68 Quotes by J. D. Greear

Fullness of the Spirit and depth in the gospel are inseparable, and one always leads you to the other.

True worship is obedience to God for no other reason than that you delight in God.

The gospel points us upward to a God who gave himself for us, backward to the price he paid for our sin, and forward to what he’s making us into.

His love is the soil in which all the fruits of the Spirit grow. When our roots abide there, then joy, peace, patience, kindness, gentleness, and self-control grow naturally in our hearts.

Another reason God often leads us through dark, silent valleys is that he wants to purify our hearts. Why do we want to be close to God? Is it because of what he gives us, or is it simply because we want him? What is more valuable to us: God or his blessings? Sometimes God withholds everything from us except his promises in order to make us ask ourselves, “Is this – his promise – enough for me?

My identity and my security are not in my spiritual progress. My identity and my security are in God’s acceptance of me given as a gift in Christ.

If you want to be led by the Spirit of God, then devote yourself to the Word of God.

Faith that looks anywhere else but Christ will find not assurance but incessant doubt. Only by resting entirely in his finished work can the troubled soul find peace.

In Christ, there is nothing I can do that would make You love me more and nothing I have done that makes You love me less.