…Singles, too, must see the penultimate status of marriage. If single Christians don’t develop a deeply fulfilling love relationship with Jesus, they will put too much pressure on their DREAM of marriage, and that will create pathology in their lives as well.
TIMOTHY KELLERSuccess and suffering will either darken your heart or make you wise, but they won’t leave you where you were.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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This is why so many churches quench the motivation of people for ministry. In our shoes, Paul would say: Remember the grace God has showered on you—what does living out and enjoying that grace look like in this situation?
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The Christian Gospel is that I am so flawed that Jesus had to die for me, yet I am so loved and valued that Jesus was glad to die for me.
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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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I am going to judge my circumstances by Jesus’ love, not Jesus’ love by my circumstances.
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Prayer should be done regularly, persistently, resolutely, and tenaciously at least daily, whether we feel like it or not.
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The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe.
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Forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting the forgiveness. To not retaliate is to absorb the cost.
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The Gospel is news of what God has done to reach us. It is not advice about what we must do to reach God.
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The infallible test of spiritual integrity, Jesus says, is your private prayer life.
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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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The sin that is most destructive in your life right now is the one you are most defensive about.
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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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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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We are regularly in danger of having too light a view of our sin and also too light a grasp of what Jesus has done to free us from our sin.
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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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