J. I. Packer Quotes about Giving

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What were we made for? To know God. What aim should we have in life? To know God. What is the eternal life that Jesus gives? To know God. What is the best thing in life? To know God. What in humans gives God most

What were we made for? To know God. What aim should we have in life? To know God. What is the eternal life that Jesus gives? To know God. What is the best thing in life? To know God. What in humans gives God most pleasure? Knowledge of himself.

J. I. Packer

Jesus, Things In Life, Giving

The Holy Spirit's main ministry is not to give thrills but to create in us Christlike character.

J. I. Packer

Character, Giving, Ministry

Wait on the Lord" is a constant refrain in the Psalms, and it is a necessary word, for God often keeps us waiting. He is not in such a hurry as we are, and it is not his way to give more light on the future than we need for action in the present, or to guide us more than one step at a time. When in doubt, do nothing, but continue to wait on God. When action is needed, light will come.

J. I. Packer

Trust, Light, Giving

"Knowing God". Book by J. I. Packer, 1973.

Repentance means turning from as much as you know of your sin to give as much as you know of yourself to as much as you know of your God, and as our knowledge grows at these three points so our practice of repentance has to be enlarged.

J. I. Packer

Mean, Practice, Giving

J. I. Packer (2005). “Keep in Step with the Spirit: Finding Fullness in Our Walk with God”, p.87, Baker Books

The measure of all love is its giving. The measure of the love of God is the cross of Christ.

J. I. Packer

Love Is, Giving, God Love

J. I. Packer (2009). “Rediscovering Holiness: Know the Fullness of Life with God”, p.55, Baker Books

The meaning of "He will give us all things" can be put thus: one day we will see that nothing - literally nothing - which could have increased our eternal happiness has been denied us, and that nothing - literally nothing - that could have reduced that happiness has been left with us.

J. I. Packer

Giving, One Day, Eternal Happiness

J. I. Packer (2017). “Knowing God Through the Year: A 365-Day Devotional”, p.311, InterVarsity Press

The Christmas spirit does not shine out in the Christian snob. For the Christmas spirit is the spirit of those who, like their Master, live their whole lives on the principle of making themselves poor -- spending and being spent -- to enrich their fellow humans, giving time, trouble, care and concern, to do good to others -- and not just their own friends -- in whatever way there seems need.

J. I. Packer

Christian, Giving, Shining

It has been said that in the New Testament doctrine is grace; and ethics is gratitude; and something is wrong with any form of Christianity in which, experimentally and practically, this saying is not being verified. Those who suppose that the doctrine of God's grace tends to encourage moral laxity are simply showing that, in the most literal sense, they do not know what they are talking about. For love awakens love in return; and love, once awakened, desires to give pleasure.

J. I. Packer

Gratitude, Talking, Giving