Faith is living out and believing what truth is despite what you feel.
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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Since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character.
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In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.
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Christ did not suffer so you wouldn’t suffer. He suffered so when you suffer you will become like Him.
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If you love anything in this world more than God, you will crush that object under the weight of your expectations.
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Prayer is the way to experience a powerful confidence that God is handling our lives well, that our bad things will turn out for good, our good things cannot be taken from us, and the best things are yet to come.
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Legalistic remorse says, “I broke God’s rules,” while real repentance says, “I broke God’s heart.”
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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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Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.
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If you don’t feel like praying, pray to God to give you the desire.
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We were designed to know, serve, and love God supremely – and when we are faithful to that design, we flourish.
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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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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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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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When love of one’s people becomes an absolute, it turns into racism. When love of equality turns into a supreme thing, it can result in hatred and violence toward anyone who has led a privileged life. It is the settled tendency of human societies to turn good political causes into counterfeit gods.
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Men, you’ll never be a good groom to your wife unless you’re first a good bride to Jesus.
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