The great basis of Christian assurance is not how much our hearts are set on God, but how unshakably his heart is set on us.
TIMOTHY KELLERPrayer should be done regularly, persistently, resolutely, and tenaciously at least daily, whether we feel like it or not.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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The main human problems often are that we misidentify what will make us happy; and we ask people and things to save us beyond their ability.
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Generosity is not only about money. There is more than one currency. Let your generosity be pervasive in life.
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The Christian Gospel is that I am so flawed that Jesus had to die for me, yet I am so loved and valued that Jesus was glad to die for me.
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Think like a prophet, serve like a priest, and plan like a king.
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To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God.
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Our character is mainly shaped by our primary social community – the people with whom we eat, play, converse, and study.
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If God is not at the center of your life, something else is.
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Jesus warns people far more often about greed than about sex, yet almost no one thinks they are guilty of it.
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If the church does not identify with the marginalized, it will itself be marginalized. This is God’s poetic justice.
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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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Love is the effort and desire to make someone else everything they were created to be.
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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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I am going to judge my circumstances by Jesus’ love, not Jesus’ love by my circumstances.
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Trust is accepting what God sends into your life whether you understand it or not.
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When I forget the gospel I become dependent on the smiles and evaluation of others.
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