Men, you’ll never be a good groom to your wife unless you’re first a good bride to Jesus.
TIMOTHY KELLERIf you don’t feel like praying, pray to God to give you the desire.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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Yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.
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We tend to see God as a means through which we get things to make us happy. For most of us, He has not become our happiness.
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Those who understand the gospel cannot possibly look down on anyone.
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The more you understand how your salvation isn’t about your behavior, the more radically your behavior will change.
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Success and suffering will either darken your heart or make you wise, but they won’t leave you where you were.
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If I have the smile of God, all other frowns are inconsequential.
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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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The infallible test of spiritual integrity, Jesus says, is your private prayer life.
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You can’t live the Christian life without a band of Christian friends, without a family of believers in which you find a place.
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Suffering can refine us rather than destroy us because God himself walks with us in the fire.
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The resurrection was God’s way of stamping PAID IN FULL right across history so that nobody could miss it.
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You are more sinful than you could dare imagine and you are more loved and accepted than you could ever dare hope.
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It’s impossible to have met the real Jesus and be indifferent. You either bow down in wonder OR go away offended.
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If the church does not identify with the marginalized, it will itself be marginalized. This is God’s poetic justice.
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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 key question in order to change you is not ‘What would Jesus do?’ but “What has Jesus done for you?”
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The gospel does not promise you better life circumstances; it promises you a better life.
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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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How you experience your present is completely shaped by what you believe your ultimate future to be.
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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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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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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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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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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.
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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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We come to God saying, “Look at all I’ve done,” or maybe “Look at all I’ve suffered.” God, however, wants us to look to him – to just wash.
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