If anything becomes more fundamental than God to your happiness, meaning of life, and identity then it is an idol.
TIMOTHY KELLERThere are some needs only you can see. There are some hands only you can hold. There are some people only you can reach.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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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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You don’t fall in love. You commit to it.
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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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Religion says earn your life. Secular society says create your life. Jesus says, ‘My life for your life.
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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 cross is the place where the Judge takes the Judgment.
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If your god never disagrees with you, you might just be worshipping an idealized version of yourself.
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God sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But by His grace, He does not leave us as we are.
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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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Love is the effort and desire to make someone else everything they were created to be.
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We come to God saying, “Look at all I’ve done,” or maybe “Look at all I’ve suffered.” God, however, wants us to look to him – to just wash.
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The way to find your calling is to look at the way you were created. Your gifts have not emerged by accident.
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When we grasp that we are unworthy sinners saved by an infinitely costly grace, it destroys both our self-righteousn ess and our need to ridicule others.
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Are you living to justify yourself, or are you living because you are justified?
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