Instead of wishing things would change, I’m asking God for His strength to make a change.
LYSA TERKEURSTSpending some time getting quiet can really be the best remedy for tangled situations. Taking a step back from all the emotion, frustration, and exhaustion to sit quietly with Jesus will do more to untangle a mess than anything else I’ve ever found.
More Lysa TerKeurst Quotes
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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.
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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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Scars are beautiful when we see them as glorious reminders that we courageously survived.
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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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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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What 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.
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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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God is good to me, even when life doesn’t feel good to me.
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Trusting God’s plan is the only secret I know in the gentle art of not freaking out.
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My 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.
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The one who obey’s God’s instruction for today will develop a keen awareness of His direction for tomorrow.
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Praying helps me see perspectives otherwise beyond me.
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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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Sometimes it’s the words we choose not to say that speak most loudly about our character.
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Just because something is hard doesn’t mean it’s impossible.
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