For the Glory of God
Verse of the Day
“And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.” -Galatians 5:24
Be ready for the violence of grace. It’s out to decimate your kingdom and build a much better kingdom in your heart. -Paul Tripp via Twitter
“For it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure.” -Philippians 2:13
The reason you have believed and now obey is not because you are a good person. No, you do these things because you are a graced person. -Paul Tripp via Twitter
“You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to Him. But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness.” -Romans 8:9-10
God knew that the effects of sin were so great it was not enough to forgive us, He also had to unzip us and get inside us by His Spirit. -Paul Tripp, via Twitter
“And my God will supply every need of yours according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.” -Philippians 4:19
God always answers your prayers with wisdom and grace, but he is not willing to blindly sign the bottom of your personal wish list. -Paul Tripp, via his Twitter
“Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.” -1 Timothy 1:15
“You don’t understand the Christmas story unless you look into that manger and see a Lamb.” -Paul Tripp, via his Twitter
“Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” -1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
Prayer is abandoning a life of demand and complaint, recognizing undeserved blessing and giving myself to a life of thankfulness. -Paul Tripp via his Twitter
“For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.” -Romans 8:38-39
“What keeps you is not the sturdiness of your love for Jesus but the eternal faithfulness of his love for you.” -Paul Tripp via Twitter
“We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment.” -Isaiah 64:6
Why is legalism dangerous? It makes you think you’re more righteous than you are and that you don’t need grace as much as you do. -Paul Tripp, via his Twitter
“What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means!” -Romans 6:15
Christ fulfilled the law’s requirement, not so you would be a law breaker, but one who celebrates the grace that enables you to keep it. -Paul Tripp via his Twitter
“In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace.” -Ephesians 1:7
Grace exposes you to the penetrating light of truth and then covers what has been exposed with the forgiving sacrifice of the cross. Paul Tripp via his Twitter
