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.
TIMOTHY KELLERIf our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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God looks at the anxious and says, I tore my Son to shreds for you, and you’re afraid I will not give you what you need?
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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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When I forget the gospel I become dependent on the smiles and evaluation of others.
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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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It is not the strength of your faith but the object of your faith that actually saves you.
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Suffering is unbearable if you aren’t certain that God is for you and with you.
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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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God invites us to come as we are, not stay as we are.
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Every single emotion you have should be processed in prayer.
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The gospel is not only the way to enter the kingdom; it is the way to live in the kingdom.
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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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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 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 sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But by His grace, He does not leave us as we are.
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Suffering can refine us rather than destroy us because God himself walks with us in the fire.
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