An instrument s a tool that is actively used to change something, and God has called all of his people to be instruments of change in his redemptive hands
Paul David TrippTag: christianity
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 scue me from myself.
Paul David TrippTag: inspirational christianity
Running from the presence of God has the futility of "trying to shovel smoke with a rake".
Paul David TrippTag: rebellion
Could it be that desire for a good thing has become a bad thing because that desire has become a ruling thing?
Paul David TrippYour theology won't always work toward your obedience, because your use of theology is dictated by the condition of your heart. If your heart is not submitting to the plan of God, you will actually use your theology to justify things that should not be justified.
Paul David TrippTag: theology pride rationalization
Personal ministry is not about always knowing what to say. It is not about fixing everything in sight that is broken. Personal ministry is about connecting people with Christ so that they are able to think as he would have them think, desire what he says is best, and do what he calls them to do even if their circumstances never get "fixed." It involves exposing hurt, lost, and confused people to God's glory, so that they give up their pursuit of their own glory and live for his.
Paul David TrippTag: inspirational christianity ministry
Harboring bitterness against people is actually confessing their sin to myself, over and over again. Anger is akin to confessing their sin to God, dissatisfied that he hasn't done something and placing myself in his position as judge.
Paul David TrippTag: inspirational christianity ministry
We forget that God's primary goal ia 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 TrippTag: inspirational christianity ministry
The minute you hear a sermon on materialism, you're glad somebody else is there to hear it.
Paul David TrippTag: materialism idolatry
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 TrippTag: christianity hope christian-living
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