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.
TIMOTHY KELLERFaith is not primarily a function of how you feel.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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A life of gratitude to God for being saved is far more pleasing than a life based on self-righteousness over being good.
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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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You are a totally loved moral failure.
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What you do today is shaped by what you believe about tomorrow.
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So we find messages of self-salvation extremely attractive, whether they are religious (Keep these rules and you earn eternal blessing) or secular (Grab hold of these things and you’ll experience blessing now).
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God looks at the anxious and says, I tore my Son to shreds for you, and you’re afraid I will not give you what you need?
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The cross is the place where the Judge takes the Judgment.
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No, he was in agony, and he looked down at us – denying him, abandoning him, and betraying him – and in the greatest act of love in history, he STAYED. He said, “Father, forgive them, they don’t know what they are doing.” He loved us, not because we were lovely to him, but to make us lovely.
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God invites us to come as we are, not stay as we are.
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Suffering can refine us rather than destroy us because God himself walks with us in the fire.
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God’s grace does not come to people who morally outperform others, but to those who admit their failure to perform and who acknowledge their need for a Savior.
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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 way to find your calling is to look at the way you were created. Your gifts have not emerged by accident.
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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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No one is too bad for Jesus. A lot of people think they are too good for Jesus.
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If God is not at the center of your life, something else is.
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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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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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If 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.
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If your god never disagrees with you, you might just be worshipping an idealized version of yourself.
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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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Fear-based repentance makes us hate ourselves. Joy-based repentance makes us hate the sin.
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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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There is a joy available that the deepest grief cannot put out. No circumstance or person can take away the joy God gives.
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To fear the Lord is to be overwhelmed with wonder before the greatness of God and his love.
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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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