I so desperately want my words to be indicative of how deeply and completely I love my people.
LYSA TERKEURSTI so desperately want my words to be indicative of how deeply and completely I love my people.
LYSA TERKEURSTGod loves to take people from broken backgrounds and surprise them with possibilities.
LYSA TERKEURSTRaw emotions – anger, frustration, bitterness, resentment – are the feelings we tend to hide from people we want to impress but spew on those we love the most.
LYSA TERKEURSTNo person, possession, profession, or position ever fills the cup of a wounded, empty heart. It’s an emptiness only God can fill.
LYSA TERKEURSTDo not confuse the command to love with the disease to please.
LYSA TERKEURSTSatan has no power over us except what we allow. Moment by moment, decision by decision, step by step – will we operate in God’s all powerful Truth or allow Satan to entangle us in his lies?
LYSA TERKEURSTGreat love isn’t two people finding the perfect match in one another. Great love is two people making the choice to be a match.
LYSA TERKEURSTRemember, the Devil loves to make us focus on the little that’s wrong so we miss the big picture of all that’s right.
LYSA TERKEURSTGod is using all of your experiences, both good and bad, to develop your character to match your calling.
LYSA TERKEURSTMy goal should never be to raise kids that make me look good. (Oh but how my flesh craves this!) My goal should be to raise kids who love God and spend their lives making His goodness known in their corner of the world.
LYSA TERKEURSTThere is power in simply speaking the name Jesus.
LYSA TERKEURSTWe want big directional signs from God. God just wants us to pay attention.
LYSA TERKEURSTWhat if God’s ‘NO,’ is really a gift? His way to protect us from what we cannot see, provide something better than we can imagine, or be part of the process of growing us closer to Him.
LYSA TERKEURSTWe need to make peace with who we are so insecurities don’t become a distraction to how we live. Just because I sometimes feel insecure doesn’t mean I have to be insecure.
LYSA TERKEURSTLife as a Christ follower will always be a learning process of depending less on our own strength and more on God’s power.
LYSA TERKEURSTDon’t let the hurt of today blind you to the hope of tomorrow. Disappointment ushers in a new appointment.
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