29 Quotes by David Mathis

The great purpose of prayer is not getting things from God but getting God.

One of the effects of the gospel going deeper into our souls is that it frees our fingers to loosen their grasp on our goods.

When our life in him is healthy and vibrant, we do not only ache to keep sinking our roots down deep in him, but we also want to stretch out our branches and extend his goodness to others.

Fashion rhythms of life that help you revolve around having God’s incarnate Word, by God’s gospel word, through God’s written word.

The waters of good preaching are always running downhill to the stream of Christ, who he is, and how he has loved us.

Few practices will energize and affect your Christian life as much as sitting attentively under faithful preaching.

Prayer is where we agree with God that he is who he says he is and we are who he says we are.

Chosen before time. Called with effect. United to Jesus in faith and repentance. Adopted and forgiven. Justified. Sanctified. Glorified. And satisfied forever. This is grace gone wonderfully wild. This is the flood of God’s favor in which we discover the power and practice of the means of grace. Put.

The battleground is between our ears. What is it that is capturing your idle thoughts? What fear or frustration is filling your spare moments? Will you just listen to yourself, or will you start talking? No, preaching – not letting your concerns shape you, but forming your concerns by the power of the gospel.