Matt Quotes

Son, if you really want something in life, you have to work for it. Now quiet, they're about to announce the lottery numbers.

My sin in the past: forgiven. My current struggles: covered. My future failures: paid in full all by the marvelous, infinite, matchless grace found in the atoning work of the cross of Jesus Christ.

God is awesome; he doesn’t need you to be awesome. He wants you to be obedient.

Enjoy the journey, enjoy every moment, and quit worrying about Winning and losing.

Love says: I've seen the ugly parts of you, and I'm staying. Our culture doesn't love love; It loves the idea of love. It wants the emotion without the sacrifice.

If you’re a church person and not a Jesus person, my heart hurts for you. It’s like being engaged and never getting married. It’s miserable.

The more you make this world about you, the more miserable you will be.

Comfort is the god of our generation, so suffering is seen as a problem to be solved, and not a providence from God.

No change of job, no increased income, no new home, no new electronic device, or no new spouse is going to make things better inside of you.

God is at work in the mess. That's the message of the Bible. That's why the Bible is not pretty. That's why it's grimy, because God is working in the mess. He's working in the tears.

Faith doesn’t mean an absence of fear. It means facing fear and trusting that God’s goodness is greater.

You will never solve poverty without solving water and sanitation.

God does not regret saving you. There is no sin which you commit which is beyond the cross of Christ.

Without a heart transformed by the grace of Christ, we just continue to manage external and internal darkness.

Jesus doesn't avoid those who mess up. Jesus runs to those who mess up.

In the end, worship can never be a performance, something you're pretending or putting on. It's got to be an overflow of your heart...Worship is about getting personal with God, drawing close to God.

If you're not confident in the authority of the Scriptures, you will be a slave to what sounds right.

The scary thing about the future... there will be tiny cameras everywhere, and they'll be flying around like mosquitoes and drones. That will be bad. Drones are scary. You can't reason with a drone.

Now I feel I have an unspoken deal with the paparazzi: 'I won't do anything publicly interesting if you agree not to follow me.'

The heart of God loves a persevering worshipper who, though overwhelmed by many troubles, is overwhelmed even more by the beauty of God.

Everybody knows something's broken in the world. But illogically, foolishly, we are looking for fixes from broken people with broken ideas in broken places.

Vampires are make-believe, like elves, gremlins, and eskimos.

God often gives nuts to toothless people.

I think what's important for kids to know is that your decisions here on earth matter, your behavior matters and how you treat other people matters.

I always loose a little weight on the road, so I constantly have to be on top of my nutrition and hydration.

When I left school I was full of angst, like any teenager, and I channeled it all into comedy.

Donuts. Is there anything they can't do?

A god that does not manifest in reality is indistinguishable from a god that does not exist.

We can always find a reason to praise. Situations change for better and for worse, but God's worth never changes.

Love says: I’ve seen the ugly parts of you, and I’m staying.

As both a former governor and a Naval officer I can tell you energy security remains among biofuels' most important benefits.

The world's most powerful investment bank is a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money.

Beauty can be seen in all things, seeing and composing the beauty is what separates the snapshot from the photograph.

America's health care system is second only to Japan, Canada, Sweden, Great Britain, well ... all of Europe. But you can thank your lucky starts we don't live in Paraguay!

I want to believe as many true things and as few false things as possible.

Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement.

I believe that laughter is the best emotional Band-Aid in the world. It's like nature's Neosporin.

Praise is a contradiction of pride. Pride says 'looks at me,' but praise longs for people to see Jesus.

If your plan isn't working, adjust your plan. Never give up.

Trying to make the Gospel relevant is like trying to make water wet.

The Internet feeds off the main press, and the main press feeds off the Internet. They're working in tandem.

Everyone is a comedy. If people are laughing at you, they just don't quite understand the joke that is themselves.

If anybody wanted to photograph my life, they'd get bored in a day.

Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come.

My wife is my soul mate. I can't imagine being without her.

There will be over 3,500 killed in USA today from abortion. No flags lowered, no presidents crying. No media hyperventilating. Normal day.

I'm kind of a one-note at a time, one finger keyboard player.

If youre wearing suits and you want to create your own sense of style, get to the tailor.

Where You are, Lord I am free, holiness is Christ in me.

I'm the king of brownie sundaes!