The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God’s will to mine, but to mold my will into His.
TIMOTHY KELLERTrust is accepting what God sends into your life whether you understand it or not.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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You are a totally loved moral failure.
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Only on the cross do you have a totally holy God and a totally loving God.
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When Job was prospering, he prayed. When he was suffering, he still prayed.
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How does Satan accuse us? By causing us to look at our sin rather than our Savior.
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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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To fear the Lord is to be overwhelmed with wonder before the greatness of God and his love.
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The Bible’s purpose is not so much to show you how to live a good life.
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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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The gospel is not only the way to enter the kingdom; it is the way to live in the kingdom.
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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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Are you living to justify yourself, or are you living because you are justified?
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Christians tend to motivate others with guilt. We tend to say: You would do this if you were really committed Christians, indicating that we are committed and all that is needed is for others to become as good as we are!
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This is the humbling truth that lies at the heart of Christianity. We love to be our own saviors. Our hearts love to manufacture glory for themselves.
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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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Since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character.
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