When Jesus looked down from the cross, he didn’t think “I am giving myself to you because you are so attractive to me.”
TIMOTHY KELLERGenerosity is not only about money. There is more than one currency. Let your generosity be pervasive in life.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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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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Love without truth is sentimentality; it supports and affirms us but keeps us in denial about our flaws. Truth without love is harshness; it gives us information but in such a way that we cannot really hear it.
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The gospel humbles us into the dust and at the very same time exalts us to the heavens.
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There is no way to have a real relationship without becoming vulnerable to hurt. Christmas tells us that God became breakable and fragile.
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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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If you love anything in this world more than God, you will crush that object under the weight of your expectations.
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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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How you experience your present is completely shaped by what you believe your ultimate future to be.
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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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If you want God’s grace, all you need is need, all you need is nothing. But that kind of spiritual humility is hard to muster.
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Jesus Christ was treated as we deserved so that when we believe in Jesus, God treats us as Jesus deserves.
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The infallible test of spiritual integrity, Jesus says, is your private prayer life.
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The cross is the place where the Judge takes the Judgment.
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When I forget the gospel I become dependent on the smiles and evaluation of others.
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