If anything becomes more fundamental than God to your happiness, meaning of life, and identity then it is an idol.
TIMOTHY KELLERThe lack of joy in your life is due to your lack of mission.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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.
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We tend to see God as a means through which we get things to make us happy. For most of us, He has not become our happiness.
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This leads to deep humility and deep confidence at the same time. It undermines both swaggering and sniveling. I cannot feel superior to anyone, and yet I have nothing to prove to anyone. I do not think more of myself nor less of myself. Instead, I think of myself less.
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The infallible test of spiritual integrity, Jesus says, is your private prayer life.
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Worry is not believing God will get it right, and bitterness is believing God got it wrong.
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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.
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You are more sinful than you could dare imagine and you are more loved and accepted than you could ever dare hope.
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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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When we grasp that we are unworthy sinners saved by an infinitely costly grace, it destroys both our self-righteousn ess and our need to ridicule others.
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If we have not seen our sin and sought radical forgiveness from God, we will be unable to forgive and to seek the good of those who have wronged us.
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The Gospel is news of what God has done to reach us. It is not advice about what we must do to reach God.
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I am going to judge my circumstances by Jesus’ love, not Jesus’ love by my circumstances.
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The Bible’s purpose is to show you how God’s grace breaks into your life against your will and saves you from the sin and brokenness otherwise you would never be able to overcome…
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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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In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.
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