Every single emotion you have should be processed in prayer.
TIMOTHY KELLERWhen 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.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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You don’t fall in love. You commit to it.
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How does Satan accuse us? By causing us to look at our sin rather than our Savior.
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The only person who dares wake up a king at 3:00 AM for a glass of water is a child. We have that kind of access
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If our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts.
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When I forget the gospel I become dependent on the smiles and evaluation of others.
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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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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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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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It is impossible to forgive someone if you feel superior to him or her.
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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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The main human problems often are that we misidentify what will make us happy; and we ask people and things to save us beyond their ability.
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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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Nothing is more important than to learn how to maintain a life of purpose in the midst of painful adversity.
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Faith is living out and believing what truth is despite what you feel.
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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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