It is only the fear of God that has the spiritual power to overwhelm all the horizontal fears that can capture your heart. These relational-situational-location fears are only ever put in their proper place and given their appropriate size by a greater fear – fear of the Lord. Perhaps this is a good portion of what is being said in Proverbs when it declares that “fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom” (9:10).
— Paul David Tripp (b. 1950), Pastor, Bestsellerautor und Konferenzsprecher
Related Bible passage: PRO.9.10
Topics: Fear & Anxiety, Wisdom & Understanding, Faith & Trust
Occasions: For Reflection, Encouragement
Paul David Tripp
Paul David Tripp (* 1950) ist ein US-amerikanischer reformierter Pastor, Seelsorger und Autor, der unter anderem in Scranton und Philadelphia wirkte. Bekannt wurde er durch zahlreiche Veröffentlichungen zur biblischen Seelsorge, die reformierte Theologie mit lebensnahen Fragen von Ehe, Familie und Leiterschaft verbinden. Bibellesern bietet er praxisnahe geistliche Impulse, die das Evangelium als Kraft zur Erneuerung des menschlichen Herzens im Alltag beschreiben.
All quotes by Paul David Tripp (69)
Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Martin Luther
Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don't be afraid.
Frederick Buechner
Corrie ten Boom
Worrying does not take away tomorrow's sorrow, it takes away today's strength.
Corrie ten Boom
Jochen Klepper
Helmut Thielicke
We must build dikes of courage against the flood of fear.
Martin Luther King Jr.