Matt Papa Quotes & Sayings

Worship is admiration becoming adoration. — Matt Papa

If I don't fight every day to 'fix' my eyes on Jesus, my ADD soul will look to a million lesser things. — Matt Papa

Worship doesn't happen when a guy gets on a stage w/ a guitar. It happens when faith-filled eyes behold the glory of Christ. — Matt Papa

If there's no Scripture in the worship set, then it's not really a worship set. — Matt Papa

Self-pity leads to continuing to love the sin so it still has power over you, but hating yourself. Real repentance is when you say, "What has this sin done to God? What has it cost God? What does God feel about it? — Matt Papa

If the gospel has never broken you, you have never really heard it. — Matt Papa

The enemy of joy is not suffering, it is idolatry. — Matt Papa

Church: if the world could see a snapshot of our worship today, would they perceive that we believe our God is worthy of praise? — Matt Papa

When we cease to worship God, we do not worship nothing. We worship anything. G. K. Chesterton — Matt Papa

We must begin to understand that the gospel deconstructs a man before it reconstructs him. First it teaches him he is entitled to nothing, and then it give him everything. — Matt Papa

The greatest motivation to share the gospel w/ someone today & everyday: Another voice around the throne. A louder song for Jesus. — Matt Papa

As human beings we are plagued with inordinate affections. We love green pieces of paper more than God. We love balls made out of pigskin more than God. We've shown we even love apples more than God. We, like Esau, have traded our birthright- the dignity of our shameless, joy-filled, glory-beholding, glory-reflecting existence- for a bowl of beans. — Matt Papa

We never begin worship. We aim it. — Matt Papa

The reason God commands us to love Him with all our heart is not because He is an egomaniac! It is because He knows that anything we love more than Him will betray us. Eventually, we lose it by its death . . . or ours. — Matt Papa

Only in the gospel do you get the verdict before the performance. I love you. Now love me. I love you. Now you can love me. — Matt Papa

God's greatest glory is that he is good. The brightest gem in the crown of God is his goodness. — Matt Papa

My scars are numerous, my flesh is powerless, my enemy is dangerous, but my God is glorious and His grace is totally sufficient. — Matt Papa