241 Quotes by Kevin DeYoung

Sanctification is not by surrender, but by divinely enabled toil and effort.

Our feelings matter. Our stories matter. Our friends matter. But ultimately we must search the Scriptures to see what matters most.

The best way to leave a legacy is to believe, teach, defend, and promote what is true.

If we had done something – almost anything, really – faithfully and humbly for God’s glory for all that time, we could have made quite an impact. But if we do nothing, because we are always trying to figure out the perfect something, when it comes time to show what we did for the Lord, we will not have anything.

There is no other book like the Bible. It reveals a different kind of wisdom, comes from a different source, and tells of a different love.

What makes the Bible utterly unlike any other book – religious or otherwise – is the unsurpassed grace we encounter in its pages. We need Scripture because without it we cannot know the love of God.

Margin,” Swenson says, “is the space between our load and our limits.

He calls us to run hard after Him, His commands, and His glory. The decision to be in God’s will is not the choice between Memphis or Fargo or engineering or art; it’s the daily decision we face to seek God’s kingdom or ours, submit to His lordship or not, live according to His rules or our own.

God, don’t let anything unpleasant happen to anyone. Make everything in the world nice for everyone.” And when we aren’t praying this kind of prayer, we are praying for God to tell us that everything will turn out fine. That’s often what we are asking for when we pray to know the will of God. We aren’t asking for holiness, or righteousness, or an awareness of sin. We want God to tell us what to do so everything will turn out pleasant for us.