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.
TIMOTHY KELLERWhat you do today is shaped by what you believe about tomorrow.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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You can’t live the Christian life without a band of Christian friends, without a family of believers in which you find a place.
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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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If God is not at the center of your life, something else is.
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Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.
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Suffering can refine us rather than destroy us because God himself walks with us in the fire.
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If our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts.
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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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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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Christ did not suffer so you wouldn’t suffer. He suffered so when you suffer you will become like Him.
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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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You are a totally loved moral failure.
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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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Since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character.
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Money isn’t an idol. It just shows you where your idols are.
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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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