Joycelyn Tan > Joycelyn's Quotes

“We are saved by faith alone, but the faith that saves is never alone.”
― Martin Luther

“To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God.”
― Timothy Keller, The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God

“We never move on from the cross. We only get a more profound understanding of the cross.”
― C.J. Mahaney

“Honestly facing your lack of sovereignty over your own life produces either anxiety or relief. Anxiety is God-forgetting. It is the result of thinking that is life is on your shoulders, that it is your job to figure it all out and keep things in order.”
― Paul David Tripp, New Morning Mercies: A Daily Gospel Devotional