“The central work of God’s kingdom is change. God accomplishes this work as the Holy Spirit empowers people to bring his Word to others. We bring more than solutions, strategies, principles, and commands. We bring the greatest story ever told, the story of the Redeemer.
"Our goal is to help one another live with a ‘God’s story’ mentality. Our mission is to teach, admonish, and encourage one another to rest in his sovereignty, rather than establishing our own; to rely on his grace rather than performing on our own; and to submit to his glory rather than seeking our own. This is the work of the kingdom of God: people in the hands of the Redeemer, daily functioning as his tools of lasting change.”
- Paul David Tripp, "Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands" (Phillipsburg, Pa.: P & R publishing, 2002), 35. (cited on the website: firstimportance.org)
2 comments:
This post and the two recent Spurgeon ones have really ministered to me. They helped reinforcce what the Lord has been showing me in my quiet time and bring some much needed clarity and kingdom reality to my circumstances. Thank you.
Hello Tina,
Thanks for your occasional comments to the blog. I'm glad you've found some helpful ideas here.
Doug
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