The infallible test of spiritual integrity, Jesus says, is your private prayer life.
TIMOTHY KELLERJesus warns people far more often about greed than about sex, yet almost no one thinks they are guilty of it.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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If your god never disagrees with you, you might just be worshipping an idealized version of yourself.
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To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God.
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Christians need the gospel as much as non-Christians do.
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You are more sinful than you could dare imagine and you are more loved and accepted than you could ever dare hope.
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Prayer is the way to experience a powerful confidence that God is handling our lives well, that our bad things will turn out for good, our good things cannot be taken from us, and the best things are yet to come.
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Religion makes us proud of what we have done. The Gospel makes us proud of what Jesus has done.
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Christ did not suffer so you wouldn’t suffer. He suffered so when you suffer you will become like Him.
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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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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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There are some needs only you can see. There are some hands only you can hold. There are some people only you can reach.
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The Gospel is good news not good advice. Advice = what we should do. News = report of what was done for us.
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To discover the real you, look at what you spend time thinking about when no one is looking.
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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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You don’t fall in love. You commit to it.
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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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