David Platt Quotes
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We don't have stomachs for the things of this world because we have feasted on the goodness of our God.
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Accept Him? Do we really think Jesus needs our acceptance? Don't we need Him?
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We can rest confident in the fact that nothing will happen to us in this world apart from the gracious will of a sovereign God. Nothing.
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It is a constant battle to resist the temptation to have more luxuries, to acquire more stuff, and to live more comfortably.
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God has put you in this culture at this time for a reason.
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To everyone wanting a safe, untroubled, comfortable life free from danger, stay away from Jesus. The danger in our lives will always increase in proportion to the depth of our relationship with Christ.
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Christianity does not begin with our pursuit of Christ, but with Christ’s pursuit of us.
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The church is not an audience of spectators; we are a fellowship of disciple-makers
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A materialistic world will not be won to Christ by a materialistic church.
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And as we meet needs on earth, we are proclaiming a gospel that transforms lives for eternity. The point is not simply to meet a temporary need or change a startling statistic; the point is to exalt the glory of Christ as we express the gospel of Christ through the radical generosity of our lives.
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No matter how many red Xs we write on our hands to end slavery, as long as these same hands are clicking on pornographic websites and scrolling through sexual pictures and videos, we are frauds to the core.
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We can so easily deceive ourselves, mistaking the presence of physical bodies in a crowd for the existence of spiritual life in a community.
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While the goal of the American dream is to make much of us, the goal of the gospel is to make much of God.
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God in His providence hasn't called us to watch history, but to shape history by praying in His Name.
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The very first word out of Jesus; mouth in is ministry in the New Testament is clear: repent.
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In our evil we rebel against God. We take the law of God, written in his Word and on our hearts, and we disobey it.
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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.
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When we realize we have the responsibility to teach the word, it changes everything about how we hear the Word.
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The way we use our money is a barometer of our present spiritual condition. Our neglect of the poor illustrates much about where our hearts lie. But even more than that, the way we use our money is an indicator of our eternal destination. The mark of Christ followers is that their hearts are in heaven and their treasures are spent there
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I could not help but think that somewhere along the way we had missed what was radical about our faith and replaced it with what is comfortable.
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Managing senior programmers is like herding cats.
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I am finding deep joy in depending on Christ for the guidance only He can provide as He produces the fruit of gospel in my life.
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No sound system. No band. No guitar. No entertainment. No cushioned chairs. No heating or air-con. Nothing but the people of God and the word of God. And strangely, that's enough. God's Word is enough for millions of believers who gather in house churches... Jungles... Rainforests, and middle-eastern cities. But is his Word enough for us?
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Unreached peoples are unreached for a reason. They're hard, difficult, and dangerous to reach. All the easy ones are taken
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If we want to know the Glory of God, if we want to experience the beauty of God, and if we want to be used by the hand of God, then we must LIVE in the WORD of God.
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The bible informs us, compels us to care for the poor, to love the outcast, to serve the needy.
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The church I lead could have the least gifted people, the least talented people, the fewest leaders, and the least money, and this church under the power of the Holy Spirit could still shake the nations for his glory.
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May even the concept of unreached peoples be totally intolerable to us.
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Disciple making is not a call for others to come to us to hear the gospel but a command for us to go to others to share the gospel.
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The faith in Christ that saves us from our sins involves an internal transformation that has external implications.
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