--- title: "14 Needs Quotes By Matt Chandler" description: "14 Needs quotes by Matt Chandler. Plus more from Matt Chandler and more Needs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f22/matt-chandler-2213_awesome_god-is-awesome-he-doesn-t-need-you-to-be_3096341.png" --- > [God is awesome; he doesn’t need you to be awesome. He wants you to be obedient.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/god-is-awesome-he-doesn-t-need-you-to-be-awesome-he-wants-you-to-be/) [Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f22/matt-chandler-2213_awesome_god-is-awesome-he-doesn-t-need-you-to-be_3096341.png) > [Why do we try so hard to make Jesus cool?! He doesn’t need a makeover.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/why-do-we-try-so-hard-to-make-jesus-cool-he-doesn-t-need-a-makeover/) [Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ca/matt-chandler-2213_hard_why-do-we-try-so-hard-to-make-jesus-cool_854853.png) > [God doesn't NEED raw material. He MAKES material.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/god-doesn-t-need-raw-material-he-makes-material/) [Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2f/matt-chandler-2213_material_god-doesn-t-need-raw-material-he-makes-m_1551191.png) > [Jesus doesn't need you to make him palatable...he needs you to be faithful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/jesus-doesn-t-need-you-to-make-him-palatable-he-needs-you-to-be/) [Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66b/matt-chandler-2213_being-faithful_jesus-doesn-t-need-you-to-make-him-palat_2461291.png) > [Our senses are never more awakened to our need for His love than when our need is most exposed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/our-senses-are-never-more-awakened-to-our-need-for-his-love-than-when/) [Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fb/matt-chandler-2213_awakened_our-senses-are-never-more-awakened-to-ou_2044668.png) > [The great message that we call the gospel begins, then, not with us, or our need, or even the meeting of that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/the-great-message-that-we-call-the-gospel-begins-then-not-with-us-or/) [Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/802/matt-chandler-2213_christianity_the-great-message-that-we-call-the-gospe_247364.png) > [I learned very early that people need to have a good grasp of God's goodness and God's sovereignty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/i-learned-very-early-that-people-need-to-have-a-good-grasp-of-god-s/) [Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a74/matt-chandler-2213_goodness_i-learned-very-early-that-people-need-to_1646143.png) > [We’ve been given the covenant community because we need each other, and together we’ll be more mature, experience more life, and know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/we-ve-been-given-the-covenant-community-because-we-need-each-other/) [Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a59/matt-chandler-2213_community_we-ve-been-given-the-covenant-community_1909494.png) > [God doesn't need to have emergency meetings. He's never gathered the Trinity and asked 'What happened there'.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/god-doesn-t-need-to-have-emergency-meetings-he-s-never-gathered-the/) [Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/409/matt-chandler-2213_emergencies_god-doesn-t-need-to-have-emergency-meeti_1412803.png) > [Engaging the city around us and ministering to its needs reveal to us the remaining bastions of sin in our lives, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/engaging-the-city-around-us-and-ministering-to-its-needs-reveal-to-us/) [Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/036/matt-chandler-2213_areas_engaging-the-city-around-us-and-minister_20792.png) > [A Church worshipping as a Creature of the Word doesn't show up to perform or be entertained; she comes desperate and needy,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/a-church-worshipping-as-a-creature-of-the-word-doesn-t-show-up-to/) [Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14f/matt-chandler-2213_body_a-church-worshipping-as-a-creature-of-th_685108.jpg) > [Some people are so moral they feel like they have no need for Jesus. True worshippers know they are in deep need…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/some-people-are-so-moral-they-feel-like-they-have-no-need-for-jesus/) [Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3cb/matt-chandler-2213_christ_some-people-are-so-moral-they-feel-like_999243.jpg) > [No matter what our job is, we view it not as our purpose in life but rather as where God has sovereignly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/no-matter-what-our-job-is-we-view-it-not-as-our-purpose-in-life-but/) [Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/561/matt-chandler-2213_agriculture_no-matter-what-our-job-is-we-view-it-not_509028.png) > [Prayer does two things. It shows the complete sufficiency of God and the complete helplessness of man. It shows that God is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/prayer-does-two-things-it-shows-the-complete-sufficiency-of-god-and/) [Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a72/matt-chandler-2213_answers_prayer-does-two-things-it-shows-the-comp_970228.jpg) ## Other authors on Needs ## More by Matt Chandler > [Engaging the city around us and ministering to its needs reveal to us the remaining bastions of sin in our lives, the areas we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/engaging-the-city-around-us-and-ministering-to-its-needs-reveal-to-us/) [Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/) > [You and I are stymied in our own creativity. We can only create as sub-creators, and even then our best work is only sub-creation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/you-and-i-are-stymied-in-our-own-creativity-we-can-only-create-as-sub/) [Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/) > [So what does it look like to live a life worthy of the gospel of Jesus Christ? It looks like walking with, loving with,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/so-what-does-it-look-like-to-live-a-life-worthy-of-the-gospel-of/) [Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/) > [The universe shudders in horror that we have this infinitely valuable, infinitely deep, infinitely rich, infinitely wise, infinitely loving God, and instead of pursuing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/the-universe-shudders-in-horror-that-we-have-this-infinitely-valuable/) [Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/) > [“A schoolmate of Matt Chandler's with the locker next to his: "I need to tell you about Jesus. When do you want to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/a-schoolmate-of-matt-chandler-s-with-the-locker-next-to-his-i-need-to/) [Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/) > [The cross of Christ is the response of God to men for belittling His name.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/the-cross-of-christ-is-the-response-of-god-to-men-for-belittling-his/) [Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/) > [Heaven is not a place for those who are afraid of hell; it’s a place for those who love God. You can scare people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/heaven-is-not-a-place-for-those-who-are-afraid-of-hell-it-s-a-place/) [Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/) > [If you're not confident in the authority of the Scriptures, you will be a slave to what sounds right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/if-you-re-not-confident-in-the-authority-of-the-scriptures-you-will/) [Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/) > [Lots of neat Christian boys, not a lot of Godly men. And we are working our tails off for you to try to develop…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/lots-of-neat-christian-boys-not-a-lot-of-godly-men-and-we-are-working/) [Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/) > [“But isn’t the whole idea of sanctification the fact that we’re not really there yet? That we’re still growing and becoming? Still learning how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/but-isn-t-the-whole-idea-of-sanctification-the-fact-that-we-re-not/) [Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/) > [This avoidance of the difficult things of Scripture — of sinfulness and hell and God’s notable severity — is idolatrous and cowardly. If a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/this-avoidance-of-the-difficult-things-of-scripture-of-sinfulness-and/) [Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/) > [Grace does not make sin safe. But grace does make sinners safe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/grace-does-not-make-sin-safe-but-grace-does-make-sinners-safe/) [Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/) > [“But either way, the fruit of turning to God—before we sin, after we’ve sinned, even right there in the middle of our sin—is where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/but-either-way-the-fruit-of-turning-to-god-before-we-sin-after-we-ve/) [Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/) > [The great message that we call the gospel begins, then, not with us, or our need, or even the meeting of that need, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/the-great-message-that-we-call-the-gospel-begins-then-not-with-us-or/) [Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/) > [Worship is the way of life for those entranced by and passionate for the glory of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/worship-is-the-way-of-life-for-those-entranced-by-and-passionate-for/) [Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/needs/matt-chandler/#itemlist", "name": "14 Needs Quotes By Matt Chandler", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "God is awesome; he doesn’t need you to be awesome. 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