When we worry we are saying, ‘I know the way my life is supposed to go, and God’s not getting it right’.
TIMOTHY KELLERThe lack of joy in your life is due to your lack of mission.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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Religion says earn your life. Secular society says create your life. Jesus says, ‘My life for your life.
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It is impossible to forgive someone if you feel superior to him or her.
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Forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting the forgiveness. To not retaliate is to absorb the cost.
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Trust is accepting what God sends into your life whether you understand it or not.
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Religion makes us proud of what we have done. The Gospel makes us proud of what Jesus has done.
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Jesus Christ did not suffer so that you would not suffer. He suffered so that when you suffer, you’ll become more like him.
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It is what we need more than anything. It liberates us from pretense, humbles us out of our self-righteousness, and fortifies us for any difficulty life can throw at us.
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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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Jesus Christ was treated as we deserved so that when we believe in Jesus, God treats us as Jesus deserves.
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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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Generosity is not only about money. There is more than one currency. Let your generosity be pervasive in life.
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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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There are some needs only you can see. There are some hands only you can hold. There are some people only you can reach.
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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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