“If you think God has promised this world will be a five-star hotel, you will be miserable as you live through the normal struggles of life. But if you remember that God promised we would be pilgrims and this world may feel more like a desert or even a prison, you might find your life surprisingly happy.”1
“Seek first the kingdom of God, and then trust that He will take care of our needs, even before we know what they are and where we’re going.”
“Anxiety is simply living out the future before it gets here.”
“J. C. Ryle observed, “A man may preach from false motives. A man may write books, and make fine speeches, and seem diligent in good works, and yet be a Judas Iscariot. But a man seldom goes into his closet, and pours out his soul before God in secret, unless he is serious.’”
“There is an eternal difference between regret and repentance. Regret feels bad about past sins. Repentance turns away from past sins. Regret looks to our own circumstances. Repentance looks to God. Most of us are content with regret. We just want to feel bad for a while, have a good cry, enjoy the cathartic experience, bewail our sin, and talk about how sorry we are. But we don’t want to change. We don’t want to deal with God.”
“God’s will is always your sanctification.”
“You can’t make sense of the Bible without understanding that God is holy and that this holy God is intent on making a holy people to live with him forever in a holy heaven.”
“The Heidelberg Catechism is like a refreshing bath with cool gospel water.”
“Just as the three persons of the Trinity share a union but are three distinct persons, and the two natures of Christ are united but remain distinct natures, so Christ has union with us without obliterating our own unique personhood. We do not become gods.”
“God’s people are not redeemed by observing the law, but they were redeemed so they might obey the law.”
“We must always remember that union with Christ is possible because of the Son’s descent to earth, not because of our ascent into heaven. The basis of our union with Christ is Christ’s union with us in the incarnation. He became one with us so that we might become one with Him.”
“In seeking after holiness we are not so much seeking after a thing as we are seeking a Person. The blessings of the gospel – election, justification, sanctification, glorification, and all the rest – have been deposited in no other treasury but Christ. We don’t just want holiness. We want the Holy One in whom we have been counted holy and are now being made holy. To run hard after holiness is another way of running hard after God.”
“It’s the testimony of almost all saints that as they get closer to God they see more of their ungodliness. It’s normal to feel less holy as you become more holy. Being more aware of sin in your life is usually a sign of the Spirit’s sanctifying work, not of His withdrawal.”
“Genuine repentance is not a convenient escape hatch after a weekend or a life of folly. It means admitting specific wrong, recognizing your offensiveness to God, changing course, turning to Christ, and wishing with all your heart you had never made the mistake you now despise.”
“Worldliness is whatever makes sin look normal and righteousness look strange.”
“Grace is free, but it’s not cheap.”
“The worship of Christ is our joy and privilege today. And tomorrow, and next Sunday, and for all eternity.”
“To start the day without prayer is to suggest the devil is feeble, God is irrelevant, and we can handle things on our own.”
“The word of God is more than enough for the people of God to live their lives to the glory of God.”
“You will fear something or someone. The Bible says the wisest way to go about your life is to fear God.”
“No one in the history of the world has been more inclusive of repentant sinners than Jesus and no one has been more intolerant of sin.”
1 All of the following quotes are from the websites below:
Kevin DeYoung Quotes (Author of Just Do Something)
Kevin DeYoung Quotes – BrainyQuote