The world values power, comfort, success, and recognition. Jesus frees us to value grief, sacrifice, weakness, and exclusion.
TIMOTHY KELLERIf God is not at the center of your life, something else is.
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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God became someone we could hurt. Why? To get us back… No other religion-whethe r secularism, Greco-Roman paganism, Eastern religion, Judaism, or Islam-believes God became breakable or suffered or had a body.
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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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Nothing is more important than to learn how to maintain a life of purpose in the midst of painful adversity.
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After creation God said, ‘It is finished’-and he rested. After redemption Jesus said, ‘It is finished’-and we can rest.
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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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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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How do you change your behavior? Change what you worship
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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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A life of gratitude to God for being saved is far more pleasing than a life based on self-righteousness over being good.
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When love of one’s people becomes an absolute, it turns into racism. When love of equality turns into a supreme thing, it can result in hatred and violence toward anyone who has led a privileged life. It is the settled tendency of human societies to turn good political causes into counterfeit gods.
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Trust is accepting what God sends into your life whether you understand it or not.
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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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Forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting the forgiveness. To not retaliate is to absorb the cost.
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Christians tend to motivate others with guilt. We tend to say: You would do this if you were really committed Christians, indicating that we are committed and all that is needed is for others to become as good as we are!
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