We come to God saying, “Look at all I’ve done,” or maybe “Look at all I’ve suffered.” God, however, wants us to look to him – to just wash.
TIMOTHY KELLERThe lack of joy in your life is due to your lack of mission.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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The world values power, comfort, success, and recognition. Jesus frees us to value grief, sacrifice, weakness, and exclusion.
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How do you change your behavior? Change what you worship
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The more you understand how your salvation isn’t about your behavior, the more radically your behavior will change.
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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 your god never disagrees with you, you might just be worshipping an idealized version of yourself.
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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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Are you living to justify yourself, or are you living because you are justified?
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The way to find your calling is to look at the way you were created. Your gifts have not emerged by accident.
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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 can’t live the Christian life without a band of Christian friends, without a family of believers in which you find a place.
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The reason the stone was rolled away on Jesus’s tomb was not so that Jesus could get out, but so that we could get in.
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If I have the smile of God, all other frowns are inconsequential.
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What you do today is shaped by what you believe about tomorrow.
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God’s grace does not come to people who morally outperform others, but to those who admit their failure to perform and who acknowledge their need for a Savior.
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Where you find your significance is where you find your salvation.
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In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.
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Christians tend to motivate others with guilt. We tend to say: You would do this if you were really committed Christians, indicating that we are committed and all that is needed is for others to become as good as we are!
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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 love anything in this world more than God, you will crush that object under the weight of your expectations.
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The cross is the place where the Judge takes the Judgment.
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Christ’s resurrection not only gives you hope for the future; it gives you hope to handle your scars right now.
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Think like a prophet, serve like a priest, and plan like a king.
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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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To discover the real you, look at what you spend time thinking about when no one is looking.
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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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The Bible’s purpose is not so much to show you how to live a good life.
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