Timothy Keller Quotes That Will Inspire You to Live Your Best Life
Timothy Keller quotes that inspire a great attitude towards life That Will Inspire You to Live Your Best Life
1. Falling in love in a Christian way is to say,'I am excited about your future and I want to be part of getting you there. I'm signing up for the journey with you. Would you sign up for the journey to my true self with me? It's going to be hard but I want to get there.
Author:- Timothy Keller
Category:- love
2. If you have money, power, and status today, it is due to the century and place in which you were born, to your talents and capacities and health, none of which you earned. In short, all your resources are in the end the gift of God.
Generous Justice: How God's Grace Makes Us Just
Author:- Timothy Keller
Category:- success
3. In any relationship, there will be frightening spells in which your feelings of love dry up. And when that happens you must remember that the essence of marriage is that it is a covenant, a commitment, a promise of future love. So what do you do? You do the acts of love, despite your lack of feeling. You may not feel tender, sympathetic, and eager to please, but in your actions you must BE tender, understanding, forgiving and helpful. And, if you do that, as time goes on you will not only get through the dry spells, but they will become less frequent and deep, and you will become more constant in your feelings. This is what can happen if you decide to love.
The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
Author:- Timothy Keller
Category:- love
4. 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.
The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
Author:- Timothy Keller
Category:- truth
5. The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe, yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.
The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
Author:- Timothy Keller
Category:- love
6. To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God. It is what we need more than anything. It liberates us from pretense, humbles us out of our self-righteousness, and fortifies us for any difficulty life can throw at us.
The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
Author:- Timothy Keller
Category:- love
7. Only with time do we really learn who the other person is and come to love the person for him- or herself and not just for the feelings and experiences they give us.
The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
Author:- Timothy Keller
Category:- time
