“The secret of gospel change is being convinced that Jesus is the good life and the fountain of all joy. Any alternative we might choose would be the letdown.” – Tim Chester, You Can Change, p.15
Posts Tagged ‘Joy’
The Secret of Gospel Change
Posted in Quotes, tagged Change, Gospel, Jesus Christ, Joy, Sanctification, Satisfaction, Tim Chester on May 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
No Better School For Learning Contentment
Posted in Quotes, tagged Contentment, Goodness of God, J.C. Ryle, Jesus Christ, Joy, Love, Providence, Sovereignty of God, The Cross, Wisdom on May 16, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
“‘He who did not spare His own Son, but gave Him up for us all–how will He not also, along with Him, graciously give us all things?’ (Romans 8:32). Would I learn how to be contented and cheerful under all the cares and anxieties of life? What school shall I go to? How shall I [...]
Desiring God – Thomas Waston
Posted in Videos, tagged Desires, Glory, Grace, Grace Gems, Holiness of God, Jesus Christ, Joy, Satisfaction, Theology, Thomas Watson, Worship on September 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Three Marks of Right Prayer
Posted in Quotes, tagged Desires, Glory, Grace, Holiness of God, Jesus Christ, John Bunyan, Joy, Love, Pleasure, Prayer, Satisfaction, Sin, Theology, Wisdom on August 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“I know if the grace of God be in you, it will be as natural to you to groan out your condition, as it is for a suckling child to cry for the breast. Prayer is one of the first things that discovers a man to be a Christian (Acts 9:12). But yet if it [...]
Whatever the Believer Has or Lacks is From the Lord
Posted in Quotes, tagged Contentment, Desires, Goodness of God, Joy, Pleasure, Richard Phillips, Sharon Phillips, Sovereignty of God, Suffering, Theology on August 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“Knowing that he or she can trust in God, and confident that God will provide for all the needs of life, the godly man or woman submits to God’s provision and praises God for the wisdom with which he is overseeing his or her life: ‘The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup; you [...]
True Christianity – J.C. Ryle
Posted in Videos, tagged Atone, Atonement, Chrisitianity, Grace Gems, Holiness, J.C. Ryle, Jesus Christ, Joy, Love, Repentance, Sanctification, Scripture, Sin, The Gospel, Videos on October 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Secret to Increasing Affections Toward God
Posted in Quotes, tagged Affections, Emotions, Jesus Christ, Joy, Love, Octavius Winslow, Prayer, The Gospel on October 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“Deal much and closely with a crucified Savior! This is the grand secret a constant ascending of the affections to God. If you find it difficult to comprehend the love of God towards you–then read it in the cross of His dear Son! Dwell upon this amazing fact, drink into this precious truth, muse upon [...]
Sexual Sin is Idolatry
Posted in Quotes, tagged Idolatry, Joy, Lust, Pleasure, Purity, Randy Alcorn, Sin on September 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“The prophet Jonah, in the digestive tract of a great fish beneath the Mediterranean Sea, made this observation: ‘Those who cling to worthless idols forfeit the grace that could have been their’ (Jonah 2:8). An idol is something more than a grotesque statue with big lips and a ruby in its navel. It’s a God-substitute. [...]
God’s Ways Do Not Change
Posted in Quotes, tagged Fellowship, Grace, Idolatry, Immutability, J.I. Packer, Joy, Love, Repentance, Scripture, Suffering, The Gospel, Theology on August 3, 2010 | 1 Comment »
“He continues to act towards sinful men in the way that He does in the Bible story. Still He shows His freedom and lordship by discriminating between sinners, causing some to hear the gospel while others do not hear it, and moving some of those who hear it to repentance while leaving others in their [...]
Consider Sin in Relation to the Gospel
Posted in Quotes, tagged Adoption, Atonement, Grace, Guilt, Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, John Owen, Joy, Love, Lust, Mercy, Mortification, Sanctification, Sin, The Gospel on July 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“Bring your lust to the gospel. Not for relief, but for further conviction of your guilt. Look on Him whom you have pierced, and let it trouble you. Say to your soul, ‘What have I done? What love, what mercy, what blood, what grace have I despised and trampled on! Is this how I pay [...]
