What you do today is shaped by what you believe about tomorrow.
TIMOTHY KELLEREveryone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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A life of gratitude to God for being saved is far more pleasing than a life based on self-righteousness over being good.
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If you don’t feel like praying, pray to God to give you the desire.
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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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The gospel humbles us into the dust and at the very same time exalts us to the heavens.
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We instinctively tend to limit for whom we exert ourselves. We do it for people like us, and for people whom we like. Jesus will have none of that.
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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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Nothing is more important than to learn how to maintain a life of purpose in the midst of painful adversity.
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We need to remember that we are saved by grace when we fail. But we need to remember it much more when we succeed.
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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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If I have the smile of God, all other frowns are inconsequential.
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God invites us to come as we are, not stay as we are.
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Faith is living out and believing what truth is despite what you feel.
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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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We tend to see God as a means through which we get things to make us happy. For most of us, He has not become our happiness.
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