261 Quotes by Matt Chandler

I have always deeply desired to be an honest man who said it when I struggled, stumbled and worried. I longed to be a man with real friends – friends who knew me at my worst and loved me.

If all you got is “I don’t want to be that” then sell insurance.

The cross of Christ exists because mankind-loved by God, created by God, set in motion by God-betrayed God and prefers his stuff to him.

The theme of the Bible is not that the world’s not messy but that God’s at work in the mess.

Fearless faith results from holding on to Christ as our treasure. Gospel courage comes from gospel preciousness. If we truly believed that our reward in heaven far surpasses all the comfort and convenience and collections of the world, we, too, would be willing to consider them all as loss.

It is this spiritual stability, born of a gospel-focused heart, that gives Paul peace and contentment – and yes, joy – no matter where he finds himself.

There isn’t a violent soul on the planet that God might not save and transform for himself.

Every one of us loves Pauline theology, but few of us want Pauline pain.

Maturing men and women, when tempted to fall prey to anxiety, go to the Lord, humble themselves, and hand their anxieties over, trusting Him to answer however He sovereignly sees fit. In their minds, they constantly dwell on what is true, right, honorable, excellent, just, and lovely – mind and heart in sync, maturing unto the Lord.