Terry

“Heavenly Father, Thank you for taking us into the wilderness time and time again, for there we see revealed the secret sins of our souls. In the desert we experience your great power to save us from our unruly and sinful hearts, and there we complain bitterly when you withhold the pleasures and delicacies of life we have come to expect. Father, forgive us.”
― Barbara R. Duguid, Prone to Wander: Prayers of Confession and Celebration

“Joy blossoms in our hearts not as we try harder and harder to grow, but as we see more clearly the depth of our sin and understand more fully our helplessness.”
― Barbara Duguid, Extravagant Grace: God's Glory Displayed in Our Weakness

“If the Holy Spirit is carefully and lovingly managing all our falls into sin and using them for God's glory and our good, then there is great cause for joy and peace whether you are leaping forward or crawling through the Christian life.”
― Barbara R. Duguid, Extravagant Grace: God's Glory Displayed in Our Weakness

“We marvel that you would consider us a joy worth suffering for, and we bow humbly before you and offer you our praise, our thanks, and our very lives.”
― Barbara R. Duguid, Prone to Wander: Prayers of Confession and Celebration