The kind of experience of humility and happiness that comes with gratitude tends to crowd out whatever is coarse, or ugly or mean. Kevin DeYoung More Quotes by Kevin DeYoung More Quotes From Kevin DeYoung Obsessing over the future is not how God wants us to live, because showing us the future is not God's way. Kevin DeYoung obsessingwantway The reason for your entire salvation, the design behind your deliverance, the purpose for which God chose you in the first place is holiness. Kevin DeYoung holinessdesignpurpose Perhaps out inactivity is not so much waiting on God as it is an expression of the fear of man, the love of the praise of man, and disbelief in God's providence. Kevin DeYoung expressionwaitingmen God does have a specific plan for our lives, but it is not one that He expects us to figure out before we make a decision. Kevin DeYoung figuresdecisiondoe We may have the best of intentions in trying to discern God's will, but we should really stop putting ourselves through the misery of overspiritualizing every decision. Our misdirected piety makes following God more mysterious than it was meant to be Kevin DeYoung decisionmaytrying Sanctification is not by surrender, but by divinely enabled toil and effort. Kevin DeYoung toilsurrendereffort Legalism is a problem in the church, but so is anti-nomianism. Granted, I don't hear anyone saying, 'Let's continue in sin that grace may abound'. That's the worse form of antinomianism. But strictly speaking, antinomianism simply means no-law, and some Christians have very little place for the law in their pursuit of holiness. Kevin DeYoung christianlawmean The people on this planet who end up doing nothing are those who never realized they couldn't do everything. Kevin DeYoung doing-nothingendspeople We walk into the future in God-glorifying confidence, Kevin DeYoung knownwalks There is nothing gray about whether a follower of Christ should see 50 Shades of Grey. This is a black and white issue. Don’t go. Don’t watch it. Don’t read it. Don’t rent it. Kevin DeYoung issuesblack-and-whitewatches I'm pretty sure most of us would be more Kevin DeYoung fulfilledfulfillmentwould-be The only thing more important than ministry is being ministered to. Kevin DeYoung ministryimportant God is not a magic eight ball we shake up and peer into whenever we have a decision to make. He is a good God who gives us brains, shows us the way of obedience, and invites us to take risks for him. Kevin DeYoung eightdecisiongiving We have been stuffed full of praise for mediocrity and had our foibles diagnosed away with hyphenated jargon and pop psychology. Kevin DeYoung jargonmediocritypsychology Die to self. Live for Christ. And then do what you want, and go where you want, for God's glory. Kevin DeYoung selfwantchrist Plain horse sense ought to tell us that anything that makes no change in the man who professes it makes no difference to God either, and it is an easily observable fact that for countless numbers of persons the change from no-faith to faith makes no actual difference in the life. Kevin DeYoung horsedifferencesmen Just about the worst thing a leader can nurture in his heart is self-pity. And just about the worst thing a leader can do in front of his people is murmur and complain. Kevin DeYoung selfheartpeople To run hard after holiness is another way of running hard after God. Kevin DeYoung holinessrunningway It is our confidence in the sovereign grace of God that gives us any hope of success in missions. Kevin DeYoung sovereigngracegiving So go marry someone, provided you're equally yoked and you actually like being with each other. Go get a job, provided it's not wicked. Go live somewhere in something with somebody or nobody. But put aside the passivity and the quest for complete fulfillment and the perfectionism and the preoccupation with the future, and for God's sake start making some decisions in your life. Don't wait for the liver-shiver. If you are seeking first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, you will be in God's will, so just go out and do something. Kevin DeYoung decisionwaitingjobs
