Just about the worst thing a leader can nurture in his heart is self-pity. And just about the worst thing a leader can do in front of his people is murmur and complain.
Kevin DeYoungYour love should be so far reaching, earnest, biblical, Christ-centered, pure, and self-sacrificing that the world may hate you for it.
Kevin DeYoungYou'll never be a mature Christian until you understand that God remembers his promises and forgets your sins.
Kevin DeYoungThe Christian's comfort: I am not my own. I do not make my own rules or create my own identity. There is one who made me and can save me.
Kevin DeYoungWe walk into the future in God-glorifying confidence, not because the future is known to us but because it is known to God. And that's all we need to know. Worry about the future is not simply a character tic, it is the sin of unbelief, an indication that our hearts are not resting in the promises of God.
Kevin DeYoung