Jesus didn’t come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.
TIMOTHY KELLERI am going to judge my circumstances by Jesus’ love, not Jesus’ love by my circumstances.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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This leads to deep humility and deep confidence at the same time. It undermines both swaggering and sniveling. I cannot feel superior to anyone, and yet I have nothing to prove to anyone. I do not think more of myself nor less of myself. Instead, I think of myself less.
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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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You dont fall into love. You commit to it. Love is saying I will be there no matter what.
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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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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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You are a totally loved moral failure.
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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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Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.
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The reason the stone was rolled away on Jesus’s tomb was not so that Jesus could get out, but so that we could get in.
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If you don’t feel like praying, pray to God to give you the desire.
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Christ did not suffer so you wouldn’t suffer. He suffered so when you suffer you will become like Him.
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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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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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God looks at the anxious and says, I tore my Son to shreds for you, and you’re afraid I will not give you what you need?
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The infallible test of spiritual integrity, Jesus says, is your private prayer life.
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