And this is why Jesus came: to endure the holy wrath of God due us. David Platt More Quotes by David Platt More Quotes From David Platt We are settling for a Christianity that revolves around catering to ourselves when the central message of Christianity is actually about abandoning ourselves. David Platt settling christianity messages If you can trust God to save you for eternity, you can trust him to lead you for a lifetime. David Platt trust-in-god eternity lifetime When you come to Jesus, you don't come to get health, wealth and prosperity. You come to Jesus to get Jesus David Platt prosperity wealth jesus 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 powerful inspiration christian The modern-day gospel says, 'God loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life. Therefore, follow these steps, and you can be saved.' Meanwhile, the biblical gospel says, 'You are an enemy of God, dead in your sin, & in your present state of rebellion, you are not even able to see that you need life, much less to cause yourself to come to life. Therefore, you are radically dependent on God to do something in your life that you could never do. David Platt biblical love-you enemy Nothing is impossible for the people of God who trust in the power of God to accomplish the will of God. David Platt accomplish impossible people Making disciples by going, baptizing, and teaching people the Word of Christ and then enabling them to do the same thing in other people’s lives—this is the plan God has for each of us to impact nations for the glory of Christ David Platt impact teaching people 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 attendance church weight This is how God works. He puts people in positions where they are desperate for his power, and then he shows his provision in ways that display his greatness David Platt christian faith god Suddenly contemporary Christianity sales pitches don't seem adequate anymore. Ask Jesus to come into your heart. Invite Jesus to come into your life. Pray this prayer, sign this card, walk down this aisle, and accept Jesus as your personal Savior. . . We have taken the infinitely glorious Son of God, who endured the infinitely terrible wrath of God and who now reigns as the infinitely worthy Lord of all, and we have reduced him to a poor, puny Savior who is just begging for us to accept him. Accept him? Do we really think Jesus needs our acceptance? Don't we need him? David Platt taken prayer jesus 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 self mean jesus Every saved person this side of heaven owes the gospel to every lost person this side of hell. David Platt hell sides heaven People will never know how glorious the cross is until they know how serious sin is. David Platt sin serious people 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 passionate soul mean We will not wish we had made more money, acquired more stuff, lived more comfortably, taken more vacations, watched more television, pursued greater retirement, or been more successful in the eyes of this world. Instead, we will wish we had given more of ourselves to living for the day when every nation, tribe, people, and language will bow around the throne and sing the praises of the Savior who delights in radical obedience and the God who deserves eternal worship. David Platt eye taken retirement The primary purpose of prayer is not to get something, but to know Someone. David Platt purpose prayer knows The key is realizing - and believing - that this world is not your home. If you and I ever hope to free our lives from worldly desires, worldly thinking, worldly pleasures, worldly dreams, worldly ideals, worldly values, worldly ambitions, and worldly acclaim, then we must focus our lives on another world. David Platt dream home believe We go wherever God leads whenever God moves us...because we love His glory more than we love our lives. David Platt our-lives glory moving 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 good-intentions study want God has put you in this culture at this time for a reason. David Platt reason culture
