The lack of joy in your life is due to your lack of mission.
TIMOTHY KELLERSo 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).
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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The prerequisite for receiving the grace of God is to know you need it.
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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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The gospel humbles us into the dust and at the very same time exalts us to the heavens.
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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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Faith is not primarily a function of how you feel.
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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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If I have the smile of God, all other frowns are inconsequential.
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If the church does not identify with the marginalized, it will itself be marginalized. This is God’s poetic justice.
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Love is the effort and desire to make someone else everything they were created to be.
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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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Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.
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You dont fall into love. You commit to it. Love is saying I will be there no matter what.
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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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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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