All human problems are ultimately symptoms, and our separation from God is the cause.
TIMOTHY KELLERPride is the carbon-monoxide of Sin. It silently and slowly kills you without you even knowing.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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Christianity does not provide the reason for each experience of pain, but it does provide deep resources for actually facing suffering with hope and courage rather than bitterness and despair
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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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Think like a prophet, serve like a priest, and plan like a king.
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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.
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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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If you don’t feel like praying, pray to God to give you the desire.
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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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How does Satan accuse us? By causing us to look at our sin rather than our Savior.
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No one is too bad for Jesus. A lot of people think they are too good for Jesus.
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Legalistic remorse says, “I broke God’s rules,” while real repentance says, “I broke God’s heart.”
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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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You dont fall into love. You commit to it. Love is saying I will be there no matter what.
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To discover the real you, look at what you spend time thinking about when no one is looking.
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No, he was in agony, and he looked down at us – denying him, abandoning him, and betraying him – and in the greatest act of love in history, he STAYED. He said, “Father, forgive them, they don’t know what they are doing.” He loved us, not because we were lovely to him, but to make us lovely.
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Faith is living out and believing what truth is despite what you feel.
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