To discover the real you, look at what you spend time thinking about when no one is looking.
TIMOTHY KELLERThink like a prophet, serve like a priest, and plan like a king.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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It is impossible to forgive someone if you feel superior to him or her.
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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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Where you find your significance is where you find your salvation.
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Since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character.
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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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The more you understand how your salvation isn’t about your behavior, the more radically your behavior will change.
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No one is too bad for Jesus. A lot of people think they are too good for Jesus.
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There is no way to have a real relationship without becoming vulnerable to hurt. Christmas tells us that God became breakable and fragile.
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If our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts.
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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 love of one’s people becomes an absolute, it turns into racism. When love of equality turns into a supreme thing, it can result in hatred and violence toward anyone who has led a privileged life. It is the settled tendency of human societies to turn good political causes into counterfeit gods.
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If I have the smile of God, all other frowns are inconsequential.
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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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Think like a prophet, serve like a priest, and plan like a king.
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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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