“The Bible is gloriously for us, but it is not mainly about us.” — David Mathis Bible Copy Share Image
“Prayer is where we agree with God that he is who he says he is and we are who he says we… — David Mathis Copy Share Image
“…Prayer to God is not only the place for divulging our heart, but also developing our desires.” — David Mathis Desires Copy Share Image
“The hands of the clock are ever in the hands of God. It is arrogant to plan without planning for God.” — David Mathis Planning Copy Share Image
“The great purpose of prayer is not getting things from God but getting God.” — David Mathis Prayer Copy Share Image
“The waters of good preaching are always running downhill to the stream of Christ, who he is, and how he has loved… — David Mathis Copy Share Image
“Fashion rhythms of life that help you revolve around having God’s incarnate Word, by God’s gospel word, through God’s written word.” — David Mathis Christianity Copy Share Image
“Displace the gospel from the center, and studiousness in the Scriptures soon becomes a massive self-salvation project.” — David Mathis Bible Copy Share Image
“One of the effects of the gospel going deeper into our souls is that it frees our fingers to loosen their grasp… — David Mathis Christianity Copy Share Image
“For the glory of God, the good of others, and the satisfaction of our souls, the aim of the Christian life is… — David Mathis Christian life Copy Share Image
“Few practices will energize and affect your Christian life as much as sitting attentively under faithful preaching.” — David Mathis Christian life Copy Share Image
“In our sin, we’d rather trust in ourselves than another, amass our own righteousness than receive another’s, speak our own mind rather… — David Mathis Community Copy Share Image
“The very fact that we know that God is incomprehensible is itself an evidence of what he has graciously let us comprehend.” — David Mathis Copy Share Image
“Precisely in the most desperate moments, when having the masculine role feels most unfair, when we’re our most tired, running on fumes,… — David Mathis Copy Share Image
“I fear many imagine God as far too small. Even if you say the right words and articulate good doctrine, if you… — David Mathis Fear Copy Share Image
“Nothing shows our hearts like sacrifice. When we are willing not only to give from our excess, but to embrace some personal… — David Mathis Generosity Copy Share Image
“Chosen before time. Called with effect. United to Jesus in faith and repentance. Adopted and forgiven. Justified. Sanctified. Glorified. And satisfied forever.… — David Mathis Copy Share Image
“For Christians, boasting is excluded, both in our salvation and in everything we do—seminary work included: “What do you have that you… — David Mathis Boast Copy Share Image
“The battleground is between our ears. What is it that is capturing your idle thoughts? What fear or frustration is filling your… — David Mathis Copy Share Image
“…Take every word as spoken to yourself, with this essential anchor in place: Seek to understand first how God’s words fell on… — David Mathis Bible Copy Share Image
“The kind of perfection that Jesus says comes from his Father—and the kind he calls his disciples to pursue—does not find its… — David Mathis Copy Share Image
“You should marvel that no matter how remarkable your giftings or how simple your understanding, the message you proclaim is sheer stupidity… — David Mathis Intellectual Copy Share Image
“Don’t be under the delusion that seminary automatically makes you grow in grace (2 Pet. 3:18). In fact, it can have quite the… — David Mathis Copy Share Image
“For the Christian, the issue is not just that we give, but how. ‘God loves a cheerful giver’ (2 Cor. 9:7). And… — David Mathis Become rich Copy Share Image
“Prayer, for the Christian, is not merely talking to God, but responding to the One who has initiated toward us. He has… — David Mathis Christian Copy Share Image
“There were afternoons I put my elbows on my desk, face in my hands, and wept over the theological confusion in my… — David Mathis Copy Share Image
“God designed the church to be a community of lifelong learners under the earthly guidance of leaders who are teachers at heart.… — David Mathis Christian faith Copy Share Image
“There are things you cannot know without suffering. God has special tutorials in tribulation for his shepherds. Do not begrudge the seminars… — David Mathis Playing games Copy Share Image
“Good disciplemaking requires both intentionality and relationality. It means being strategic and being social. Most of us are bent one way or… — David Mathis Discipleship Copy Share Image
“This is the heart of prayer—not getting things from God, but getting God.” — David Mathis Prayer Copy Share Image
“It is grace to be forgiven of sinful acts, and grace to be supplied the heart for righteous ones.” — David Mathis Copy Share Image
“God glorifies himself in communicating himself, and he communicates himself in glorifying himself.” — David Mathis Communication Copy Share Image
“The purpose of God’s revelation is not that we stand over it and observe, but that we be drawn in and enjoy… — David Mathis Goals Copy Share Image
“When our life in him is healthy and vibrant, we do not only ache to keep sinking our roots down deep in… — David Mathis Life Copy Share Image
“…A good instinct to develop on the threshold of significant purchases is to ask what this expenditure reveals about our heart. What… — David Mathis Desire Copy Share Image
“You are about the glory of God. You exist for Jesus Christ to be displayed and delighted in through your life, and… — David Mathis Glory Copy Share Image
“An otherwise impressive theology degree is utterly unimpressive if your soul has shriveled in the course of study.” — David Mathis Education Copy Share Image
