller/)

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