Christ’s resurrection not only gives you hope for the future; it gives you hope to handle your scars right now.
TIMOTHY KELLERIf you want God’s grace, all you need is need, all you need is nothing. But that kind of spiritual humility is hard to muster.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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Generosity is not only about money. There is more than one currency. Let your generosity be pervasive in life.
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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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It is not the strength of your faith but the object of your faith that actually saves you.
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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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The gospel does not promise you better life circumstances; it promises you a better life.
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When I forget the gospel I become dependent on the smiles and evaluation of others.
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Religion is ‘if you obey, then you will be accepted’. But the Gospel is, ‘if you are absolutely accepted, and sure you’re accepted, only then will you ever begin to obey’. Those are two utterly different things. Every page of the Bible shows the difference.
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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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The reason the stone was rolled away on Jesus’s tomb was not so that Jesus could get out, but so that we could get in.
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If I have the smile of God, all other frowns are inconsequential.
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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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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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Pride is the carbon-monoxide of Sin. It silently and slowly kills you without you even knowing.
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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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Every single emotion you have should be processed in prayer.
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