What you do today is shaped by what you believe about tomorrow.
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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Christ’s resurrection not only gives you hope for the future; it gives you hope to handle your scars right now.
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…the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less.
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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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We were designed to know, serve, and love God supremely – and when we are faithful to that design, we flourish.
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If God is not at the center of your life, something else is.
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It is what we need more than anything. It liberates us from pretense, humbles us out of our self-righteousness, and fortifies us for any difficulty life can throw at us.
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The Gospel is that Jesus Christ came to earth, lived the life we should have lived and died the death we should have died.
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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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After creation God said, ‘It is finished’-and he rested. After redemption Jesus said, ‘It is finished’-and we can rest.
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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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The gospel is not only the way to enter the kingdom; it is the way to live in the kingdom.
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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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Prayer should be done regularly, persistently, resolutely, and tenaciously at least daily, whether we feel like it or not.
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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 prerequisite for receiving the grace of God is to know you need it.
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