If you don’t feel like praying, pray to God to give you the desire.
TIMOTHY KELLERGenerosity is not only about money. There is more than one currency. Let your generosity be pervasive in life.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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This is the humbling truth that lies at the heart of Christianity. We love to be our own saviors. Our hearts love to manufacture glory for themselves.
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Jesus warns people far more often about greed than about sex, yet almost no one thinks they are guilty of it.
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If Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all that he said; if he didn’t rise from the dead, then why worry about any of what he said? The issue on which everything hangs is not whether or not you like his teaching but whether or not he rose from the dead.
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The cross is the place where the Judge takes the Judgment.
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God relentlessly offers his grace to people who do not deserve it, or seek it, or even appreciate it after they have been saved by it.
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To discover the real you, look at what you spend time thinking about when no one is looking.
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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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Jesus Christ did not suffer so that you would not suffer. He suffered so that when you suffer, you’ll become more like him.
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Love is the effort and desire to make someone else everything they were created to be.
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If you love anything in this world more than God, you will crush that object under the weight of your expectations.
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Faith is not primarily a function of how you feel.
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When I forget the gospel I become dependent on the smiles and evaluation of others.
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Where you find your significance is where you find your salvation.
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When love of one’s people becomes an absolute, it turns into racism. When love of equality turns into a supreme thing, it can result in hatred and violence toward anyone who has led a privileged life. It is the settled tendency of human societies to turn good political causes into counterfeit gods.
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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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