We forget that God's primary goal is not changing our situations or relationships so that we can be happy, but changing us through our situations and relationships so that we will be holy. Paul David Tripp More Quotes by Paul David Tripp More Quotes From Paul David Tripp I am my biggest marital problem Paul David Tripp problem If your hope disappoints you, it is the wrong kind of hope. You see, hope in God never disappoints, precisely because it is hope *in God.* This means that hope placed in any other thing will always end up disappointing. Paul David Tripp disappointing kind mean See yourself and weep. See your God and rejoice. Paul David Tripp rejoice Only love for Christ has the power to incapacitate the sturdy love for self that is the bane of every sinner, and only the grace of Christ has the power to produce that love. Paul David Tripp grace self christ Embedded in the larger story of redemption is a principle we must not miss: God uses ordinary people to do extraordinary things in the lives of others. Paul David Tripp leadership christian people You cannot divide human beings into those who worship and those who don't. Everybody worships; it's just a matter of what, or whom, we serve. Paul David Tripp humans worship matter The good news of the kingdom is not freedom from hardship, suffering, and loss. It is the news of a Redeemer who has come to rescue me from myself. Paul David Tripp news suffering loss Every day you preach to yourself a gospel of your loneliness, inability, and lack of resources or you faithfully preach to yourself the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. Paul David Tripp inability loneliness jesus Standing near someone you love in a time of trouble is its own reward. Paul David Tripp someone-you-love rewards trouble Remember, when you're sinned against its tempting to respond sinfully. Don't give in, talk to your heart and seek the grace of Jesus. Paul David Tripp heart giving jesus Only when I focus on the holiness and glory of God am I able to see myself with accuracy. Paul David Tripp holiness able focus We were meant to do more than make sure that all of our needs are fulfilled and all our desires are satisfied. We were never meant to be self-focused little kings ruling miniscule little kingdoms with a population of one. Paul David Tripp kings self desire The more you understand the magnitude of God's grace, the more accurate will be your view of the depth of your unrighteousness ; and the more you understand the depth of your unrighteousness , the more you will appreciate the magnitude of God's gift of grace. Paul David Tripp appreciate grace views Human self-righteousness denies the need for the saving, enabling grace of Christ. Human righteousness embraces the cruelest of Satan's lies, that a person can be righteous by keeping the law. If that were true, there would have been no need for the birth, life, death, and resurrection of Christ. Paul David Tripp self law lying The kingdom of self tends to be more focused on what the hands can touch than what the heart should embrace. Paul David Tripp self heart hands When your sin is exposed, you will run toward confession and forgiveness or self-righteousness and self-justification. Paul David Tripp sin self running True restoration takes patience, subtlety, skill, and grace. Paul David Tripp restoration skills grace Theology without love simply is very bad theology. Paul David Tripp without-love theology The Bible isn't a storybook with many heroes. No, there's only one hero in Scripture: the Son, the Lamb, the Savior, the King, the Redeemer - Jesus. Paul David Tripp kings hero jesus How can you admit that your only hope is divine grace and then throw condemnation at another sinner when you see them struggle? Paul David Tripp divine grace struggle
