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Marriage Quotes by Timothy Keller

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Timothy Keller says marriage can steer the whole direction of a person's life, and a strong bond can hold even when everything else feels shaky. He notes that time reveals who our partner truly is, and loving them for that is deeper than chasing fleeting feelings. He also warns that marriage is a hard, glorious work that needs self‑sacrifice, because personal flaws become big problems for a spouse.

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It takes both spouses to say, "My self-centeredness is the main problem in my marriage" to have a great marriage.

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Men, you'll never be a good groom to your wife unless you're first a good bride to Jesus.

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Proper wedding vows are more a promise of mutually binding future love than a declaration of your present love.

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Marriage is two broken people having little broken people.

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“What keeps the marriage going is your commitment to your spouse's holiness.”

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The simple fact is that only if I love Jesus more than my wife will I be able to serve her needs…

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Marriage does not so much bring you into confrontation with your spouse as confront you with yourself.

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Real love, the Bible says, instinctively desires permanence.

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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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Marriage is so much like salvation and our relationship with Christ that you can’t understand marriage w/o looking at the gospel.

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Friendship is a deep oneness that develops when two people, speaking the truth in love to one another, journey together to the…

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Our culture says that feelings of love are the basis for actions of love. And of course that can be true. But…

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“Marriage is so much like salvation and our relationship with Christ that Paul says you can’t understand marriage without looking at the…

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“If you marry someone expecting them to be like a god, it is only inevitable that they will disappoint you. It's not…

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While your character flaws may have created mild problems for other people, they will create major problems for your spouse and your…

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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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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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...Singles, too, must see the penultimate status of marriage. If single Christians don't develop a deeply fulfilling love relationship with Jesus, they…

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It seems almost oxymoronic to believe that this new idealism has led to a new pessimism about marriage, but that is exactly…

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“The reason that marriage is so painful and yet wonderful is because it is a reflection of the gospel, which is painful…

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“The reason that marriage is so painful and yet wonderful is because it is a reflection of the gospel, which is painful…

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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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In short, the enlightenment privatized marriage, taking it out of the public sphere, and redefined its purpose as individual gratification, not any…

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“When you feel great delight in someone, meeting their needs and getting their gratitude and affection in return is extremely rewarding to…

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“Sociologists argue that in contemporary Western society the marketplace has become so dominant that the consumer model increasingly characterizes most relationships that…

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

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“...We must say to ourselves something like this: 'Well, when Jesus looked down from the cross, he didn't think "I am giving…

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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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“When over the years someone has seen you at your worst, and knows you with all your strengths and flaws, yet commits…

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“In any relationship, there will be frightening spells in which your feelings of love dry up. And when that happens you must…

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“Those dreaming of the perfect match are outnumbered by those who don't really want it at all, though perhaps they can't admit…

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“the Bible’s solution to a bad marriage is a reorientation to the radical, spousal love of Christ communicated in the gospel. “You…

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“This principle - that your spouse should be capable of becoming your best friend - is a game changer when you address…

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“In sharp contrast with our culture, the Bible teaches that the essence of marriage is a sacrificial commitment to the good of…

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“When God brought the first man his spouse, he brought him not just a lover but the friend his heart had been…

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“if you do nothing but urge people to “look out for number one,” you will be setting them up for future failure…

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“Marriage [is] two flawed people coming together to create a space of stability, love and consolation, a haven in a heartless world.”

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While marriage is many things, it is anything but sentimental. Marriage is glorious but hard. It's a burning joy and strength, and…

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[Spiritual friendship] is eagerly helping one another know, serve, love, and resemble God in deeper and deeper ways.

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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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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.