If you love anything in this world more than God, you will crush that object under the weight of your expectations.
TIMOTHY KELLERWhen I forget the gospel I become dependent on the smiles and evaluation of others.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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Suffering can refine us rather than destroy us because God himself walks with us in the fire.
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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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Jesus warns people far more often about greed than about sex, yet almost no one thinks they are guilty of it.
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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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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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The great basis of Christian assurance is not how much our hearts are set on God, but how unshakably his heart is set on us.
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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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There is a joy available that the deepest grief cannot put out. No circumstance or person can take away the joy God gives.
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Legalistic remorse says, “I broke God’s rules,” while real repentance says, “I broke God’s heart.”
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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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It’s impossible to have met the real Jesus and be indifferent. You either bow down in wonder OR go away offended.
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Prayer is the way to experience a powerful confidence that God is handling our lives well, that our bad things will turn out for good, our good things cannot be taken from us, and the best things are yet to come.
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If God is not at the center of your life, something else is.
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