The world values power, comfort, success, and recognition. Jesus frees us to value grief, sacrifice, weakness, and exclusion.
TIMOTHY KELLERWhen Job was prospering, he prayed. When he was suffering, he still prayed.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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Every single emotion you have should be processed in prayer.
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The Gospel is that Jesus Christ came to earth, lived the life we should have lived and died the death we should have died.
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When Jesus looked down from the cross, he didn’t think “I am giving myself to you because you are so attractive to me.”
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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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The sin that is most destructive in your life right now is the one you are most defensive about.
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To fear the Lord is to be overwhelmed with wonder before the greatness of God and his love.
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Trust is accepting what God sends into your life whether you understand it or not.
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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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Fear-based repentance makes us hate ourselves. Joy-based repentance makes us hate the sin.
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The gospel is not only the way to enter the kingdom; it is the way to live in the kingdom.
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Religion says earn your life. Secular society says create your life. Jesus says, ‘My life for your life.
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Love is the effort and desire to make someone else everything they were created to be.
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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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If I have the smile of God, all other frowns are inconsequential.
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