I am going to judge my circumstances by Jesus’ love, not Jesus’ love by my circumstances.
TIMOTHY KELLERThe main human problems often are that we misidentify what will make us happy; and we ask people and things to save us beyond their ability.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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The only person who dares wake up a king at 3:00 AM for a glass of water is a child. We have that kind of access
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When Job was prospering, he prayed. When he was suffering, he still prayed.
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When we worry we are saying, ‘I know the way my life is supposed to go, and God’s not getting it right’.
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If God is not at the center of your life, something else is.
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The Gospel is that Jesus Christ came to earth, lived the life we should have lived and died the death we should have died.
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The Gospel is good news not good advice. Advice = what we should do. News = report of what was done for us.
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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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It is impossible to forgive someone if you feel superior to him or her.
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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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The more you understand how your salvation isn’t about your behavior, the more radically your behavior will change.
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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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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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Prayer should be done regularly, persistently, resolutely, and tenaciously at least daily, whether we feel like it or not.
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So we find messages of self-salvation extremely attractive, whether they are religious (Keep these rules and you earn eternal blessing) or secular (Grab hold of these things and you’ll experience blessing now).
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Money isn’t an idol. It just shows you where your idols are.
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