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.
TIMOTHY KELLERJesus Christ did not suffer so that you would not suffer. He suffered so that when you suffer, you’ll become more like him.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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Nothing is more important than to learn how to maintain a life of purpose in the midst of painful adversity.
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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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If you don’t feel like praying, pray to God to give you the desire.
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In the original language, ‘Fear the Lord’ doesn’t mean be afraid. It means sustaining a joyful, astonished awe, and wonder before Him.
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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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The gospel humbles us into the dust and at the very same time exalts us to the heavens.
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If anything becomes more fundamental than God to your happiness, meaning of life, and identity then it is an idol.
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To discover the real you, look at what you spend time thinking about when no one is looking.
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As long as we think we are not that bad, the idea of grace will never change us.
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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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The way to find your calling is to look at the way you were created. Your gifts have not emerged by accident.
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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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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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Fear-based repentance makes us hate ourselves. Joy-based repentance makes us hate the sin.
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Love is the effort and desire to make someone else everything they were created to be.
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