Josh Smith

Purchased by Christ. Husband to Kimberlee. Student Minister @provstudents.

[Josh Smith @JoshMooseSmith]

I’ve had to learn that in order to fruitfully disciple somebody, you first actually have to love them.

[Thomas S. Kidd @ThomasSKidd]

You don't get to despise a group of people _and_ give them advice.

[JT English @jt_english]

One of the biggest mistakes I see churches make in their philosophy of ministry is making community and discipleship synonymous.

Community is essential to discipleship but it is not synonymous with discipleship.

[Timothy Keller (1950-2023) @timkellernyc]

As long as we think we are not that bad, the idea of grace will never change us.

[Matt Smethurst @MattSmethurst]

The sign that the Spirit is powerfully at work in you is not that there’s no battle with sin, but a huge battle with sin.

— Sam Allberry

[Michael Reeves @mike_reeves]

Tribulation does not make people impatient but proves that they are impatient, so everyone may learn from tribulation how his heart is constituted.
Luther

[Michael Reeves @mike_reeves]

What you look at will change you. It will stamp itself upon your soul.

[Michael Reeves @mike_reeves]

Keep your happiness where it can’t be hurt: in Christ.

[R.C. Sproul Jr. @rcsprouljr]

If you think the call to forgive seventy times seven times is bad news then you don't know who you are in the story.

[Josh Smith @JoshMooseSmith]

If churches fill peoples' calendars with endless programs, people may stay busy, but believers may never learn to make disciples.

[Garrett Kell ن @pastorjgkell]

"He humbled you and let you hunger..." Deut. 8:3

Our comfort is not God's chief concern.

God let Israel hunger on purpose.

He often uses uncomfortable circumstances to humble us and teach us to look to Him.

At first, it feels cruel, but afterward, the humbled are thankful.

[Matt Smethurst @MattSmethurst]

The greatest stumbling block for a child in worship is a parent who doesn’t.

—@JohnPiper

[Timothy Keller (1950-2023) @timkellernyc]

Most people want Jesus as a consultant rather than a king.

[Matt Smethurst @MattSmethurst]

As you start new resolutions, remember:

Spiritual disciplines are not about making you more precious to God. They’re about making God more precious to you.

[Jared C. Wilson @jaredcwilson]

If you want to learn how to love someone, serve them.

[Garrett Kell ن @pastorjgkell]

If you're only surrounded by people who affirm you, you'll be deceived.

If you're only surrounded by people who critique you, you'll despair.

Surround yourself with people who love you enough to encourage and correct you.

[Matt Smethurst @MattSmethurst]

“Aslan,” said Lucy, “you’re bigger.”

“That is because you are older, little one,” answered he.

“Not because you are?”

“I am not. But every year you grow, you will find me bigger.”

Profound picture of sanctification from 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘢𝘯.

[Josh Smith @JoshMooseSmith]

@saintniko “Relevance is key.”

[Dan White Jr. @danwhitejr]

Listen, the reason Jordan Peterson (and every other Youtube Celebrity) is so popular with Christians is because the Church by and large doesn't do discipleship.

[Josh Smith @JoshMooseSmith]

Criminally underutilized tip for evangelism: simply encourage a curiosity in someone to read an account of Jesus in one of the Gospels. Most people have never been exposed to the story firsthand. I'm biased, but it's the very thing that caused me to place my faith in Jesus at 13.