Quotes about Understanding

Word problems are often interpretation problems. We do not say the right thing because we do not believe the right thing.

when you forget the grace that you've been given, it becomes very easy to respond to the people around you with nongrace.

The central focus of the Bible is not a set of practical-life principles. No, the central theme of the Bible is a person, Christ. If all you and I had needed was a knowledge and understanding of a certain set of God-revealed principles for living, Jesus would not have needed to come.

The person who is comfortable in his own righteousness hasn't really understood grace, and the person who is unimpressed by God's grace hasn't really understood his sin. So

There is so much that we are incapable of understanding. So rest is found in trusting the Father.

The call is to do theology in loving community with other people. Truth not spoken in love ceases to be true because it's bent and twisted by other human agendas.

Lead with your ears, follow up with your tongue, and let anger straggle along in the rear. (James 1:19)

So rest is never found in the quest to understand it all. No, rest is found in trusting the One who understands it all and rules it all for his glory and our good.

Prayer is surrender to the reality that there is wisdom greater than ours. Prayer confronts us with the fact that we are not as smart as we tend to think we are. It reminds us that there is so much we don't know or understand. It tells us that life is not found in our limited understanding, but in surrendering our lives to the care of the One whose understanding spans from before origin to beyond destiny and includes everything in between.

Here it is: a marriage of love, unity, and understanding is not rooted in romance; it is rooted in worship.

There is nothing more important to consistent, faithful, patient, loving, and effective parenting than to understand what God has given you in the grace of his Son, the Lord Jesus Christ.

The more you see your sin, the more you will respond tenderly to other sinners and want for them the same grace you have received.