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.
TIMOTHY KELLERSuccess and suffering will either darken your heart or make you wise, but they won’t leave you where you were.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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Prayer should be done regularly, persistently, resolutely, and tenaciously at least daily, whether we feel like it or not.
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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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Worry is not believing God will get it right, and bitterness is believing God got it wrong.
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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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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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Money isn’t an idol. It just shows you where your idols are.
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The Gospel is good news not good advice. Advice = what we should do. News = report of what was done for us.
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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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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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When we worry we are saying, ‘I know the way my life is supposed to go, and God’s not getting it right’.
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Since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character.
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Pride is the carbon-monoxide of Sin. It silently and slowly kills you without you even knowing.
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You can’t live the Christian life without a band of Christian friends, without a family of believers in which you find a place.
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Only on the cross do you have a totally holy God and a totally loving God.
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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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