Christ did not suffer so you wouldn’t suffer. He suffered so when you suffer you will become like Him.
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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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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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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Faith is living out and believing what truth is despite what you feel.
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If you don’t feel like praying, pray to God to give you the desire.
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Think like a prophet, serve like a priest, and plan like a king.
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In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.
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When Jesus looked down from the cross, he didn’t think “I am giving myself to you because you are so attractive to me.”
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The basic premise of religion– that if you live a good life, things will go well for you– is wrong. Jesus was the most morally upright person who ever lived, yet He had a life filled with the experience of poverty, rejection, injustice, and even torture.
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If I have the smile of God, all other frowns are inconsequential.
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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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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 anything becomes more fundamental than God to your happiness, meaning of life, and identity then it is an idol.
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Money isn’t an idol. It just shows you where your idols are.
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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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The gospel humbles us into the dust and at the very same time exalts us to the heavens.
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