Jesus didn’t do it all. Jesus didn’t meet every need. He left people waiting in line to be healed. He left one town to preach to another. He hid away to pray. He got tired. He never interacted with the vast majority of people on the planet. He spent thirty years in training and only three years in ministry. He did not try to do it all. And yet, he did everything God asked him to do.
Kevin DeYoungThe only chains God wants us to wear are the chains of righteousness--not the chains of hopeless subjectivism, not the shackles of risk-free living, not the fetters of horoscope decision making--just the chains befitting a bond servant of Christ Jesus. Die to self. Live for Christ. And then do what you want, and go where you want, for God's glory.
Kevin DeYoungYou will fear something or someone. The Bible says the wisest way to go about your life is to fear God.
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 DeYoungIt's not convincing to say you are a child of God if you have none of the characteristics of your Father.
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