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.
TIMOTHY KELLERMoney isn’t an idol. It just shows you where your idols are.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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 not so much to show you how to live a good life.
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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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Nothing is more important than to learn how to maintain a life of purpose in the midst of painful adversity.
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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 Job was prospering, he prayed. When he was suffering, he still prayed.
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You are a totally loved moral failure.
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Jesus warns people far more often about greed than about sex, yet almost no one thinks they are guilty of it.
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God invites us to come as we are, not stay as we are.
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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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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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If your god never disagrees with you, you might just be worshipping an idealized version of yourself.
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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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Since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character.
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It is impossible to forgive someone if you feel superior to him or her.
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