We were designed to know, serve, and love God supremely – and when we are faithful to that design, we flourish.
TIMOTHY KELLERWe 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.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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The 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.
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God invites us to come as we are, not stay as we are.
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Love without truth is sentimentality; it supports and affirms us but keeps us in denial about our flaws. Truth without love is harshness; it gives us information but in such a way that we cannot really hear it.
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Success and suffering will either darken your heart or make you wise, but they won’t leave you where you were.
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We need to remember that we are saved by grace when we fail. But we need to remember it much more when we succeed.
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Worry is not believing God will get it right, and bitterness is believing God got it wrong.
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No, he was in agony, and he looked down at us – denying him, abandoning him, and betraying him – and in the greatest act of love in history, he STAYED. He said, “Father, forgive them, they don’t know what they are doing.” He loved us, not because we were lovely to him, but to make us lovely.
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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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Our character is mainly shaped by our primary social community – the people with whom we eat, play, converse, and study.
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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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There are some needs only you can see. There are some hands only you can hold. There are some people only you can reach.
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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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If anything becomes more fundamental than God to your happiness, meaning of life, and identity then it is an idol.
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Money isn’t an idol. It just shows you where your idols are.
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If you don’t feel like praying, pray to God to give you the desire.
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