Worry is not believing God will get it right, and bitterness is believing God got it wrong.
TIMOTHY KELLER…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.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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To fear the Lord is to be overwhelmed with wonder before the greatness of God and his love.
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All human problems are ultimately symptoms, and our separation from God is the cause.
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The only person who dares wake up a king at 3:00 AM for a glass of water is a child. We have that kind of access
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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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Many times people think if God has called you to something, he’s promising you success. He might be calling you to fail to prepare you for something else through the failure.
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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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God became someone we could hurt. Why? To get us back… No other religion-whethe r secularism, Greco-Roman paganism, Eastern religion, Judaism, or Islam-believes God became breakable or suffered or had a body.
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How do you change your behavior? Change what you worship
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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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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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Jesus didn’t come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.
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The world values power, comfort, success, and recognition. Jesus frees us to value grief, sacrifice, weakness, and exclusion.
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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 Bible’s purpose is not so much to show you how to live a good life.
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