God sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But by His grace, He does not leave us as we are.
TIMOTHY KELLERSuffering is unbearable if you aren’t certain that God is for you and with you.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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What you do today is shaped by what you believe about tomorrow.
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Jesus didn’t come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.
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Think like a prophet, serve like a priest, and plan like a king.
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The Gospel is that Jesus Christ came to earth, lived the life we should have lived and died the death we should have died.
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A life of gratitude to God for being saved is far more pleasing than a life based on self-righteousness over being good.
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If you don’t feel like praying, pray to God to give you the desire.
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When we worry we are saying, ‘I know the way my life is supposed to go, and God’s not getting it right’.
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Legalistic remorse says, “I broke God’s rules,” while real repentance says, “I broke God’s heart.”
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If your god never disagrees with you, you might just be worshipping an idealized version of yourself.
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The Bible says that our real problem is that every one of us is building our identity on something besides Jesus.
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As long as we think we are not that bad, the idea of grace will never change us.
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When we grasp that we are unworthy sinners saved by an infinitely costly grace, it destroys both our self-righteousn ess and our need to ridicule others.
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We were designed to know, serve, and love God supremely – and when we are faithful to that design, we flourish.
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Where you find your significance is where you find your salvation.
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The main human problems often are that we misidentify what will make us happy; and we ask people and things to save us beyond their ability.
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