Do not confuse the command to love with the disease to please.
LYSA TERKEURSTIt is a rare and beautiful thing when we choose to offer love in situations when most people would choose to scorn or ignore.
More Lysa TerKeurst Quotes
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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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We want big directional signs from God. God just wants us to pay attention.
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If I really want an unrushed life, I must underwhelm my schedule so God has room to overwhelm my soul.
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At the end of the day, honoring God leads to good things. Anything else leads to confusion, emotional exhaustion and a lack of good things.
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There is power in simply speaking the name Jesus.
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Remember, the Devil loves to make us focus on the little that’s wrong so we miss the big picture of all that’s right.
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Scars are beautiful when we see them as glorious reminders that we courageously survived.
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Big things are built one brick at a time. Victories are achieved one choice at a time. A life well lived is chosen one day at a time.
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The only way our faith can strengthen is if we use it.
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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.
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Raw 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.
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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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I want to learn how to be more thankful for what I am, than guilty for what I’m not.
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Great love isn’t two people finding the perfect match in one another. Great love is two people making the choice to be a match.
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Just because we feel offended doesn’t mean we must be offended. Feelings are indicators not dictators.
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