Prayer should be done regularly, persistently, resolutely, and tenaciously at least daily, whether we feel like it or not.
TIMOTHY KELLERThe Bible says that our real problem is that every one of us is building our identity on something besides Jesus.
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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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 Bible says that our real problem is that every one of us is building our identity on something besides Jesus.
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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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When I forget the gospel I become dependent on the smiles and evaluation of others.
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Trust is accepting what God sends into your life whether you understand it or not.
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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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What you do today is shaped by what you believe about tomorrow.
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There are some needs only you can see. There are some hands only you can hold. There are some people only you can reach.
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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 purpose of prayer is not to bend God’s will to mine, but to mold my will into His.
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The Gospel is that Jesus Christ came to earth, lived the life we should have lived and died the death we should have died.
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God became someone we could hurt. Why? To get us back… No other religion-whethe r secularism, Greco-Roman paganism, Eastern religion, Judaism, or Islam-believes God became breakable or suffered or had a body.
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Jesus Christ was treated as we deserved so that when we believe in Jesus, God treats us as Jesus deserves.
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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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Christians tend to motivate others with guilt. We tend to say: You would do this if you were really committed Christians, indicating that we are committed and all that is needed is for others to become as good as we are!
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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.
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The Bible’s purpose is to show you how God’s grace breaks into your life against your will and saves you from the sin and brokenness otherwise you would never be able to overcome…
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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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Christ did not suffer so you wouldn’t suffer. He suffered so when you suffer you will become like Him.
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To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God.
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This is why so many churches quench the motivation of people for ministry. In our shoes, Paul would say: Remember the grace God has showered on you—what does living out and enjoying that grace look like in this situation?
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Every single emotion you have should be processed in prayer.
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I am going to judge my circumstances by Jesus’ love, not Jesus’ love by my circumstances.
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Religion operates on the principle ‘I obey-therefore I am accepted by God.’ But the operating principle of the gospel is ‘I am accepted by God through what Christ has done-therefore I obey.’
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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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