Quotes from Paul David Tripp

Corporate worship is designed to humble you by pointing out the depth of your need and enthrall you by pointing to the glory of God's provision.

So remember today that no matter how hard your story is right here, right now, it is guaranteed for you as God's child that it will end better than anything you can now imagine, and that glory will never end!

You are eternally loved by God; you are eternally his son or daughter; what he wants for you is always right and best; and what he has planned for you is immeasurably better than anything you could have dreamed for yourself.

the heart can be captured or ruled by only two things. I'll use Paul's terms. Your heart is always living under the rule of "things that are above" or "things that are on earth.

Theology without love is simply very bad theology.

He holds both you and your mysteries in his gracious hands, and because he does, you can find rest even when the darkness of mystery has entered your door.

The Messiah the earth cried for now cries to be held by Mary and will soon cry in torment of the cross of salvation. He came to suffer because he came to save. The angels sang because finally hope had come.

God was teaching Israel that they must no longer look at life from the vantage point of human wisdom and strength because they were now the children of the Lord almighty. Their world of weakness and limits had been invaded by One of awesome grace and glory.

Live in hope because paradise is surely coming, and stop asking this fallen world to be the paradise it will never be.

At the end of the day, what do you long for: for God's grace to do its work or for more of the stuff that this physical created world has to offer?

This desire for transcendence is in all of us because God placed it there. He constructed us to live for more than ourselves.

God not only gives you the grace to believe for your salvation, but he also works to enable you to live by faith.