Generosity is not only about money. There is more than one currency. Let your generosity be pervasive in life.
TIMOTHY KELLERThink like a prophet, serve like a priest, and plan like a king.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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The basic premise of religion– that if you live a good life, things will go well for you– is wrong. Jesus was the most morally upright person who ever lived, yet He had a life filled with the experience of poverty, rejection, injustice, and even torture.
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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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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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If the church does not identify with the marginalized, it will itself be marginalized. This is God’s poetic justice.
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Religion operates on the principle ‘I obey-therefore I am accepted by God.’ But the operating principle of the gospel is ‘I am accepted by God through what Christ has done-therefore I obey.’
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When we grasp that we are unworthy sinners saved by an infinitely costly grace, it destroys both our self-righteousn ess and our need to ridicule others.
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The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe.
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Men, you’ll never be a good groom to your wife unless you’re first a good bride to Jesus.
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If I have the smile of God, all other frowns are inconsequential.
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Trust is accepting what God sends into your life whether you understand it or not.
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If anything becomes more fundamental than God to your happiness, meaning of life, and identity then it is an idol.
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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.
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The infallible test of spiritual integrity, Jesus says, is your private prayer life.
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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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