Elyse Fitzpatrick





Elyse Fitzpatrick

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Elyse Fitzpatrick has been counseling women since 1989 and is presently a part-time counselor (along with her husband, Phil) at Grace Church in San Diego. Grace Church is part of the Sovereign Grace Ministries family of churches. She holds a certificate in biblical counseling from IBCD and an M.A. in Biblical Counseling from Trinity Theological Seminary, and is a member of the National Association of Nouthetic Counselors. Elyse is the author of eleven books including: "Women Helping Women"; "Love to Eat, Hate to Eat," "Overcoming Fear, Worry and Anxiety," "When Good Kids Make Bad Choices" (each from Harvest House Publishers); "Idols of the Heart," "The Afternoon of Life," and "A Steadfast Heart" from P & R Publishers; "Helper By Design"...more


Average rating: 4.28 · 706 ratings · 165 reviews · 17 distinct works
Give Them Grace: Dazzling Y...
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Because He Loves Me: How Ch...
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Idols of the Heart: Learnin...
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Love to Eat, Hate to Eat
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Overcoming Fear, Worry, and...
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Comforts from the Cross: Ce...
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Helper by Design: God's Per...
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A Steadfast Heart: Experien...
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“Everything that isn't gospel is law. Let us say it again: Everything that isn't gospel is law. Every way we try to make our kids good that isn't rooted in the good news of the life, death, ressurection, and assension of Jesus Christ is damnable, crushing, despair-breeding, Pharisee-producing law. We won't get the results we want from the law. We'll get either shallow self-righteousness or blazing rebellion or both (frequently from the same kid on the same day!). We'll get moralistic kids who are cold and hypocritical and who look down on others (and could easily become Mormons), or you'll get teens who are rebellious and self-indulgent and who can't wait to get out of the house. We have to remember that in the life of our unregenerate children, the law is given for one reason only: to crush their self-confidence and drive them to Christ.”
Elyse Fitzpatrick, Give Them Grace: Dazzling Your Kids with the Love of Jesus

“Pure, unadulterated, consistent love for God and pure, unadulterated, consistent love for others is the summation of all the law God has given us in both the Old and New Testaments. Of course, the problem is that we never obey these simple commands. We always love ourselves more than we love God or others. We are always erecting idols in our hearts and worshipping and serving them. We are always more focused on what we want and how we might get it than we are on loving Him and laying down our life for others. The law does show us the right way to live, but none of us obeys it. Not for one millisecond.
Even though our children cannot and will not obey God's law, we need to teach it to them again and again. And when they tell us that they can't love God or others in this way, we are not to argue with them. We are to agree with them and tell them of their need for a Savior.”
Elyse Fitzpatrick, Give Them Grace: Dazzling Your Kids with the Love of Jesus

“The weaknesses, failures, and sins of our family are the places where we learn that we need grace too. It is there, in those dark mercies, that God teaches us to be humbly dependent. It is there that He draws near to us and sweetly reveals His grace. Paul's suffering teaches us to reinterpret our thorn. Instead of seeing it as a curse, we are to see it as the very thing that keeps us "pinned close to the Lord.”
Elyse Fitzpatrick, Give Them Grace: Dazzling Your Kids with the Love of Jesus



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