It’s impossible to have met the real Jesus and be indifferent. You either bow down in wonder OR go away offended.
TIMOTHY KELLERPrayer should be done regularly, persistently, resolutely, and tenaciously at least daily, whether we feel like it or not.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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Christianity does not provide the reason for each experience of pain, but it does provide deep resources for actually facing suffering with hope and courage rather than bitterness and despair
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The sin that is most destructive in your life right now is the one you are most defensive about.
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Christ’s resurrection not only gives you hope for the future; it gives you hope to handle your scars right now.
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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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If your god never disagrees with you, you might just be worshipping an idealized version of yourself.
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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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You are more sinful than you could dare imagine and you are more loved and accepted than you could ever dare hope.
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How do you change your behavior? Change what you worship
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…the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less.
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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 makes us proud of what we have done. The Gospel makes us proud of what Jesus has done.
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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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Religion: ‘My identity is built on being a good person.’ Gospel: ‘My identity is not built on my record or my performance but on Christ’s.’
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The infallible test of spiritual integrity, Jesus says, is your private prayer life.
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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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As long as we think we are not that bad, the idea of grace will never change us.
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If I have the smile of God, all other frowns are inconsequential.
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When we grasp that we are unworthy sinners saved by an infinitely costly grace, it destroys both our self-righteousn ess and our need to ridicule others.
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Suffering is unbearable if you aren’t certain that God is for you and with you.
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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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Nothing is more important than to learn how to maintain a life of purpose in the midst of painful adversity.
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The more you understand how your salvation isn’t about your behavior, the more radically your behavior will change.
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Love is the effort and desire to make someone else everything they were created to be.
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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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To discover the real you, look at what you spend time thinking about when no one is looking.
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When we worry we are saying, ‘I know the way my life is supposed to go, and God’s not getting it right’.
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