“Do not confuse the command to love with the disease to please.”

I want to honor Jesus with the things I say and the things I choose not to say. Lord, help us all be so careful with sharing opinions as if they are truth.

God never intended for us to rely on others for our sense of well being. Only He is equipped to provide that.

We live in a broken world full of broken people. But isn’t it comforting to know God isn’t ever broken? He isn’t ever caught off guard, taken by surprise, or shocked by what happens next.

God is using all of your experiences, both good and bad, to develop your character to match your calling.

Don’t put the whole of your identity into the smallness of a situation.

Dear Lord, forgive me for all of the times I’ve compared myself to others. I know that You have hand-picked all of my qualities. Help me to see these things as beautiful reminders of Your great love in creating me as Your daughter. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

Don’t let people’s compliments go to your head, and don’t let their criticisms go to your heart. The degree to which you do either of these things is the degree to which you’ll be ruled by what other people think of you.

The decisions we make dictate the schedules we keep. The schedules we keep determine the lives we live. The lives we live determine how we spend our souls. So, this isn’t just about finding time. This is about honoring God with the time we have.

Getting healthy isn’t just about losing weight. It’s not limited to adjusting our diet and hoping for good physical results. It’s about recalibrating our souls so that we want to change – spiritually, physically, and mentally. And the battle really is in all three areas.

God, I want to see You. God, I want to hear You. God, I want to know You. God, I want to follow hard after You. And even before I know what I will face today, I say yes to You.

Scars are beautiful when we see them as glorious reminders that we courageously survived.

I want to learn how to be more thankful for what I am, than guilty for what I’m not.

Love isn’t what I have the opportunity to get from this world. Love is what I have the opportunity to give.

Remember: even the smallest drop of God’s strength is more than enough to cover our frailties, our shortcomings, and the places where we deem ourselves weak.

Sometimes it’s the words we choose not to say that speak most loudly about our character.

God loves to take people from broken backgrounds and surprise them with possibilities.

Learn to obey before you command.

The fact is that love is of two kinds, one which commands, and one which obeys. The two are quite distinct, and the passion to which the one gives rise is not the passion of the other.

He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.

What you can’t enforce, do not command.

Men, I am not ordering you to attack. I am ordering you to die. In the time that it takes us to die, other forces and commanders can come and take our place.

O Allah, You know that the only thing I want in this life Is to be obedient to Your command. Even the living sight of my eyes Is service at your court

A great many people think that polysyllables are a sign of intelligence and refinement so they think they will impress others with their command of obscure words.

Women like me bleed on command.