26 Quotes by Bryan Chapell

God’s care precedes his commands.

Bitterness is the acid that eats its own container.

Forgiveness is the ocean that already surrounds us when we launch our prayers of repentance to God. We do not manufacture the ocean by our repentance; we sail in the peace its boundless waters provide.

Repentance is not about earning grace but entering it; not about quenching his wrath but quieting the accusations of our hearts; not about unlocking his mercy but releasing our sin-sick sorrow to the Savior, who already rejoices to receive it.

I do not stop being a child of God because I am a problem child.

Repetition of a sin is no reason to abandon confession.

The reality of the ordinary progress of Christian understanding should not escape our notice: early believers "know no answers"; immature believers "know all the answers"; and mature believers "know the limits of our answers.

Somehow proper prayer must put more trust in God’s will than in human wants; otherwise failure to get the things we want will force us to doubt either the power of prayer or the ability of God.

Sin and Satan deceive our hearts with lies that God is distant. His hand of discipline declares he is never nearer.