Paul Tripp -
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"At any moment in time, the right answer to the question, "What is God doing?" is, "Accomplishing His plan."
“People and situations do not determine our behavior; they provide the occasion where our behavior reveals our hearts.”
"...the Principle of inescapable influence: Whatever rules the heart will exercise inescapable influence over the person’s life and behavior."
“The opportunity is in the trouble. You
can’t have a toxic relationship with trouble”
" We were not created to be autonomous"
(of the gospel) "This news has nothing to do with fantasies, dreams, or unrealistic expectations. It is rooted in historical facts and present realities. It penetrates the harshest human situation with life-altering hope. It is the only thing worth living for!"
"The good news confronts us with the reality that heart-changing help will never be found in the mound. It will only be found in the Man, Christ Jesus. We must not offer people a system of redemption, a set of insights and principles. We offer people a Redeemer. In his power, we find the hope and help we need to defeat the most powerful enemies. Hope rests in the grace of the Redeemer, the only real means of lasting change."
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Question: do I need to hear these things over and over and over???
Answer: (a big fat) YES!!!!! Desperately!! and the God I love provides for me so well...
