Yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.
TIMOTHY KELLERThe Bible says that our real problem is that every one of us is building our identity on something besides Jesus.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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Suffering is unbearable if you aren’t certain that God is for you and with you.
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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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If our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts.
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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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Christianity 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
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Since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character.
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God relentlessly offers his grace to people who do not deserve it, or seek it, or even appreciate it after they have been saved by it.
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Trust is accepting what God sends into your life whether you understand it or not.
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Generosity is not only about money. There is more than one currency. Let your generosity be pervasive in life.
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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 basic premise of religion– that if you live a good life, things will go well for you– is wrong. Jesus was the most morally upright person who ever lived, yet He had a life filled with the experience of poverty, rejection, injustice, and even torture.
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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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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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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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