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.
TIMOTHY KELLEREvery single emotion you have should be processed in prayer.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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This is the humbling truth that lies at the heart of Christianity. We love to be our own saviors. Our hearts love to manufacture glory for themselves.
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There is no way to have a real relationship without becoming vulnerable to hurt. Christmas tells us that God became breakable and fragile.
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Generosity is not only about money. There is more than one currency. Let your generosity be pervasive in life.
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Love without truth is sentimentality; it supports and affirms us but keeps us in denial about our flaws. Truth without love is harshness; it gives us information but in such a way that we cannot really hear it.
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Jesus Christ was treated as we deserved so that when we believe in Jesus, God treats us as Jesus deserves.
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Prayer is the way to experience a powerful confidence that God is handling our lives well, that our bad things will turn out for good, our good things cannot be taken from us, and the best things are yet to come.
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God looks at the anxious and says, I tore my Son to shreds for you, and you’re afraid I will not give you what you need?
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You don’t fall in love. You commit to it.
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The infallible test of spiritual integrity, Jesus says, is your private prayer life.
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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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Forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting the forgiveness. To not retaliate is to absorb the cost.
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There is a joy available that the deepest grief cannot put out. No circumstance or person can take away the joy God gives.
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The cross is the place where the Judge takes the Judgment.
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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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If your god never disagrees with you, you might just be worshipping an idealized version of yourself.
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