Quotes related to 1 Thessalonians 5:18
A joyful life of grace toward others grows best in the soil of gratitude.
— Paul David Tripp
gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. G. K. CHESTERTON
— Paul David Tripp
Christ has gained God's favor on your behalf. So your obedience is never a fearful payment, but a hymn of gratitude to a God who met you where you were and did for you what you could not have done for yourself.
— Paul David Tripp
A life of vibrant ministry is not the result of ministry training, but the result of a deep conviction that God is who he has said he is and is doing all that he promised to do. Ministry always flows from a thankful heart. 3.
— Paul David Tripp
Your obedience is never to be done in the hope that you will get something, but rather in recognition of what you have already been given.
— Paul David Tripp
praise is celebrating God's awesome glory, then complaint is antipraise.
— Paul David Tripp
If you believe in God and his control over everything that exists, then you have to accept that all of your grumbling is ultimately grumbling against him.
— Paul David Tripp
Corporate worship is designed to make you thankful, not just for possessions and accomplishments, but for what you've been given in Christ.
— Paul David Tripp
If complaint has the power to focus your vision, it can also twist and bend your perception of reality and the God who rules it.
— Paul David Tripp
the way to defeat the dangerous potential of complaint is not by silence but by praise. The more you commit yourself to counting your blessings, the more you will have eyes to see specific blessings in your life.
— Paul David Tripp
If you fail to carry around with you a heart of gratitude for the love you've been so freely given, it is easy for you not to love others as you should.
— Paul David Tripp
Today you will spend solitary moments of conversation with yourself, either listing your complaints or counting your blessings.
— Paul David Tripp