How do you change your behavior? Change what you worship
TIMOTHY KELLERMen, you’ll never be a good groom to your wife unless you’re first a good bride to Jesus.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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Jesus didn’t come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.
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Many times people think if God has called you to something, he’s promising you success. He might be calling you to fail to prepare you for something else through the failure.
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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 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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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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…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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You can’t live the Christian life without a band of Christian friends, without a family of believers in which you find a place.
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Christ’s resurrection not only gives you hope for the future; it gives you hope to handle your scars right now.
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Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.
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No one is too bad for Jesus. A lot of people think they are too good for Jesus.
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There is no way to have a real relationship without becoming vulnerable to hurt. Christmas tells us that God became breakable and fragile.
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The Bible says that our real problem is that every one of us is building our identity on something besides Jesus.
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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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When Job was prospering, he prayed. When he was suffering, he still prayed.
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The key question in order to change you is not ‘What would Jesus do?’ but “What has Jesus done for you?”
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