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God Quotes by Timothy Keller

66 God quotes by Timothy Keller

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A child of God never loses status because of a bad week. The quotes remind us that obeying God is about seeking Him, not getting things. When we notice our own flaws, God’s grace feels electrifying and precious, and He even entered suffering to bring us joy.

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What you do in secret tells you who your God is.

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God's reckless grace is our greatest hope.

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If God is not at the center of your life, something else is.

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God invites us to come as we are, not stay as we are.

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Prayer is a recognition of the greatness of our God.

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Don't obey God to get things, obey God to get God.

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Honor the image of God. Human beings are not accidents, but creations.

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Suffering is actually at the heart of the Christian story.

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Suffering is unbearable if you aren’t certain that God is for you and with you.

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“Think about this. The God of the universe became a wiggling baby in order to get close to you.”

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In the secular view, suffering is never seen as a meaningful part of life but only as an interruption.

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Describe the God you've rejected. Describe the God you don't believe in. Maybe I don't believe in that God either.

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Just because you can't see or imagine a good reason why God might allow something to happen doesn't mean there can't be…

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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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“God is very patient with us when we are desperate. Pour out your soul to him.”

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The best people often have terrible lives. Job is one example, and Jesus—the ultimate ‘Job,’ the only truly, fully innocent sufferer —…

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“It is not the strength of your faith but the object of your faith that actually saves you. Strong faith in a…

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Only in Jesus Christ do we see how the untamable, infinite God can become a baby and a loving Savior. On the…

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While other worldviews lead us to sit in the midst of life’s joys, foreseeing the coming sorrows, Christianity empowers its people to…

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If you try to add to God's salvation you subtract. If you try to add to God's salvation you subtract. If you…

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“As I took up life as a minister, I tried to understand why so many people resisted and rejected God, I soon…

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“God’s love and mercy (like liberal preachers). Only when people see God as absolutely holy and absolutely loving will the cross of…

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No matter what precautions we take, no matter how well we have put together a good life, no matter how hard we…

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“Certainly we should be very active in seeking God, and Jesus himself called us to 'ask, seek, knock' in order to find…

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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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“The gospel is neither religion nor irreligion - it is something else altogether. Religion makes law and moral obedience a means of…

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Christianity offers not merely a consolation but a restoration - not just of the life we had but of the life we…

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While Christianity was able to agree with pagan writers that inordinate attachment to earthly goods can lead to unnecessary pain and grief,…

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The most rapturous delights you have ever had - in the beauty of a landscape, or in the pleasure of food, or…

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The image of God carries with it the right not to be mistreated or harmed… Regardless of their record or character, all…

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Within this Christian vision for marriage, here's what it means to fall in love. It is to look at another person and…

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Christianity teaches that, contra fatalism, suffering is overwhelming; contra Buddhism, suffering is real; contra karma, suffering is often unfair; but contra secularism,…

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“The gospel, if it is really believed, removes neediness - the need to be constantly respected, appreciated, and well regarded; the need…

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“In religion our only hope is to live a life good enough to require God to bless us, so every instance of…

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If you don't love the poor, you don't know what God's done for you.

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Jesus is the ultimate Job, the only truly innocent sufferer.

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Because we put ourselves in God’s place, He put Himself in our place.

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I am God and I am coming to find you.

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God loves you just because He loves you.

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You are under-qualified for the job of God.

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

God's salvation does not come in response to a changed life. A changed life comes in response to the salvation, offered as a free…

“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.