If anything becomes more fundamental than God to your happiness, meaning of life, and identity then it is an idol.
TIMOTHY KELLERTrust is accepting what God sends into your life whether you understand it or not.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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It is impossible to forgive someone if you feel superior to him or her.
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Where you find your significance is where you find your salvation.
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Since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character.
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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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Religion: ‘My identity is built on being a good person.’ Gospel: ‘My identity is not built on my record or my performance but on Christ’s.’
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How do you change your behavior? Change what you worship
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Worry is not believing God will get it right, and bitterness is believing God got it wrong.
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Trust is accepting what God sends into your life whether you understand it or not.
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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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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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When we worry we are saying, ‘I know the way my life is supposed to go, and God’s not getting it right’.
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In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.
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When Job was prospering, he prayed. When he was suffering, he still prayed.
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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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Money isn’t an idol. It just shows you where your idols are.
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