Quote

Radical obedience to Christ is not easy... It's not comfort, not health, not wealth, and not prosperity in this world. Radical obedience to Christ risks losing all these things. But in the end, such risk finds its reward in Christ. And he is more than enough for us.

David Platt

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

David Platt
Christian
Prosperity
Missionary
Christ
Losing
Risks
Easy
Comfort
Reward
Health
Finds
Ends
Wealth
Missions
Enough
Risk
Obedience
Things
Inspiration
Radical
World
Powerful
Rewards

More quotes by David Platt

Image
We have an incomprehensibly great God!
David Platt
Image
My biggest fear, even now, is that I will hear Jesus' words and walk away, content to settle for less than radical obedience to Him.
David Platt
Image
Surely the gospel evokes unconditional surrender of all that we are and all that we have to all that He is.
David Platt
Image
Orphans are easier to ignore before you know their names but once you know, everything changes.
David Platt
Image
Live today for what is going to matter 10 billion years from today.
David Platt
Image
In a world where everything revolves around yourself-protec t yourself, promote yourself, comfort yourself, and take care of yourself-Jesus says, 'Crucify yourself. Put aside all self-preservati on in order to live for God's glorification, no matter what that means for you in the culture around you.'
David Platt
Image
Ask, could my gifts, education, career, or experience be used to spread the gospel where it’s needed most?
David Platt
Image
I always questioned if I was CALLED to adopt, but then I realized no child was ever CALLED to be an orphan.
David Platt
Image
The most glorious reason you exist is for the proclamation of the glory of God to the ends of the world. And it's more than having a nice life.
David Platt
Image
We owe Christ to the world--to the least person and to the greatest person, to the richest person and to the poorest person, to the best person and to the worst person. We are in debt to the nations.
David Platt
Image
While the goal of the American dream is to make much of us, the goal of the gospel is to make much of God.
David Platt
Image
God delights in revealing Himself to you when you are bold enough to bother Him. In fact, I think He would say that the only thing that bothers Him is when you don’t come to Him.
David Platt
Image
Some people think that if they will do certain things, they will somehow earn the favor of God, but this misses the whole point of Christianity and ironically devolves into a me-centered approach.
David Platt
Image
Salvation now consists of a deep wrestling in our souls with the sinfulness of our hearts, the depth of our depravity, and the desperation of our need for his grace.
David Platt
Image
The mega-strategy of Jesus: make disciples.
David Platt
Image
Passionate worship always leads to personal witness. Always. And what that means is . . . if we’re not witnessing, there’s a problem with our worship. We’re not seeing God for who He is! We’re not realizing what He’s done! We’re not realizing the magnitude of what He’s done for our souls!
David Platt
Image
To be a disciple of Jesus is to make disciples of Jesus.
David Platt
Image
One of my favorite sights is to look across a room packed with people with their Bibles in their laps, studying who God is and what God has said- after midnight.
David Platt
Image
Do you realize the weight of the one who has invited us to follow him? He is worthy of more than church attendance and casual association he is worthy of total abandonment and supreme adoration.
David Platt
Image
The Bible clearly reminds us that left to ourselves, we would be lost forever.
David Platt