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Giving Quotes by Timothy Keller

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Timothy Keller writes about justice as a basic part of life, saying we must treat every person with dignity. He also talks about prayer, urging people to ask God for the desire to pray when they feel none. Finally, he reminds us to be patient with those who are still doubting.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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…

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

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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.

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

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

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

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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…

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

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

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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…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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…

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

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

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

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

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The more you rejoice in your own forgiveness, the quicker you will be to forgive others.

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If you are a child of God, you don’t lose your status if you have a bad week.

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“When anything in life is an absolute requirement for your happiness and self-worth, it is essentially an ‘idol,’ something you are actually worshiping. When…

Suffering is the stripping of our hope in finite things, therefore we do not put our ultimate hope in anything finite.

Christ will do everything for you or nothing. He's either all of your righteousness or none.

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.