Many times people think if God has called you to something, he’s promising you success. He might be calling you to fail to prepare you for something else through the failure.
TIMOTHY KELLERIf your god never disagrees with you, you might just be worshipping an idealized version of yourself.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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Prayer is the way to experience a powerful confidence that God is handling our lives well, that our bad things will turn out for good, our good things cannot be taken from us, and the best things are yet to come.
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Are you living to justify yourself, or are you living because you are justified?
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Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.
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The prerequisite for receiving the grace of God is to know you need it.
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Christ’s resurrection not only gives you hope for the future; it gives you hope to handle your scars right now.
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After creation God said, ‘It is finished’-and he rested. After redemption Jesus said, ‘It is finished’-and we can rest.
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The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God’s will to mine, but to mold my will into His.
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Worry is not believing God will get it right, and bitterness is believing God got it wrong.
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If you don’t feel like praying, pray to God to give you the desire.
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There is a joy available that the deepest grief cannot put out. No circumstance or person can take away the joy God gives.
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The only person who dares wake up a king at 3:00 AM for a glass of water is a child. We have that kind of access
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The world values power, comfort, success, and recognition. Jesus frees us to value grief, sacrifice, weakness, and exclusion.
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Tolerance isn’t about not having beliefs. It’s about how your beliefs lead you to treat people who disagree with you.
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Suffering is unbearable if you aren’t certain that God is for you and with you.
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…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.
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