There are some needs only you can see. There are some hands only you can hold. There are some people only you can reach.
TIMOTHY KELLERHow do you change your behavior? Change what you worship
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God’s will to mine, but to mold my will into His.
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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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We 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.
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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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The Bible says that our real problem is that every one of us is building our identity on something besides Jesus.
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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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Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.
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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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Trust is accepting what God sends into your life whether you understand it or not.
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It is impossible to forgive someone if you feel superior to him or her.
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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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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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Since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character.
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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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