Quotes from Paul David Tripp

It's wrong not to be in awe of what God created, but it's even more deeply wrong when you can look at created glory without remembering God.

you become like the treasure that you seek.

The call is to do theology in loving community with other people.

How many believers really live a lifestyle that results from believing that God has graced them to be not just recipients of the work of his kingdom but instruments of the work of the kingdom as well? When you believe this, you live with a constant ministry mentality that results in an everyday ministry lifestyle.

Winning the war of words involves choosing our words carefully. It is not just about the words we say, but also about the words we choose not to say.

You will treat the weaknesses and failures of others with grace when you humbly admit that you're more like them than unlike them.

For the church to be the church—not just a place where you can find ministry but where the people are a ministering community—every believer must accept his or her role in the life of every other believer.

Jesus demands everything, not just so we would submit to his control, but to free us from the control of things that were never designed to control us.

Remember, waiting isn't just about what you are hoping for at the end of the wait, but also about what you will become as you wait.

You can be courageous in admitting your sin precisely because God is richly abundant in his mercy. He comes to you in mercy not because you are good but because you are a sinner, and he knows that because of this condition, you are unable to help yourself.

The kingdom of self tends to be more focused on what the hands can touch than what the heart should embrace.

I forget that every achievement points to God's awesome glory. I could not achieve anything without the body that he has given me, the gifts he has bestowed upon me, the control he has over me and my world, and the grace that daily rescues me from me. My successes should depend on my awe of him rather than tempting me to be in awe of me.