If you don’t feel like praying, pray to God to give you the desire.
TIMOTHY KELLERThe 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.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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Jesus didn’t come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.
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It is not the strength of your faith but the object of your faith that actually saves you.
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This is why so many churches quench the motivation of people for ministry. In our shoes, Paul would say: Remember the grace God has showered on you—what does living out and enjoying that grace look like in this situation?
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Nothing is more important than to learn how to maintain a life of purpose in the midst of painful adversity.
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Every single emotion you have should be processed in prayer.
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Christians need the gospel as much as non-Christians do.
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The key question in order to change you is not ‘What would Jesus do?’ but “What has Jesus done for you?”
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The Bible’s purpose is not so much to show you how to live a good life.
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Religion makes us proud of what we have done. The Gospel makes us proud of what Jesus has done.
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Yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.
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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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The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe.
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…the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less.
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Jesus warns people far more often about greed than about sex, yet almost no one thinks they are guilty of it.
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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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