Jared Mellinger > Quotes

“When we look only inward, we are likely to think that we are just as sinful as ever. We are tempted to believe that our sin defines us most deeply. But when we look to Christ, we see the one to whom we are united and our new identity in him.”
― Jared Mellinger, Think Again: Relief from the Burden of Introspection

“Complaints against self, which do not lead the complainer directly to the cross, are most dangerous.”
― Jared Mellinger, Think Again: Relief from the Burden of Introspection

“If Jesus’s invitation to all who are weary and burdened were “Look within yourself,” it would hardly be a message of grace. Instead he says, “Come to me” (Matthew 11:28).”
― Jared Mellinger, Think Again: Relief from the Burden of Introspection

“The self-emptied life is a life of childlike faith and wonder; it is the opposite of self-absorbed life.”
― Jared Mellinger, Think Again: Relief from the Burden of Introspection

“We must stop looking at ourselves so much and learn to enjoy Christ. This is what it means to be a Christian: “He spends his time in looking at Christ, in gazing upon Him. He is so enraptured by the sight of Him that he has forgotten himself.”
― Jared Mellinger, Think Again: Relief from the Burden of Introspection

“that the depths of our misery can never fall below the depths of God’s mercy.”
― Jared Mellinger, Think Again: Relief from the Burden of Introspection

“The goal of the gospel is not to make me feel good about myself. The secret to happiness is not found in our view of ourselves; it is found in our view of Christ.”
― Jared Mellinger, Think Again: Relief from the Burden of Introspection

“The power of despair lies in its ability to trap us and bludgeon us. It overpowers us and takes us captive. It blindfolds us to the truth of the gospel, turns us inward, and leads us into spiritual depression.”
― Jared Mellinger, Think Again: Relief from the Burden of Introspection