Paul David Tripp Quotes

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• It is a sweet thing that we serve a dissatisfied God who has destinations in mind for us that we would never choose for ourselves.…
• Foolishness is more than being stupid, that deadly combination of arrogance and ignorance.
• The church is not a theological classroom. It is a conversion, confession, repentance, reconciliation, forgiveness and sanctification center, where flawed people place their faith in…
• Embedded in the larger story of redemption is a principle we must not miss: God uses ordinary people to do extraordinary things in the lives…
• We forget that God's primary goal is not changing our situations or relationships so that we can be happy, but changing us through our situations…
• People struggling with life in a fallen world often want explanations when what they really need is imagination.
• Every time you ask for forgiveness, you recognize that the biggest problems you face in life exist inside of you, not outside of you.
• Harboring bitterness against people is actually confessing their sin to myself, over and over again. Anger is akin to confessing their sin to God, dissatisfied…
• We rarely do anything with on single motive.
• Only love for Christ has the power to incapacitate the sturdy love for self that is the bane of every sinner, and only the grace…
• The Bible says that our core problem, the fundamental reason we do what we do, is sin.
• Every day you preach to yourself a gospel of your loneliness, inability, and lack of resources or you faithfully preach to yourself the gospel of…
• True restoration takes patience, subtlety, skill, and grace.
• Becaise I love God, I want to handle his truth with accuracy, clarity, and specificity. I want to build bridges of understanding from the wisdom…
• Remember, it is not your weakness that will get in the way of God's working through you, but your delusions of strength. His strength is…
• We are called by God to do theology, that is, to live our lives with a moment-by-moment consciousness of God.
• In the family, life is brought not only to our doorstep, but into our kitchens, bedrooms, and dens. In the family, life is happening all…
• If your hope disappoints you, it is the wrong kind of hope. You see, hope in God never disappoints, precisely because it is hope *in…
• We must begin by admitting that people and situations do not cause us to speak as we do. Our hearts control our words. People and…
• We, with all of our sin, weakness, and failures are welcome to do what should blow our minds. We are not only tolerated by God…

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