The world values power, comfort, success, and recognition. Jesus frees us to value grief, sacrifice, weakness, and exclusion.
TIMOTHY KELLERThe way to find your calling is to look at the way you were created. Your gifts have not emerged by accident.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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Faith is not primarily a function of how you feel.
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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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Prayer should be done regularly, persistently, resolutely, and tenaciously at least daily, whether we feel like it or not.
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We come to God saying, “Look at all I’ve done,” or maybe “Look at all I’ve suffered.” God, however, wants us to look to him – to just wash.
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When I forget the gospel I become dependent on the smiles and evaluation of others.
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When Job was prospering, he prayed. When he was suffering, he still prayed.
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Jesus didn’t come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.
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In the original language, ‘Fear the Lord’ doesn’t mean be afraid. It means sustaining a joyful, astonished awe, and wonder before Him.
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Fear-based repentance makes us hate ourselves. Joy-based repentance makes us hate the sin.
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Love without truth is sentimentality; it supports and affirms us but keeps us in denial about our flaws. Truth without love is harshness; it gives us information but in such a way that we cannot really hear it.
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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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If we have not seen our sin and sought radical forgiveness from God, we will be unable to forgive and to seek the good of those who have wronged us.
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If anything becomes more fundamental than God to your happiness, meaning of life, and identity then it is an idol.
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It is impossible to forgive someone if you feel superior to him or her.
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The prerequisite for receiving the grace of God is to know you need it.
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