What you do today is shaped by what you believe about tomorrow.
TIMOTHY KELLERYou don’t fall in love. You commit to it.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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Jesus Christ did not suffer so that you would not suffer. He suffered so that when you suffer, you’ll become more like him.
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Success and suffering will either darken your heart or make you wise, but they won’t leave you where you were.
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When Jesus looked down from the cross, he didn’t think “I am giving myself to you because you are so attractive to me.”
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Faith is living out and believing what truth is despite what you feel.
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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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All human problems are ultimately symptoms, and our separation from God is the cause.
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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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Prayer should be done regularly, persistently, resolutely, and tenaciously at least daily, whether we feel like it or not.
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The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe.
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If you don’t feel like praying, pray to God to give you the desire.
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When I forget the gospel I become dependent on the smiles and evaluation of others.
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In the original language, ‘Fear the Lord’ doesn’t mean be afraid. It means sustaining a joyful, astonished awe, and wonder before Him.
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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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No one is too bad for Jesus. A lot of people think they are too good for Jesus.
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You don’t fall in love. You commit to it.
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Tolerance isn’t about not having beliefs. It’s about how your beliefs lead you to treat people who disagree with you.
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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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Religion says earn your life. Secular society says create your life. Jesus says, ‘My life for your life.
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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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Religion operates on the principle ‘I obey-therefore I am accepted by God.’ But the operating principle of the gospel is ‘I am accepted by God through what Christ has done-therefore I obey.’
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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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I am going to judge my circumstances by Jesus’ love, not Jesus’ love by my circumstances.
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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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Money isn’t an idol. It just shows you where your idols are.
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The key question in order to change you is not ‘What would Jesus do?’ but “What has Jesus done for you?”
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