Giving Quotes by Timothy Keller

God will only give you what you would have asked for if you knew everything he knows

— Timothy Keller

Prayer gives us relief from the melancholy burden of self-absorption .

— Timothy Keller

If his suffering did not make Jesus give up on us, nothing will.

— Timothy Keller

Love is primarily giving. It’s an action that leads to a feeling, not a feeling first.

— Timothy Keller

The essence of forgiveness is absorbing pain instead of giving it.

— Timothy Keller

The most liberating act of free, unconditional grace demands that the recipient give up control of his or her life.

— Timothy Keller

Change happens not just by giving the mind new arguments but also by feeding the imagination new beauties

— Timothy Keller

Christ's resurrection not only gives you hope for the future; it gives you hope to handle your scars right now.

— Timothy Keller

Only with time do we really learn who the other person is and come to love the person for him- or herself…

— Timothy Keller

If we give God things in hope that they'll earn us blessings, we're really not doing anything for him. It's for ourselves.

— Timothy Keller

God looks at the anxious and says, I tore my Son to shreds for you, and you're afraid I will not give…

— Timothy Keller

Living is giving…If you spend your money on yourself, you are just surviving. But if you want your life to count, if…

— Timothy Keller

Holding a grudge against someone means you think you know what they deserve and you take it upon yourself to give it…

— Timothy Keller

What is an idol? It is anything more important to you than God, anything that absorbs your heart and imagination more than…

— Timothy Keller

There is a joy available that the deepest grief cannot put out. No circumstance or person can take away the joy God…

— Timothy Keller

Love without truth is sentimentality; it supports and affirms us but keeps us in denial about our flaws. Truth without love is…

— Timothy Keller

You can only afford to be generous if you actually have some money in the bank to give. In the same way,…

— Timothy Keller

When Jesus looked down from the cross, he didn't think “I am giving myself to you because you are so attractive to…

— Timothy Keller

In Ephesians 5, Paul shows us that even on earth Jesus did not use his power to oppress us but sacrificed everything…

— Timothy Keller

Jesus Christ doesn’t just give us truths; he is the truth. Jesus Christ is the prophet to end all prophets. He gives…

— Timothy Keller

If you are trying to live a life in accordance with the Bible, the concept and call to justice are inescapable. We…

— Timothy Keller

In the christian view, the ultimate evidence for the existence of God is Jesus Christ. If there is a God, we characters…

— Timothy Keller

The human heart is an idol factory that takes good things like a successful career, love, material possessions, even family, and turns…

— Timothy Keller

An idol is something that we look to for things that only God can give. Idolatry functions widely inside religious communities when…

— Timothy Keller

Love without truth is sentimentality; it supports and affirms us but keeps us in denial about our flaws. Truth without love is…

— Timothy Keller

It fits to glorify God - it not only fits reality, because God is infinitely and supremely praiseworthy, but it fits us…

— Timothy Keller

I've heard plenty of Christians try to answer the why question by going back to the what. "You have to believe because…

— Timothy Keller

Those who believe they have pleased God by the quality of their devotion and moral goodness naturally feel that they and their…

— Timothy Keller

If you don't feel like praying, pray to God to give you the desire.

— Timothy Keller

Holiness gives us new desires and brings old desires into line with one another.

— Timothy Keller

Gifts are abilities God gives us to meet the needs of others in Christ’s name.

— Timothy Keller

It’s a mistake to think that you must feel love to give it.

— Timothy Keller

While we want doubts to give way to faith, we should be merciful and patient with those who are still in a…

— Timothy Keller

Jesus may ask of you far more than you planned to give, but He can give to you infinitely more than you…

— Timothy Keller

The Christian faith gives us a new conception of work as the means by which God loves and cares for his world…

— Timothy Keller

Every treasure on this earth says, 'Give your life to purchase me.' Jesus says 'I'm the one treasure who died to purchase…

— Timothy Keller

Contextualization is not giving people what they want. It is giving God's answers (which they probably do not want) to the questions…

— Timothy Keller