Instead of wishing things would change, I’m asking God for His strength to make a change.
LYSA TERKEURSTTrying to fix another person will only add to my anxiety. Letting Jesus work on me is where real progress can happen.
More Lysa TerKeurst Quotes
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Life as a Christ follower will always be a learning process of depending less on our own strength and more on God’s power.
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Do not confuse the command to love with the disease to please.
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Jesus, I don’t want to be a secret keeper with my faith. I want to be a bold and gracious truth proclaimer. For You. With You. Because of You. Me, the unwanted girl whom You loved, redeemed and wanted.
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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.
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Today, let’s set our minds and hearts on feeling more thankful for what we are than guilty for what we’re not. Let’s cut the threads of guilt with grace.
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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.
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It is a rare and beautiful thing when we choose to offer love in situations when most people would choose to scorn or ignore.
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God will always do great things with people who are willing to be faithful in the small things.
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Where there is a lack of rest, there is an abundance of stress.
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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.
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Love isn’t what I have the opportunity to get from this world. Love is what I have the opportunity to give.
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Sometimes it’s the words we choose not to say that speak most loudly about our character.
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When to give grace? I’d rather stand before God knowing I loved others too much rather than regretting that I judged too harshly.
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We 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.
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Outside our comfort zone, though, is where we experience the true awesomeness of God.
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