Gabe Phillips

“Pastor, preacher, worship leader, dreamer, church-lover, Gospel-proclaimer, skinny red-head determined to change the world”

[Gabe Phillips @GabePhillips23]

Underlying questions we wrestle with:

20s - Who Am I?
30s - How do I fit this all in?
40s - There must be something more than this?
50s - Can I hold on?
60s - Am I redundant?
70s+80s - Was it all worth it?

(From Gordon Macdonald’s “A resilient life”)

[Gabe Phillips @GabePhillips23]

@TerryVirgo Well done Terry! Looking forward to seeing you soon

[Andrew Wilson @AJWTheology]

“Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is *covered*.”
—Ps 32:1

“I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not *cover* my iniquity.”
—Ps 32:5

The bad news: When we cover our sins, he doesn’t.

The good news: When we don’t cover our sins, he does. Glorious!

[Terry Virgo @TerryVirgo]

Work out your salvation with nonchalance & casualness. Doesn’t sound right. “Work out your salvation with fear & trembling” Ph2:12. That’s it! But which is more evident? We don’t work FOR our salvation, but let’s work it out appropriately.

[Dustin Benge @DustinBenge]

Abraham prayed: "O Lord God…"
Jacob prayed: "O God…"
Moses prayed: "O Lord…"
Hannah prayed: "O Lord of hosts…"
David prayed: "O Lord God…"
Hezekiah prayed: "O Lord…"

Jesus prayed: "Our Father…"

Jesus eternally changes our relationship with God.

[Paul David Tripp @PaulTripp]

Don’t let sin depress you, but don’t let grace cause not to take your sin seriously.

[Matt Smethurst @MattSmethurst]

Therapeutic Christianity: “I am valuable so God loves me.”

Biblical Christianity: “I am valuable because God loves me.”

[Gabe Phillips @GabePhillips23]

Goodness me, Dave Eichelberger is looking terrible for a 42 year old…

@AndyTFE @BrendanPorath @KylePorterCBS

[Terry Virgo @TerryVirgo]

Having received the mighty Holy Spirit, believers can say goodbye to the “spirit of slavery” Ro8:15, “spirit of the world” 1Cor2:12, “spirit of timidity”2Tim1:7. How wonderful to cry Abba Father & celebrate sonship!

[JT English @jt_english]

Community is the context of discipleship, but it is not the content of discipleship.

Way too many churches are confusing the two.

[Terry Virgo @TerryVirgo]

True Christian fellowship, openness, honesty, vulnerability are all necessary to bring you to maturity. We were never meant to do Christianity alone. Get close to other believers. Don’t simply attend the same building.

[Jared C. Wilson @jaredcwilson]

What’s missing from so much evangelical preaching today isn’t necessarily passion, intellect, insight, or inspiration but *affection for Jesus*

[Dustin Benge @DustinBenge]

8 promises of God for this week:

The Lord will:

1. Go before you (Dt 31:8).
2. Renew you (Is 40:31).
3. Fight for you (Ex 14:14).
4. Be with you (Josh 1:9).
5. Deliver you (Ps 34:17).
6. Counsel you (Ps 32:8).
7. Strengthen you (Is 41:10).
8. Guard you (Phil 4:7).

[Gabe Phillips @GabePhillips23]

@wadepretorius Not missed cut … yet. Gets three rounds under his belt at least.

[Jon Tyson @JonTyson]

Absolutley struck to the heart today reading the list of the Apostles Jesus chose. We know almost nothing about most of them. Its possible to be chosen by Jesus, build redemtpive history, and be unknown to the world. Recognition in heaven breaks the need for recognition on earth.

[Gabe Phillips @GabePhillips23]

@MikeHaysman absolutely brilliant segment on the start of T20 cricket and South Africa’s role in birthing the idea. Incredibly proud!

Well done Mike Haysman, Imtiaz Patel and all involved from @SuperSportTV

[Alan Frow @alanfrow]

“One generation believes the gospel. The next assumes the gospel. The next denies the gospel.”
Haunting words by Don Carson, because I've seen it in families of faith with my own eyes.

[John Piper @JohnPiper]

“The Lord said to Abraham, ‘Why did Sarah laugh and say, “Shall I indeed bear a child, now that I am old?” Is anything too hard for the Lord?’” Genesis 18:13–14

By putting it in a question God calls Abraham, and us, to affirm it: Nothing is too hard for the Lord. Nothing!

[John Newton @john__newton]

When we've said all we can say of the abounding of sin in us-grace still more abounds in Jesus. We cannot be so evil as he is good.

[Paul David Tripp @PaulTripp]

Corporate worship is designed to hold before you a God who is perfectly just and at the same time abounding in grace, and because he is, he is your solid rock of hope in this life and the one to come.