Suffering can refine us rather than destroy us because God himself walks with us in the fire.
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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To fear the Lord is to be overwhelmed with wonder before the greatness of God and his love.
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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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When we grasp that we are unworthy sinners saved by an infinitely costly grace, it destroys both our self-righteousn ess and our need to ridicule others.
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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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We were designed to know, serve, and love God supremely – and when we are faithful to that design, we flourish.
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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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So we find messages of self-salvation extremely attractive, whether they are religious (Keep these rules and you earn eternal blessing) or secular (Grab hold of these things and you’ll experience blessing now).
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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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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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If God is not at the center of your life, something else is.
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The only person who dares wake up a king at 3:00 AM for a glass of water is a child. We have that kind of access
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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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All human problems are ultimately symptoms, and our separation from God is the cause.
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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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Faith is living out and believing what truth is despite what you feel.
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The gospel does not promise you better life circumstances; it promises you a better life.
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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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The reason the stone was rolled away on Jesus’s tomb was not so that Jesus could get out, but so that we could get in.
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Every single emotion you have should be processed in prayer.
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This leads to deep humility and deep confidence at the same time. It undermines both swaggering and sniveling. I cannot feel superior to anyone, and yet I have nothing to prove to anyone. I do not think more of myself nor less of myself. Instead, I think of myself less.
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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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It is not the strength of your faith but the object of your faith that actually saves you.
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The way to find your calling is to look at the way you were created. Your gifts have not emerged by accident.
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You don’t fall in love. You commit to it.
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A life of gratitude to God for being saved is far more pleasing than a life based on self-righteousness over being good.
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Yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.
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