We are settling for a Christianity that revolves around catering to ourselves when the central message of Christianity is actually about abandoning ourselves. David Platt More Quotes by David Platt More Quotes From David Platt Repentance is a rich biblical term that signifies an elemental transformation in someone's mind, heart, heart, and life. David Platt biblical mind heart We have an incomprehensibly great God! David Platt Let me introduce you to Jesus. David Platt introducing let-me jesus God has made a way of salvation for the lost. Not a way, but the way. And this is the good news - the gospel. David Platt news salvation way We have a master who deserves radical sacrifice. David Platt radical sacrifice masters Caring for the poor is one natural overflow and a necessary evidence of the presence of Christ in our hearts. If there is no sign of caring for the poor in our lives, then there is reason to at least question whether Christ is in our hearts. David Platt caring heart christ God involves us in his missions not because He needs us, but because He loves us. And in His mercy He has invited us to be involved in His sovereign design for the spread of the gospel to the ends of the earth. David Platt design earth needs It's important to realize that we adopt not because we are rescuers. No. We adopt because we are rescued. David Platt adoption important inspirational The church is not an audience of spectators; we are a fellowship of disciple-makers David Platt fellowship church makers We live in a church culture that has a dangerous tendency to disconnect the grace of God from the glory of God. Our hearts resonate with the idea of enjoying God's grace. We bask in sermons, conferences, and books that exalt a grace centering on us. And while the wonder of grace is worthy of our attention, if that grace is disconnected from its purpose, the sad result is a self-centered Christianity that bypasses the heart of God. David Platt self heart book We have nothing to fear, because God is sovereign. David Platt sovereign We bask in sermons, conferences, and books that exalt a grace centering on us. David Platt centering grace book God in His providence hasn't called us to watch history, but to shape history by praying in His Name. David Platt shapes names watches Ultimate satisfaction is found not in making much of ourselves but in making much of God David Platt ultimate satisfaction found The gospel confronts us with the hopelessness of our sinful condition. But we don't like what we see of ourselves in the gospel, so we shrink back from it. David Platt shrinks radical hopelessness If there were 1,000 ways to God we would want 1,001. David Platt ifs want way Unreached peoples are unreached for a reason. They're hard, difficult, and dangerous to reach. All the easy ones are taken David Platt taken reason easy Real success is found in radical sacrifice. Ultimate satisfaction is found not in making much of ourselves but in making much of God. The purpose of our lives transcends the country and culture in which we live. Meaning is found in community, not individualism; joy is found in generosity, not materialism; and truth is found in Christ, not universalism. Ultimately, Jesus is a reward worth risking everything to know, experience, and enjoy. David Platt real country jesus We are not the end of the gospel; God is. David Platt ends Surely the gospel evokes unconditional surrender of all that we are and all that we have to all that He is. David Platt evoke unconditional surrender
