There is a joy available that the deepest grief cannot put out. No circumstance or person can take away the joy God gives.
TIMOTHY KELLERWe 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.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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Only on the cross do you have a totally holy God and a totally loving God.
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If you want God’s grace, all you need is need, all you need is nothing. But that kind of spiritual humility is hard to muster.
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Suffering is unbearable if you aren’t certain that God is for you and with you.
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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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We were designed to know, serve, and love God supremely – and when we are faithful to that design, we flourish.
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All human problems are ultimately symptoms, and our separation from God is the cause.
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You are a totally loved moral failure.
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Faith is not primarily a function of how you feel.
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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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To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God.
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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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When Jesus looked down from the cross, he didn’t think “I am giving myself to you because you are so attractive to me.”
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…Singles, too, must see the penultimate status of marriage. If single Christians don’t develop a deeply fulfilling love relationship with Jesus, they will put too much pressure on their DREAM of marriage, and that will create pathology in their lives as well.
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If I have the smile of God, all other frowns are inconsequential.
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We have to be careful not to elevate our preferences to moral standards and judge others by them. We only do so to feel superior.
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