Prayer does two things. It shows the complete sufficiency of God and the complete helplessness of man. It shows that God is not lacking, that He is in need of no thing, that He is infinitely and gloriously wealthy, that He can give to, He can bless and He can answer without the need of help from anyone or anything else. And it also shows that we are in desperate need of that kind of sufficiency.
Matt ChandlerCould it not be, that God loves me too deeply, by having people challenge me so that I know I'm not perfect.
Matt ChandlerChurch of Jesus, let us please be men and women who understand the difference between moralism and the gospel of Jesus Christ. Letโs be careful to preach the dos and donโts of Scripture in the shadow of the crossโs โDone!โ
Matt ChandlerIf you're a beast in the pulpit but a coward in your neighborhood, something has gone wrong.
Matt ChandlerThe miracles of Jesus are signs of the right order of things. Jesus was not so much turning things upside down as turning them rightside up or, at least, giving his followers glimpses of the rightside up. The miracles of healing, deliverance, provision, and resurrection all reveal that God, through Jesus, is making all things new, that he is restoring what once was unbroken.
Matt Chandler