Every single emotion you have should be processed in prayer.
TIMOTHY KELLER…Singles, too, must see the penultimate status of marriage. If single Christians don’t develop a deeply fulfilling love relationship with Jesus, they will put too much pressure on their DREAM of marriage, and that will create pathology in their lives as well.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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If we have not seen our sin and sought radical forgiveness from God, we will be unable to forgive and to seek the good of those who have wronged us.
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Religion says earn your life. Secular society says create your life. Jesus says, ‘My life for your life.
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It is impossible to forgive someone if you feel superior to him or her.
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When Job was prospering, he prayed. When he was suffering, he still prayed.
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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 purpose of Jesus’s coming is to put the whole world right, to renew and restore the creation, not to escape it.
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You are a totally loved moral failure.
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Religion makes us proud of what we have done. The Gospel makes us proud of what Jesus has done.
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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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As long as we think we are not that bad, the idea of grace will never change us.
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…the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less.
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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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The infallible test of spiritual integrity, Jesus says, is your private prayer life.
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There is no way to have a real relationship without becoming vulnerable to hurt. Christmas tells us that God became breakable and fragile.
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