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.
TIMOTHY KELLERTrust is accepting what God sends into your life whether you understand it or not.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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…Singles, too, must see the penultimate status of marriage. If single Christians don’t develop a deeply fulfilling love relationship with Jesus, they will put too much pressure on their DREAM of marriage, and that will create pathology in their lives as well.
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Are you living to justify yourself, or are you living because you are justified?
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The resurrection was God’s way of stamping PAID IN FULL right across history so that nobody could miss it.
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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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Prayer should be done regularly, persistently, resolutely, and tenaciously at least daily, whether we feel like it or not.
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Fear-based repentance makes us hate ourselves. Joy-based repentance makes us hate the sin.
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The sin that is most destructive in your life right now is the one you are most defensive about.
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What you do today is shaped by what you believe about tomorrow.
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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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When I forget the gospel I become dependent on the smiles and evaluation of others.
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Every single emotion you have should be processed in prayer.
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God sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But by His grace, He does not leave us as we are.
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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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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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You don’t fall in love. You commit to it.
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