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?
TIMOTHY KELLERWhen Jesus looked down from the cross, he didn’t think “I am giving myself to you because you are so attractive to me.”
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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The basic premise of religion– that if you live a good life, things will go well for you– is wrong. Jesus was the most morally upright person who ever lived, yet He had a life filled with the experience of poverty, rejection, injustice, and even torture.
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Faith is living out and believing what truth is despite what you feel.
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We have to be careful not to elevate our preferences to moral standards and judge others by them. We only do so to feel superior.
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Christians tend to motivate others with guilt. We tend to say: You would do this if you were really committed Christians, indicating that we are committed and all that is needed is for others to become as good as we are!
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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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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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When I forget the gospel I become dependent on the smiles and evaluation of others.
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The Bible’s purpose is to show you how God’s grace breaks into your life against your will and saves you from the sin and brokenness otherwise you would never be able to overcome…
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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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To fear the Lord is to be overwhelmed with wonder before the greatness of God and his love.
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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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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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The Bible says that our real problem is that every one of us is building our identity on something besides Jesus.
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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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Since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character.
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It’s impossible to have met the real Jesus and be indifferent. You either bow down in wonder OR go away offended.
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How you experience your present is completely shaped by what you believe your ultimate future to be.
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The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God’s will to mine, but to mold my will into His.
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Every single emotion you have should be processed in prayer.
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The great basis of Christian assurance is not how much our hearts are set on God, but how unshakably his heart is set on us.
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Think like a prophet, serve like a priest, and plan like a king.
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…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.
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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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When Job was prospering, he prayed. When he was suffering, he still prayed.
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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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If you love anything in this world more than God, you will crush that object under the weight of your expectations.
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