16 Quotes by Dave Harvey

True humility doesn't kill our dreams; it provides a guardrail for them.

You must read to lead. Reading feeds. It opens our souls to a long line of counselors.

Everything in Scripture is either preparation for the Gospel, presentation of the Gospel, or participation in the Gospel.

Godly ambition makes us downwardly mobile.

Sin is wrong, not because of what it does to me, or my spouse, or child, or neighbor, but because it is an act of rebellion against the infinitely holy and majestic God.

Do you know God as a God of mercy? Do you see your spouse as God sees him or her – through eyes of mercy? If your answer to either question is no, it is unlikely that your marriage is sweet. Mercy sweetens marriage. Where it is absent, two people flog one another over everything from failure to fix the faucet to phone bills. But where it is present, marriage grows sweeter and more delightful, even in the face of challenges, setbacks, and the persistent effects of our remaining sin.

A great awareness of one’s sinfulness often stands side by side with great joy and confidence in God.

But once I find 1 Timothy 1:15–16 trustworthy – once I can embrace it with full acceptance – once I know that I am indeed the worst of sinners, then my spouse is no longer my biggest problem: I am.

Bitterness differs from unbelief merely in the intensity and depth – in the degree – of its rebellion. As my friend Andy Farmer has pointed out, the two are distinguished simply by the difference between can’t and won’t. Unbelief says, “I can’t do this,” while bitterness says, “I won’t do this.” Unbelief tells a spouse, “You can’t change,” and bitterness declares, “You won’t change.” Unbelief claims, “God can’t affect what I like and dislike”; while bitterness says, “God won’t affect them.