Top 250 Paul David Tripp Quotes (2025 Update)
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101. “Since sin means that you are a bigger danger to you than anything else in your life and since it is impossible for you to run from you, there is only one hope for you. It is that someone with power, wisdom, and mercy will invade your life, forgive your sins, and progressively deliver you from the hold that sin has had on you. That mercy comes to you in a person, the Lord Jesus Christ, and his mercy is always fresh, uniquely fashioned for the sin struggles of this new day.”

— Paul David Tripp

102. “Suffering causes us to scan our lives and face the fact that we control very little. So we mourn not only our suffering but also what it has forced us to admit about ourselves. Our loss of the illusion of control also adds to the fear that accompanies suffering.”

— Paul David Tripp

103. “It is important for all parents to examine the system of belief that shapes their moment-by-moment interactions with their children.”

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104. “God didn’t give you your children to build your reputation but to publicly proclaim his.”

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105. “God’s grace frees you from having to deny your weaknesses.”

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106. “His love for you is never a result of your character; it is a clear demonstration of his.”

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107. “Suffering confronts us with the fact that life is not about us but about God. It is not about our glory but his.”

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108. “The more you understand the magnitude of God’s grace, the more accurate will be your view of the depth of your unrighteousness ; and the more you understand the depth of your unrighteousness, the more you will appreciate the magnitude of God’s gift of grace.”

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109. “It’s a grace to regret. Grace allows you to face your sin, to own it and not shift the blame. But it is also grace that forgives what has been exposed. Grace forces you to feel the pain of your regrets, but never asks you to pay for them, because the price has already been paid by Jesus.”

— Paul David Tripp

110. “Either you will be getting your identity vertically, from who you are in Christ, or you will be shopping for it horizontally in the situations, experiences, and relationships of your daily life.”

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111. “Truth that is not spoken in love ceases to be truth because it is twisted by other human agendas. Love that is not guided by truth ceases to be love because it is divorced from God’s agenda. Once.”

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112. “God has chosen to let you live in this fallen world because he plans to employ the difficulties of it to continue and complete his work in you.”

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113. “Winning the war of words involves choosing our words carefully. It is not just about the words we say, but also about the words we choose not to say.”

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114. “So peace is found only in trust, trust of the One who is in careful control of all the things that tend to rob you of your peace. He knows, he understands, he is in control of what appears to be chaos, he is never surprised, he is never confused, he never worries or loses a night’s sleep, he never walks off the job to take a rest, he never gets so busy with one thing that he neglects another, and he never plays favorites.”

— Paul David Tripp

115. “Parenting is not first about what we want for our children or from our children, but about what god in grace has planned to do through us in our children. to lose sight of this is to end up with a relationship with our children that at the foundational level is neither Christian nor true parenting because it has become more about our will and our way than about the will and way of our Sovereign Savior King.”

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116. “Trust is being so convinced that you can rely on the integrity, strength, character, and faithfulness of another that you are willing to place yourself in his or her care.”

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117. “Don’t fear your weaknesses – God supplies all the strength you need. Be afraid of those moments when you think you’re independently strong.”

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118. “Let’s start the new year by admitting that there is nothing less natural for us than to live for the glory of another. This admission is the doorway not to despair, but to hope. God knew that in your sin you would never live this way, so he sent his Son to live the life you couldn’t, to die on your behalf, and to rise again, conquering sin and death. He did this so that you would not only be forgiven for your allegiance to you own glory, but have every grace you need to live for his.”

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119. “Here’s the reality: most people who are angry with God are angry with him for being God. They’re not angry because he has failed to deliver what he promised. They’re angry because he has failed to deliver what they have craved, expected, or demanded. When awe of self replaces awe of God, God ceases to be your Lord and is reduced to being your indentured servant.”

— Paul David Tripp

120. “We all tend to look for life horizontally when the reality is that we will only ever find life vertically.”

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121. “If God is your Father, the Son is your Savior, and the Spirit is your indwelling Helper, you have hope no matter what you’re facing.”

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122. “We are hardwired for glory because we are hardwired for God.”

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123. “If God’s plan really is to make his invisible grace visible by sending parents of grace to give grace to children who desperately need grace, then I am called not just to preach that grace but to live and model it for my children every day.”

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124. “Contentment celebrates grace. The contended heart is satisfied with the Giver and is therefore freed from craving the next gift.”

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125. “Here’s how gospel growth works: you cannot grieve what you do not see, you cannot confess what you haven’t grieved, and you can’t repent of what you haven’t confessed.”

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126. “Our deepest problem is that we seek to find our identity outside the story of redemption.”

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127. “Biblical literacy is not to be confused with Christian maturity. Homiletic accuracy is not the same as godliness. Theological dexterity is very different from practical holiness. Successful leadership is not the same as a heart for Christ. Growth in influence must not be confused with growth in grace.”

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128. “3. We replace vertical awe with horizontal addiction.”

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129. “If awesome things in creation become your god, the God who created those things will not own your awe. Horizontal awe is meant to do one thing: stimulate vertical.”

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130. “Weakness is not the problem, but my delusion of my strengths is.”

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131. “Envy is self-focused; because it’s self-focused, it’s entitled; because it’s entitled, it’s demanding; because it’s demanding, it tends to judge the goodness of God by whether he has delivered what you feel entitled to; and because it judges God on that basis, it leads you to question his goodness. Because you question God’s goodness, you won’t run to him for help. Envy is a spiritual disaster.”

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132. “Word problems are often interpretation problems. We do not say the right thing because we do not believe the right thing.”

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133. “Since sin is deeper than bad behavior, trying to do better isn’t a solution. Only grace that changes the heart can rescue us.”

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134. “Christ’s sacrifice satisfied the Father’s anger so that, as his child, you will receive his discipline but need not fear his wrath.”

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135. “Our obsession with material things brings trouble and heartache into our lives. So we tell ourselves that we’ll do better – we commit ourselves for a time to new budgets, we go on temporary diets, we hold garage sales. But none of it lasts for long because deep inside us, we treasure the creation more than we treasure the Creator.”

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136. “This is the good news of the gospel. Peace came. Peace lived. Peace died. Peace rose again. Peace reigns on your behalf. Peace indwells you by the Spirit. Peace graces you with everything you need. Peace convicts, forgives, and delivers you. Peace will finish his work in you. Peace will welcome you into glory, where Peace will live with you in peace and righteousness forever. Peace isn’t a faded dream. No, Peace is real. Peace is a person, and his name is Jesus.”

— Paul David Tripp

137. “Parenting is about being God’s ambassadors in the lives of our children.”

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138. “The kingdom of self tends to be more focused on what the hands can touch than what the heart should embrace.”

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139. “Honestly facing your lack of sovereignty over your own life produces either anxiety or relief. Anxiety is God-forgetting. It is the result of thinking that is life is on your shoulders, that it is your job to figure it all out and keep things in order.”

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140. “God created an awesome world. God intentionally loaded the world with amazing things to leave you astounded. The carefully air-conditioned termite mound in Africa, the tart crunchiness of an apple, the explosion of thunder, the beauty of an orchid, the interdependent systems of the human body, the inexhaustible pounding of the ocean waves, and thousands of other created sights, sounds, touches, and tastes – God designed all to be awesome. And he intended you to be daily amazed.”

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141. “Developing leaders is not just downloading theological knowledge and ministry skill, but calling people to lead with hearts captured by the awe of God.”

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142. “Harboring bitterness against people is actually confessing their sin to myself, over and over again. Anger is akin to confessing their sin to God, dissatisfied that he hasn’t done something and placing myself in his position as judge.”

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143. “This is what sin does to us all. At a deep and often unnoticed level, sin replaces worship of God with worship of self. It replaces submission with self-rule. It replaces gratitude with demands for more. It replaces faith with self-reliance. It replaces vertical joy with horizontal envy. It replaces a rest in God’s sovereignty with a quest for personal control. We live for our glory. We set up our rules. We ask others to serve our agenda.”

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144. “Here is one of the most beautiful fruits of grace – a heart that is content, more given to worship than demand and more given to the joy of gratitude than the anxiety of want.”

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145. “Every awesome thing in creation is designed to point you to the One who alone is worthy of capturing and controlling the awe of your searching and hungry heart.”

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146. “You are most humble and gentle when you think that the person you are ministering to is more like you than unlike you. When you have inserted yourself into another category that tends to make you think you have arrived, it is very easy to be judgmental and impatient.”

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147. “He never mocks your weaknesses or throws your sin in your face. He never gets tired of you or gives up on his relationship with you. He doesn’t ask you to earn what you can never deserve, and he never makes you feel guilty for needing his good gifts. His love isn’t conditional and his grace is never temporary.”

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148. “When you don’t understand what’s going on, run to God’s goodness rather than questioning whether it exists.”

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149. “Sin makes us moral quadriplegics.”

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150. “We’re not only held captive by our sin, but also by the delusion of our righteousness. Resting in God’s grace isn’t just about confessing your sin; it’s about forsaking your righteousness as well.”

— Paul David Tripp