Quotes from Paul David Tripp

when Jesus touches me with his rescuing grace, he is freeing me from my bondage to me!

Look at your trials and see grace. Behind those difficulties is an ever-present Redeemer who is completing his work.

One of the stunning realities of the Christian life is that in a world where everything is in some state of decay, God's mercies never grow old. They never run out. They never are ill timed. They never dry up. They never grow weak. They never get weary. They never fail to meet the need. They never disappoint. They never, ever fail, because they really are new every morning.

I've accepted the fact that I'm going to be a sad man for the rest of my life because I get calls all the time of the saddest things that are happening in the church.

We were simply made for glory, but not just the shadow glories of the created world. We were made for the one glory that is transcendent—the glory of God. When you grasp this, your life begins to make a difference.

Real, sturdy, lasting peace, peace that doesn't rise and fall with circumstances, isn't to be found in picking apart your life until you have understood all of the components. You will never understand it all because God, for your good and his glory, keeps some of it shrouded in mystery.

Christ's sacrifice satisfied the Father's anger so that, as his child, you will receive his discipline but need not fear his wrath.

because we are self-focused, we tend to be scorekeepers, constantly comparing our piles of stuff to the piles of others. It's a life of discontentment and envy. Envy is always selfish.

God's grace often does its best and brightest work when things are the darkest and most difficult.

When you forget mercy, you name yourself as righteous and deserving, and you live an entitled and demanding life.

If you could defeat sin by separating yourself from its external manifestations, Jesus would never have needed to come.

It is the single most stunning reality in the life of a believer. God has placed his love on us and he will never again remove it. There's a reason to continue, no matter how hard life seems and how weak you feel.