Quote

The commands of God are given, not to rob me of joy, but lead me into the fullness of joy.

Matt Chandler

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Matt Chandler
Command
Lead
Joy
Given
Commands
Fullness

More quotes by Matt Chandler

Image
We can never grasp the extent of our depravity until we recognize the excellencies of our created dignity
Matt Chandler
Image
There isn’t a violent soul on the planet that God might not save and transform for himself.
Matt Chandler
Image
I was used to being the smartest guy in the room, and then God dropped me in a place that was well beyond me. It was painfully awesome.
Matt Chandler
Image
There's a strong victim mentality in my generation. I think it's spiritual laziness. They will agree that God is sovereign over all, but then they will say, Well, I wish he would sovereignly take away my lust issue. There's just not a lot of fortitude, not a lot of fight in them.
Matt Chandler
Image
The great message that we call the gospel begins, then, not with us, or our need, or even the meeting of that need, but with the writer of the news and the sender of its heralds: God himself.
Matt Chandler
Image
Jesus doesn't avoid those who mess up. Jesus runs to those who mess up.
Matt Chandler
Image
Truth is to be used as a scalpel, not a club.
Matt Chandler
Image
I have always deeply desired to be an honest man who said it when I struggled, stumbled and worried. I longed to be a man with real friends - friends who knew me at my worst and loved me.
Matt Chandler
Image
What drives me mad in evangelical circles, including some young Reformed circles, is that there is often a sit-on-the-couch-and-wait-for-God-to-do-something mentality that is unbiblical and wicked. It's probably been true of every generation, but I can see it most clearly in the younger crowd. There seems to be so little war when it comes to sin.
Matt Chandler
Image
Worship is the way of life for those entranced by and passionate for the glory of God.
Matt Chandler
Image
Apart from worshiping God, everything becomes superficial. But when you understand the driving force behind everything, all of a sudden there's an eternal amount of joy at our disposal, because everything we do is enlightened and enlivened by the endless glory of the eternal God.
Matt Chandler
Image
Church of Jesus, let us please be men and women who understand the difference between moralism and the gospel of Jesus Christ. Let’s be careful to preach the dos and don’ts of Scripture in the shadow of the cross’s ‘Done!’
Matt Chandler
Image
Heaven is not a place for those who are afraid of hell it’s a place for those who love God.
Matt Chandler
Image
Our senses are never more awakened to our need for His love than when our need is most exposed.
Matt Chandler
Image
I'm wise to be a good steward, but I'll never be my own rescuer. The worth thing you can do with fear and anxiety is to pretend you're too strong to have them. The best thing you can do is just to let Him be in charge of them
Matt Chandler
Image
I believe the sovereign God of the universe justifies us freely, and then we are called to run with him in sanctification.
Matt Chandler
Image
We’ve been given the covenant community because we need each other, and together we’ll be more mature, experience more life, and know more joy than we ever would apart from one another.
Matt Chandler
Image
What stirs up in my heart is, 'Oh would we see an outpouring of the Holy Spirit.'
Matt Chandler
Image
Trying to make the Gospel relevant is like trying to make water wet.
Matt Chandler
Image
The cross of Christ exists because mankind-loved by God, created by God, set in motion by God-betrayed God and prefers his stuff to him.
Matt Chandler