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Timothy Keller Quotes about Giving

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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 gives.

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

Grief, Giving, Joy

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

Son, Giving, Needs

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

Giving, Desire, Praying

Jesus may ask of you far more than you planned to give, but He can give to you infinitely more than you dared ask or think.

Jesus, Thinking, Giving

Timothy Keller (2013). “Jesus the King: Understanding the Life and Death of the Son of God”, p.71, Penguin

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.

Blessing, Giving, Ifs

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

Giving, Scar, Resurrection

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.

Love, Marriage, Giving

Timothy Keller (2011). “The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God”, p.31, Penguin

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

Prayer, Self, Giving

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

Pain, Essence, Giving

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

Jesus, Giving, Treasure

What is an idol? It is anything more important to you than God, anything that absorbs your heart and imagination more than God, anything you seek to give you what only God can give.

Heart, Idols, Giving

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

Love, Giving, Feelings

If you are trying to live a life in accordance with the Bible, the concept and call to justice are inescapable. We do justice when we give all human beings their due as creations of God. Doing justice includes not only the righting of wrongs but generosity and social concern, especially toward the poor and vulnerable.

Generosity, Giving, Justice

Timothy Keller (2010). “Generous Justice: How God's Grace Makes Us Just”, p.23, Penguin

While we want doubts to give way to faith, we should be merciful and patient with those who are still in a doubt-troubled place.

Giving, Doubt, Want

Contextualization is not giving people what they want. It is giving God's answers (which they probably do not want) to the questions they are asking and in forms they can comprehend.

People, Giving, Asking

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

Giving, Imagination, Mind

Timothy Keller (2015). “Preaching: Communicating Faith in an Age of Skepticism”, p.79, Penguin

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

Names, Giving, Needs

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

Mean, Thinking, Giving

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

Giving, Desire, Lines

Timothy Keller (2011). “The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God”, p.85, Penguin

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

Mistake, Thinking, Giving

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

Giving, Want, Ifs

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.

Marriage, Giving, Feelings

Timothy Keller (2011). “The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God”, p.63, Penguin

Jesus Christ doesn’t just give us truths; he is the truth. Jesus Christ is the prophet to end all prophets. He gives us hard-copy words from God, truths on which we can build our lives, truths we have to submit to, truths we have to obey, and truths we have to build our lives on, but he himself is the truth.

Jesus, Giving, Christ

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

Christian, Mean, Giving

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