Quote

In direct contradiciton to the American dream, God actually delights in exalting our inability.

David Platt

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

David Platt
Direct
American
Actually
Dream
Exalting
Delights
Inability
Delight

More quotes by 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
I could not help but think that somewhere along the way we had missed what was radical about our faith and replaced it with what is comfortable.
David Platt
Image
We have nothing to fear, because God is sovereign.
David Platt
Image
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
Image
The bible informs us, compels us to care for the poor, to love the outcast, to serve the needy.
David Platt
Image
We bask in sermons, conferences, and books that exalt a grace centering on us.
David Platt
Image
God involves us in his mission not because he needs us but because he loves us.
David Platt
Image
We desperately need to explore how much of our understanding of the gospel is American and how much is biblical.
David Platt
Image
God chose to set his love on the Israelites not because of any merit in them but solely because of mercy in him.
David Platt
Image
This is the gospel. The just and loving Creator of the universe has looked upon hopelessly sinful people and sent His Son, God in the flesh, to bear His wrath against sin on the cross and to show His power over sin in the resurrection so that all who trust in Him will be reconciled to God forever.
David Platt
Image
Our possessions can be deadly. They can be subtly deadly.
David Platt
Image
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
Image
If our lives do not reflect radical compassion for the poor, there is reason to wonder if Christ is really in us at all
David Platt
Image
Gospel possession requires gospel proclamation.
David Platt
Image
We have a master who deserves radical sacrifice.
David Platt
Image
Good intentions, regular worship, Bible study, do not prevent blindness. Part of our sinful nature instinctively chooses to see what we want to see and to ignore what we want to ignore.
David Platt
Image
The message of biblical Christianity is 'God loves me so that I might make him- his ways, his salvation, his glory, and his greatness- known among all nations.' Now God is the object of our faith, and Christianity centers around him. We are not the end of the gospel God is'
David Platt
Image
To everyone wanting a safe, untroubled, comfortable life free from danger, stay away from Jesus. The danger in our lives will always increase in proportion to the depth of our relationship with Christ.
David Platt
Image
A high view of God’s sovereignty fuels death-defying devotion to global missions. Maybe another way to put it, people, and more specifically pastors, who believe that God’s sovereign over all things will lead Christians to die for the sake of all peoples.
David Platt
Image
There is indescribable joy, deep satisfaction and an eternal purpose in dying to ourselves and living for Christ.
David Platt