The heart of our problem is the problem of our hearts. Matt Chandler More Quotes by Matt Chandler More Quotes From Matt Chandler As you consider selecting songs for your worship services, consider them in light of the truth of the gospel. Imagine the songs as teachers--because they are! If your people could understand your doctrine only through the music you sing, what would they know about God and His pursuit of us? If your people could understand your church's beliefs only through the music, what would they know? Matt Chandler light song teacher The reality is that all God has to do is reveal himself to you,and you'll gladly join the mission in service to his kingdom. He doesn't force the issue; he just has to reveal himself as is: mighty,wondrous, gracious, loving, and radically saving. No man goes back to saltine crackers when he's had fillet mignon. Matt Chandler issues men reality Some people are so moral they feel like they have no need for Jesus. True worshippers know they are in deep need of Jesus Christ and are transformed morally by "beholding Jesus" and seeing their lives transformed by the Spirit's power from the inside out rather than conformed to a pattern of religion from the outside in. Matt Chandler people needs jesus Grace-driven effort wants to get to the bottom of behavior, not just manage behavior. If you're simply managing behavior but not removing the roots of that behavior, then the weeds simply sprout up in another place. Matt Chandler effort weed roots God ultimately raises up leaders for one primary reason: His glory. He shows His power in our weakness. He demonstrates His wisdom in our folly. We are all like a turtle on a fence post. If you walk by a fence post and see a turtle on top of it, then you know someone came by and put it there. In the same way, God gives leadership according to His good pleasure. Matt Chandler fence-post turtles giving Heaven is not a place for those who are afraid of hell; it’s a place for those who love God. You can scare people into coming to your church, you can scare people into trying to be good, you can scare people into giving money, you can even scare them into walking down an aisle and praying a certain prayer, but you cannot scare people into loving God. You just can’t do it. Matt Chandler giving-money prayer people Could it not be, that God loves me too deeply, by having people challenge me so that I know I'm not perfect. Matt Chandler challenges perfect people We can never grasp the extent of our depravity until we recognize the excellencies of our created dignity Matt Chandler dignity depravity Lots of neat Christian boys, not a lot of Godly men. And we are working our tails off for you to try to develop some into that. But do not settle, because it's better that you be lonely now than you be married and lonely later. Are you tracking me? It is better that you be lonely now than for you to get married to a man that will teach your kids everything but the way of Jesus. Matt Chandler lonely christian jesus A Church worshipping as a Creature of the Word doesn't show up to perform or be entertained; she comes desperate and needy, thirsty for grace, receiving from The Lord and the body of Christ, and then gratefully receiving what she needs as she offers her praise- the only proper response to the God who saves us. Matt Chandler body-of-christ church grace Why do we try so hard to make Jesus cool?! He doesn’t need a makeover. Matt Chandler trying needs jesus I have always deeply desired to be an honest man who said it when I struggled, stumbled and worried. I longed to be a man with real friends - friends who knew me at my worst and loved me. Matt Chandler honest real men The best of our best, without Jesus, looks like a pile of crap compared to Him. Matt Chandler crap looks jesus In too many marriage conflicts, we work too hard at winning the argument and too little at winning the heart. Matt Chandler winning heart littles While we lament the apparent injustice of pain and suffering, how often do we forget that every good thing in a fallen world is wholly a gift of God's mercy and grace. Matt Chandler pain grace suffering What drives me mad in evangelical circles, including some young Reformed circles, is that there is often a sit-on-the-couch-and-wait-for-God-to-do-something mentality that is unbiblical and wicked. It's probably been true of every generation, but I can see it most clearly in the younger crowd. There seems to be so little war when it comes to sin. Matt Chandler mad circles war Preach the Gospel with your life. Matt Chandler Godliness is sexy in a way that physical attraction can never be. Matt Chandler physical-attraction sexy way Truth is to be used as a scalpel, not a club. Matt Chandler truth-is clubs used More often than not, we want him to have fairy wings and spread fairy dust and shine like a precious little star, dispensing nothing but good times on everyone, like some kind of hybrid of Tinker Bell and Aladdin’s Genie. But the God of the Bible, this God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, is a pillar of fire and a column of smoke. Matt Chandler dust stars fire
