Trust is accepting what God sends into your life whether you understand it or not.
TIMOTHY KELLERChristianity does not provide the reason for each experience of pain, but it does provide deep resources for actually facing suffering with hope and courage rather than bitterness and despair
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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The cross is the place where the Judge takes the Judgment.
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…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.
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Worry is not believing God will get it right, and bitterness is believing God got it wrong.
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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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God’s grace does not come to people who morally outperform others, but to those who admit their failure to perform and who acknowledge their need for a Savior.
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What you do today is shaped by what you believe about tomorrow.
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The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God’s will to mine, but to mold my will into His.
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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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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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This is why so many churches quench the motivation of people for ministry. In our shoes, Paul would say: Remember the grace God has showered on you—what does living out and enjoying that grace look like in this situation?
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The resurrection was God’s way of stamping PAID IN FULL right across history so that nobody could miss it.
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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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Prayer should be done regularly, persistently, resolutely, and tenaciously at least daily, whether we feel like it or not.
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In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.
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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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